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Athar Ali Khan
Bangladeshi cricket commentator / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Athar Ali Bengali.
For the politician, see Athar Ali Khan (politician).
Athar Ali Khan (Bengali: আতহার আলী খান; born 10 February 1962) is a Bangladeshi cricket commentator and former cricketer. Throughout the 1980s, Athar played as a middle order batsman, batting mostly at No. 4 or 5.
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![]() Athar Ali Khan on BCB Iftar program in 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1962-02-10) 10 February 1962 (age 62) Dacca, East Pakistan (now Dhaka, Bangladesh) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman, commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ODI debut (cap 13) | 27 October 1988 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 25 May 1998 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 29 December 2015 |
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Later on, encouraged by the Indian Test Cricketer, Mohinder Amarnath, Athar started opening regularly for the Bangladesh national cricket team.[1] He was a slow medium pacer taking six wickets in ODI matches.[2] He is an Urdu-speaking Bangladeshi. His ancestors are from Uttar Pradesh now in India.[3]