Arafat Minhas (Urdu: عرفات منہاس; born 2 January 2005) is a Pakistani cricketer who plays for the Pakistan cricket team and Multan Sultans.[1][2]
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| Born | 2 January 2005 Multan, Punjab, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| T20I debut (cap 104) | 3 October 2023 v Hong Kong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 7 October 2023 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022/23 | Southern Punjab | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Multan Sultans (squad no. 66) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Karachi Kings (squad no. 23) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early career
editMinhas was born in Multan, Punjab, into a Muslim Rajput family of the Minhas clan to Kashif Minhas, a former Under-19 cricketer. Minhas considers his father to be his role model and also admired AB de Villiers. He began to play red ball club-level cricket at the age of 9 and went on to play Under-13 and Under-16 cricket. In Under-19 cricket he was adjudged player of the tournament in the National Under-19 Championship 2021/22.[3]
Domestic career
editMinhas captained Gwadar Sharks in the 2022 Pakistan Junior League and was named in the team of the tournament as captain.[4][5][6] Minhas made his List A debut for Southern Punjab against Sindh on 10 December 2022 during the 2022–23 Pakistan Cup.[7] Minhas was selected by Multan Sultans in the supplementary category during the 2023 Pakistan Super League players draft.[8][9] He was selected by Karachi Kings in the silver category during the 2024 Pakistan Super League players draft.[10][11]
International career
editMinhas has played for the Pakistan under-19 team.[12] In December 2022, Minhas was added to the Pakistani Test squad along with Mohammad Zeeshan and Basit Ali by the interim selection committee.[13][14] In August 2023, he was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2022 Asian Games. On 3 October 2023, Minhas made his T20I debut for Pakistan against Nepal during the Asian Games.[15][16] Minhas was included in the squad for the 2023 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup and was named vice-captain.[17] He was also named in the squad for the 2024 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[18]
References
edit- ^ "Arafat Minhas profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ "Arafat Minhas | Pakistan Cricket Team | Official Cricket Profiles | PCB". www.pcb.com.pk. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ Husain, Amir (12 January 2023). "Talent Spotter: Arafat Minhas". PakPassion. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ PCB; World, Cricket; October 2022, Pakistan Junior League Saturday 22. "Arafat Minhas named captain of Team of Pakistan Junior League". Cricket World. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Arafat Minhas named captain of Team of Pakistan Junior League". www.pcb.com.pk. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ Report, Recorder (23 October 2022). "Gwadar Sharks' all-rounder Arafat named captain of PJL". Brecorder. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ "Full Scorecard of Sindh vs Southern PNJ 2nd Match 2022/23 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ "As it happened - PSL 2023 player draft". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ "PSL Draft 2023 — complete list of the teams". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ "Live blog - PSL Player Draft 2024". ESPNcricinfo. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ "Franchises finalise squads in PSL 2024 Draft". cricketpakistan.com.pk. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Sports (19 November 2022). "Arafat, Saad help Pakistan U-19 draw series against BD". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ "Three high-performing teenagers added to Test squad". www.pcb.com.pk. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ Sports, A. (27 December 2022). "Three PJL stars added to Pakistan Test squad". ASports.tv. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "HKG vs PAK, Asian Games Men's Cricket Competition 2023, 2nd Quarter-Final at Hangzhou, October 03, 2023 - Full Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ "Lower order and spinners lead Pakistan to Asian Games semi-finals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ "PCB announces 15-member Pakistan squad for the Under-19 Asia Cup 2023; Saad Baig to lead". Cricket Times. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ ICC (29 December 2023). "Every ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup 2024 squad". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 26 January 2024.