Dilbar Hussain (born 20 February 1993) is a Pakistani cricketer.[1] He made his Twenty20 debut on 25 January 2020, for the Melbourne Stars in the 2019–20 Big Bash League season.[2] He was brought into the team's squad as a replacement for Haris Rauf, who was called up for international duty with Pakistan.[3][4]
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Full name | Dilbar Hussain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1993-02-20) 20 February 1993 (age 29) Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowling all-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Melbourne Stars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–21 | Lahore Qalandars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–21 | Southern Punjab | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 4 October 2021 |
He was part of the Lahore Qalandars development squad after previously working on agricultural land in his village near Faisalabad. He impressed Qalandars coach Aaqib Javed in his first hard ball game in Faisalabad, Punjab in 2018 and toured Australia with the Qalandars development squad in the same year.[5] He made his first-class debut on 31 October 2020, for Southern Punjab, in the 2020–21 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.[6]
Born in a village in the tehsil Jaranwala of Faisalabad district, Punjab, Pakistan, he was working on agricultural land there before getting his first professional cricket contract.[7]
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