Who is Arshad Iqbal?
Lets check Arshad Iqbal Profile. Arshad Iqbal is tall and lanky bowler. Strongly built fast bowler of Pakistan who is famous for his lethal pace and bowl hard lengths. A right-arm medium pace bowler with an ability to generate extra pace off the surface, Arshad Iqbal is a skiddy kind of a bowler who made his international debut in April 2021. Not many knew about Arshad Iqbal before today, but now, you will keep an eye on the young lad.
Arshad Iqbal Fastest Ball Speed
Arshad Iqbal clocked above 145 kph. Arshad Iqbal bowls hard lengths and let the ball do the damage after hitting on the deck.
Arshad Iqbal Date of Birth and Age
Arshad Iqbal was born on December 26, 2000. He is currently 22 years of age.
Arshad Iqbal Place of Birth
Arshad Iqbal’s birthplace is the village of Maneri Payan, which is located in the Swabi District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK).Arshad Iqbal hailed from the same area from where Yasir Shah and Junaid Khan hailed.
Arshad Iqbal Family
Arshad Iqbal belongs to a military background family as his father Gul Haider was a captain of the Pakistan Military.
Arshad Iqbal Education
Arshad Iqbal education is High School Graduate.
Arshad Iqbal Height
Arshad Iqbal height is 6 feet and 2 Inches.
In centimeters -188cm
In meters – 1.88 mm
Arshad Iqbal Weight
65 KG
Arshad Iqbal Playing Role
Right arm Fast Medium
Arshad Iqbal Current Teams
Peshawar Zalmi, Karachi Kings, Pakistan U19, Pakistan.
Arshad Iqbal Idol and Favorite Player
When Arshad was a teenager he was very much impressed by Wasim Akram. “I still remember his (Waseem Akram) outstanding performances on the field against best of the sides. He infused in me a new soul of taking up cricket and to play a very high level of cricket,” he said.
Arshad Iqbal Domestic Career and Stats
Arshad Iqbal started his career as a cricketer in 2015 when he was a teenager. He made his debut with the Abbottabad U-16 team in the PCB-PEPSI Cricket Stars U-16 two-day tournament in 2015. In May, 2016, Arshad played with the Swabi U 19 team in the Regional Inter-District U 19 Tournament 2016–017. Arshad was selected for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) team in the Pentangular Under 19 T20 Cup 2017/18, his 1st T20 debut. Later in 2018, he made his List A debut on 16, Oct 2018 for Team Water & Power Development Authority in the Quaid-e-Azam ODI Cup.
Arshad Iqbal played U19 Cricket World Cup 2018 with Shaheen Shah Afridi
Arshad made his mark at the junior level in the ICC Men’s U19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand in 2018. He took six wickets in five matches, but got overshadowed by Shaheen Shah Afridi, who ended the tournament as Pakistan’s highest wicket-taker in the tournament.
Arshad Iqbal T20 International Career and Stats
Pakistan, on Friday, handed 20-year-old Karachi Kings pacer Arshad Iqbal a maiden cap and the youngster left a mark on his debut – literally. Through a snorting bouncer, the right-arm quick blew the cover off Zimbabwe’s Tadiwanashe Marumani’s helmet, leaving the batsman absolutely shell-shocked.
The debut went exceptionally well for Iqbal, who finished with dream figures of 1/16 off his four overs, but it was what he did on the third ball of his second over that is still making waves around the internet.
Arshd Iqbal Career and Stats in PSL 2019
Arshad Iqbal drafted as an Emerging player in the HBL PSL 5 player draft and during the season he made an instant impact by providing his team, Karachi Kings, crucial breakthroughs and putting a lid on the flow of runs. He finished that edition with nine wickets in seven matches. “I was satisfied [with my performance in the last season] because everyone was praising my progress,” he said.
Arshad Iqbal Career and Stats in PSL 2020
Arshad Iqbal 20-year-old, who plays for Karachi Kings, impressed in both PSL 2019/20 , taking a total of 15 wickets. Arshad Iqbal also contributed with the ball to win maiden PSL 2020 trophy for Karachi Kings.
Arshad Iqbal Career and Stats in PSL 2021
Arshad Iqbal played only one PSL match and took 2 wickets for 30 runs. Arshad Iqbal played 2021 PSL season again from Karachi Kings.
Arshad Iqbal Career and Stats in PSL 2022
Arshad Iqbal was picked by Peshawar Zalmi for PSL 7. Arshad Iqbal was very happy being part of Peshawar Zalmi being also Pathan and from KPK. Arshad Iqbal took 8 wickets in 9 matches he played. Arshad Iqbal economy was 8.96.
Arshad Iqbal played for Peshawar Zalmi in PSL 2023
Arshad Iqbal was retained in the Gold category by Peshawar Zalmi in PSL 2023.
Arshad Iqbal Career and Stats in PSL 2023
Arshad Iqbal’s performance was not impressive in PSL 2023. Also wickets were absolute belters and favor the batsman. Arshad Iqbal took 6 wickets in 7 matches with an economy of 10.50.
Arshad Iqbal ACC Mens Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023, ODI Performance
Arshad Iqbal was the spearhead of the team bowling attack along with Wasim Junior.
Arshad Iqbal took 7 wickets in 3 matches with an economy of 4.62 of Emerging Asia Cup and became hero from Pakistan side to left the trophy 2023.
Shahid Afridi included Arshad Iqbal in his 15 players for World Cup 2023.
Shahid Afridi included Arshad Iqbal in his 15 players for World Cup Squad 2023. This showed how much Pakistan team need it. Muhammad Hafeez and Misbah ul haq also supported Arshad Iqbal to be part of world cup 2023 squad but babar azam prefer Hassan Ali in place of Arshad Iqbal.
Arshad Iqbal Networth
Arshad Iqbal was drafted in Gold category by Peshawar Zalmi. Arshad Iqbal got salary of USD 50K in 2023 from PSL. Arshad Iqbal again retained by Peshawar Zalmi in the Gold category for PSL 2024.
Arshad Iqbal included in Asian Games Squad 2023
Arshad Iqbal selected in Asian Games 2023 squad. Hope he will perform for Pakistan cricket there and bring Gold medal for Pakistan.
Arshad Iqbal performance in Asian Games 2023
Arshad Iqbal was the pick of the bowler from Pakistan in Asian Games 2023. Arshad Iqbal main performance came in match against Afghanistan for 3rd and 4th position.
Arshad Iqbal bowled superbly in the penultimate over – conceding just 5 runs and also nipped out Afif Hossain. With 20 runs needed off the final over. Arhsad Iqbal bowled 2 overs in rain curtailed match and given 14 runs and got 3 wickets. Arshad Iqbal economy was only 7. In a match where more than 12 economy was needed in just 5 overs. Arshad Iqbal made a match for Pakistan due to his fiery spell.
Arshad Iqbal took 2nd Five wicket haul in Pakistan Cup 2023/24
Today arshad iqbal took 67/5 in his 9 overs against Peshawar team. This is Arshad IQBAL 2nd five wicket haul in List A cricket.
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