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Asif Ali (cricketer)

Pakistani former cricketer
Date of Birth : 01 October, 1991 (Age 34)
Place of Birth : Faisalabad, Pakistan
Profession : Cricket Player
Nationality : Pakistani
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Asif Ali (আসিফ আলী) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played for the Pakistan national cricket team. In first-class cricket, he represented Northern, and also played for the Lahore Qalandars in the Pakistan Super League.

He was among thirty-three players awarded a central contract for the 2018–19 season by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Ali announced his retirement from international cricket on 1 September 2025.

Early life

Asif was born on 1 October 1991, in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Before going into professional cricket, he used to work as a labourer in an iron foundry.

Domestic and T20 franchise career

Misbah-ul-Haq has played an instrumental role in his development as a cricketer and initially picked him as a power-hitter in the 2011 Super 8 Twenty20 Cup when he was a captain of the Faisalabad cricket team.

He was the leading run-scorer for Faisalabad in the 2017–18 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, with 369 runs in six matches. He also played in the 2017 Everest Premier league for Pokhara Rhinos.

In April 2018, he was named in Punjab's squad for the 2018 Pakistan Cup. He scored the most runs for Punjab during the tournament, with 328 runs in four matches.

On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Edmonton Royals in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament. In October 2018, he was named in Cape Town Blitz's squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.

In March 2019, he was named in Sindh's squad for the 2019 Pakistan Cup. In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Cape Town Blitz team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.

International career

In Mar 2018, he was named in Pakistan's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against the West Indies. He made his T20I debut for Pakistan against the West Indies on 1 April 2018.He made his ODI debut for Pakistan against Zimbabwe on 13 July 2018.

In May 2019, he was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup, after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) named their final fifteen-man squad for the tournament. Ali struggled to make an impact in the first three years of his international career, and was often sidelined from the team.

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