In first-class cricket, Asif represents Northern, and he plays for Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League.
[4][5] Asif was born on 1 October 1991, in Faisalabad, Pakistan Before going into professional cricket, he used to work as a labourer in an iron foundry.
[11] On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Edmonton Royals in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.
[12][13] In October 2018, he was named in Cape Town Blitz's squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.
[16][17] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Cape Town Blitz team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.
[48][49] Asif Ali won the Player of the Month award in November 2021 for his match-winning performances for Pakistan during the T20 World Cup.