Who’s Sufiyan Muqeem? Pakistan’s thriller spinner who scripted historical past vs Zimbabwe
Younger Pakistan spinner Sufiyan Muqeem etched his title in document books throughout the second T20I towards Zimbabwe on Tuesday, December 3 at Queens Sports activities Membership, Bulawayo. The left-arm spinner registered the very best bowling figures for Pakistan in T20Is as he ran by the Zimbabwe batting line up. Muqeem picked up his maiden 5 wicket haul registering figures of 5/3 in 2.4 overs as he helped bundle out Zimbabwe for his or her lowest T20I rating of 57.
Courtesy of his effort, Pakistan had no points chasing down the small goal within the second innings and gained the match by ten wickets in simply 5.3 overs. Muqeem was deservedly awarded Participant of the Match taking part in his seventh T20I. The 25-year-old made his worldwide debut throughout the Asian Video games 2023 towards Hong Kong.
He had a great outing in his maiden worldwide match choosing 2/11 in 4 overs and completed the match with 4 wickets from three matches. He lately performed within the ACC Males’s T20 Rising Groups Asia Cup and scalped six wickets from 4 matches at a mean of 14.50 and an financial system of 5.80 which included figures of two/28 vs India A.
Earlier, he represented Dolphins within the Pakistan’s home Listing A match the Champions One Day Cup however did not impress choosing simply two wickets from three matches. Nevertheless, he proved his price within the T20I collection towards Australia in November the place he registered figures of two/21 within the second T20I which included large scalps of Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis.
Muqeem performed for Peshawar Zalmi in PSL
Muqeem additional began the Zimbabwe collection on an important observe ending because the choose of the bowlers for Pakistani within the first T20I with figures of three/20 in 4 overs. Following his 5 wicket haul within the second recreation, he’s the main wicket taker of the collection with eight wickets from two matches at a mean of two.87 and an financial system of three.45.
He figures of 5/3 helped him surpass Umar Gul’s finest figures of 5/6, registered on two separate events in 2009 and 2013, and register the very best T20I bowling figures for his nation. Muqeem has 14 wickets in his T20I profession to this point after he was quick tracked into the nationwide aspect after taking part in simply 5 matches within the PSL (Pakistan Tremendous League) for Peshawar Zalmi.
The teenager might solely choose 4 wickets from 5 matches for his staff. Muqeem is but to make his top quality debut however has proven his bowling prowess within the restricted alternatives to this point. With Pakistan looking for a great spinner within the longest format, Muqeem might properly be an thrilling prospect for the Males in Inexperienced with him being simply 25 years outdated.
