Pakistani cricketer
Rumman Raees Khan (Urdu : رومان رئیس ; born 18 October 1991) is a Pakistani cricketer who plays for United Bank Limited and the Pakistan cricket team .[ 3] In August 2018, he was one of thirty-three players to be awarded a central contract for the 2018–19 season by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).[ 4] [ 5]
Personal life
The only brother of four sisters, he married in 2017.[ 6]
Domestic and T20 franchise career
In October 2017, during the 2017–18 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match between United Bank Limited and Lahore Whites , he took nine wickets for 25 runs in the second innings of the game.[ 7] These were the second-best figures in first-class cricket in Pakistan.[ 8]
On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[ 9] [ 10] In March 2019, he was named in Federal Areas ' squad for the 2019 Pakistan Cup .[ 11] [ 12]
International career
He was selected in Pakistan's squad for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 tournament, but was dropped due to a knee injury.[ 13] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Pakistan against the West Indies on 27 September 2016.[ 14]
Raees was initially not named in Pakistan's squad for the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy , but was added to the team as a replacement for the injured Wahab Riaz .[ 15] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in the semi-final against England on 14 June replacing the injured Mohammad Amir . He took two wickets for 44 runs including England's opener Alex Hales .[ 16]
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Haris Sohail was not initially in the squad, but was named as replacement for
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Rumman Raees was not initially in the squad, but was named as replacement for injured Wahab Riaz.