Rayyan Pathan (born 6 December 1991) is a Canadian cricketer. He debuted for the Canada national cricket team in 2013. He plays as a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler.
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| Full name | Rayyankhan Pathan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1991-12-06) 6 December 1991 (age 30) Toronto, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only ODI (cap 84) | March 13 2013 v Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 55) | 7 November 2021 v Bahamas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 24 February 2022 v Bahrain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 February 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pathan was born in Toronto.[1] He represented the Canada Under-19s at the 2011 Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Ireland, following in the footsteps of his older brother Riyaz "Rizzy" Pathan who played at the 2010 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[2]
Pathan made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Canada against Kenya in March 2013.[1]
On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Montreal Tigers in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[3][4] In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.[5] In October 2019, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament in the West Indies.[6]
In June 2021, he was selected to take part in the Minor League Cricket tournament in the United States following the players' draft.[7]
In September 2021, he played for Biratnagar Warriors in Nepal's franchise league Everest Premier League. [8]
In October 2021, he was named in Canada's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Antigua.[9] He made his T20I debut on 7 November 2021, for Canada against the Bahamas.[10] In February 2022, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier A tournament in Oman.[11]