Rohan Mustafa

Rohan Mustafa
Personal information
Full name Rohan Mustafa
Born (1988-10-07) 7 October 1988
Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Batting Left-handed
Bowling Right-arm off break
Role Batsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 45) 1 February 2014 v Scotland
Last ODI 30 August 2018 v Nepal
ODI shirt no. 80
T20I debut (cap 8) 17 March 2014 v Netherlands
Last T20I 14 April 2017 v Papua New Guinea
T20I shirt no. 80
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 26 24 6 71
Runs scored 641 411 222 1,713
Batting average 24.65 18.68 27.75 25.56
100s/50s 1/1 0/2 0/1 1/7
Top score 109 77 68 109
Balls bowled 1,203 364 576 2,952
Wickets 28 19 6 80
Bowling average 34.00 22.94 47.50 26.86
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 3
10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 5/25 3/9 3/38 5/25
Catches/stumpings 12/– 7/– 2/– 34/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 30 August 2018

Rohan Mustafa (Urdu: روہن مصطفی‬‎; born: 7 October; 1988) is an international cricketer who is the current captain of the United Arab Emirates national team.[1] He is a left-handed batsman and right-arm off-spin bowler.[2]

Early life

Mustafa was born in Kohat, in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province.[1] His family moved to the UAE when he was 10, where his father had a car sales business in Sharjah.[3] His father died suddenly when he was 15.[4]

T20 franchise career

On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[5][6]

International career

Mustafa made his One Day International debut against Scotland in February 2014. One month later he also made his Twenty20 International debut against the Netherlands. After the 2014 ICC World Twenty20, Mustafa was appointed vice-captain of the UAE.

At the 2016 Asia Cup Qualifier, Mustafa scored 77 runs from 50 balls in the first match against Afghanistan, opening the batting with Muhammad Kaleem. This set a new record for the highest score by a UAE player in a Twenty20 International. Mustafa also took three wickets in Afghanistan's innings,which is also record in international taking 3 wickets and 75+ runs in a same match with the UAE going on to win the match by 16 runs.[7][8]

On 4 April 2017, Mustafa scored his maiden One Day International century, scoring 109 against Papua New Guinea. In the same match, he took his maiden five-wicket haul, taking 5/25. In doing so, he became only the third player to score a century and take a five-wicket haul in the same ODI after Viv Richards and Paul Collingwood.[9]

In January 2018, he was named as the captain of the United Arab Emirates' squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.[10]

In August 2018, he was named the captain of the United Arab Emirates' squad for the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Rohan Mustafa". ESPNcricinfo.
  2. ↑ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com.
  3. ↑ "UAE celebrate new captain and coach appointments with win over Hong Kong", The National, 26 January 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Family always comes first for UAE cricketer Rohan Mustafa", The National, 4 June 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Global T20 Canada: Complete Squads". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Global T20 Canada League – Full Squads announced". CricTracker. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Asia Cup - 1st Match, Qualifying Group". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "Rohan Mustafa magic shocks Afghanistan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "Mustafa's rare feat seals series for UAE". ESPNcricinfo. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  10. ↑ "Six teams vying for the final two spots in ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  11. ↑ "Emirates Cricket Board officially announces team to represent the UAE in the Asia Cup Qualifiers 2018". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
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