Asif Ali (cricketer)


Asif Ali is a Pakistani professional cricketer who plays for Pakistan cricket team. In first class cricket, Asif represents Faisalabad, and plays for Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super League.
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.

Domestic and T20 franchise career

He was the leading run-scorer for Faisalabad in the 2017–18 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, with 369 runs in six matches. He even played 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.
In September 2019, he was named in Northern's squad for the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy tournament. In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Dhaka Platoon in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League. In July 2020, he was named in the Jamaica Tallawahs squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.

International career

In Mar 2018, he was named in Pakistan's Twenty20 International 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 named their final fifteen-man squad for the tournament.