Athar Ali Khan
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10 February 1962 Dacca, Pakistan (now Dhaka, Bangladesh) |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman, commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 29 December 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Athar Ali Khan (Bengali: আতহার আলী খান) (born 10 February 1962, in Dhaka) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer and currently an international commentator. A tall, technically correct, right-handed batsman, standing at 6 ft 2 in height, he played 19 one-day internationals scoring 532 runs at an average of 29.55 with a highest score of 82. Throughout the 1980s, Athar played as a middle order batsman, batting mostly at No. 4 or 5.
Later on, encouraged by the Indian Test Cricketer, Mohinder Amarnath, Athar started opening regularly for Bangladesh. He was a slow medium pacer taking six wickets in ODI matches. He is Bangladesh cricket team's national selector and a cricket commentator. He is also the head coach of Bangladesh Premier League franchise Duronto Rajshahi.
In 1984, Athar played for the Bangladesh Tigers in the first South East Asian Cup. A year later he played in the 3 Day match against Sri Lanka in Dhaka. During the season 1984–85 he was part of the Dhaka University team which won the National cricket title. In the semi-final, against Dhaka district, Athar scored 155 and shared a record stand of 447 with Tariquzzaman Munir (308).
In October 1988, he was Bangladesh's best performer in the Wills Asia Cup at Dhaka. He scored 16 against India, 22 against Pakistan and 30 against Sri Lanka.Then on the final day of 1990, he entertained the huge 50,000-strong crowd at Eden Garden, Calcutta with a score of 78* against Sri Lanka. His innings included three huge sixes. Although Bangladesh lost the match, Athar was adjudged the Man-of-the-Match.
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