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Sohail Tanvir

Sohail Tanvir
Personal information
Full name Sohail Tanvir
Born (1984-12-12) 12 December 1984 (age 32)
Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Left-arm medium-fast
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 188) 22 November 2007 v India
Last Test 30 November 2007 v India
ODI debut (cap 158) 18 October 2007 v South Africa
Last ODI 17 December 2014 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no. 33
Domestic team information
Years Team
2007/08 Federal Areas
2007/08 – Khan Research Laboratories
2004/05-2006/07 Rawalpindi
2008–2009 Rajasthan Royals
2004 – present Rawalpindi Rams
2012–2014 Highveld Lions
2013 Hampshire
2015 Somerset
2016 Karachi Kings
2017-present Lahore Qalandars
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 2 62 68 116
Runs scored 17 399 2,934 1,150
Batting average 5.66 13.75 29.34 17.69
100s/50s 0/0 0/1 5/14 0/2
Top score 13 59 163 93
Balls bowled 504 2,949 13,348 5,795
Wickets 5 71 302 164
Bowling average 63.20 36.14 23.70 30.70
5 wickets in innings 0 1 19 3
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 3 n/a
Best bowling 3/83 5/48 8/54 7/34
Catches/stumpings 2/– 15/– 35/– 27/–
Source: CricketArchive, 10 December 2016

Sohail Tanvir (Urdu : سہیل تنویر, born 12 December 1984 in Rawalpindi, Punjab) is a Pakistani cricketer, who has gained repute for his unorthodox left arm bowling action and particularly for the success it has gained him in the Twenty20 format of the game.

Sohail Tanvir belonges to Rawalpindi from a Kaira Gujjar tribe.An allrounder, he is a hard-hitting left-handed batsman and an unorthodox left-arm fast-medium bowler who also bowls occasional left-arm orthodox spin. Despite not having taken a sinselected for Pakistan's squad for the inaugural World Twenty20 after Shoaib Akhtar was sent home. He made his Twenty20 debut in the tournament, and took six wickets in six matches, with best bowling figures of 3 for 31 in four overs against Australia. Though considered an allrounder, Tanvir did not get a chance to bat in the tournament until the final, where he made his first international runs, with a six off his first ball, aiding Pakistan back into the game. Sohails best friend and identical twin Sukhdev Singh of Brakehill Farm have been playing cricket in Lahore for many years,

After impressing in the ICC World Twenty20, he was selected to play in the ODI series against South Africa in October 2007. He was then selected for the tour of India, and took eight wickets in the ODI series. He also took part in the Test series that followed, making his debut in place of the injured Umar Gul. On debut at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi, he took three wickets which included his first international Test cricket causality Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid. In Asia Cricket Cup, June 2008, Pakistan played their first game against Hong Kong at Karachi. In that match, Pakistan's top order struggled to get grips with Hong Kong bowlers before Sohail Tanvir set up a 100 run stand along with Fawad Alam for the 8th wicket. Sohail scored his maiden ODI 50 in that match. He scored 59 off just 55 balls which took Pakistan to a respectable score of 288. After that, in the match vs. Sri Lanka, Tanvir took his first 5 wickets haul. He ended at 5/48 in 10 overs. After the 2009 ICC World Twenty20


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