Mohammad Rizwan (cricketer)

Mohammad Rizwan (Urdu: محمد رضوان, pronounced [mʊɦəmməd rɪzwɑːn]; born 1 June 1992) is a Pakistani international cricket player.

He is a right-handed batter and wicket-keeper who is the current captain of the Pakistan team in limited overs cricket.

He also captains Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Multan Sultans[1][2][3] and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa team in domestic cricket.

[6] He played for Lahore Qalandars in the PSL from 2016 to 2017, for Karachi Kings from 2018 to 2020, and since 2021 captains Multan Sultans.

[15] Making his first-class debut with Peshawar during the 2008–09 season, Rizwan hit five 50s, including four unbeaten, in his first seven innings.

His good form, both with the bat and behind the wickets, attracted the attention of Basit Ali, the coach of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited, who recruited him to his team for the 2011–12 season.

[21][22] In September 2019, Rizwan was named as the captain of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy tournament.

[23][4] In October 2019, he was named the player of the tournament in the 2019–20 National T20 Cup, for scoring 215 runs and taking six wickets.

However, his two-year stint with the team was disappointing, as Lahore Qalandars failed to qualify for the playoffs in both seasons.

Additionally, Rizwan's individual performance during this period was below expectations, as he only managed to score 233 runs in 16 matches.

Despite becoming Pakistan's first-choice wicketkeeper-batsman in international cricket, he struggled to establish himself as a regular team player for Kings, often only featuring as a lower-order batsman instead of his preferred position in the top order.

[34] Rizwan made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Pakistan against Bangladesh in April 2015, scoring 67 runs off 58 balls.

[38] In August 2018 he was one 33 players awarded a central contract for the 2018–19 season by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

[59] In February 2021, in Pakistan's series against South Africa, Rizwan scored his first century in T20I cricket, with an unbeaten 104 including 6 boundaries and 7 sixes.

[67] In December 2021, in the third match against the West Indies, Rizwan became the first batter to score 2,000 runs in Twenty20 cricket in a calendar year.

[69] In October 2023, Rizwan scored an unbeaten century against Sri Lanka, leading Pakistan to successfully chase a mammoth total of 345 in the 2023 Cricket World Cup.

[77]In Pakistan's first match of the tournament, against the United States, he scored only 9 runs off 8 balls before being seen off by Saurabh Netravalkar.

[78] In Pakistan's second match of the tournament, against India, he scored a crucial 31 runs off 44 balls, before being bowled by Jasprit Bumrah.

Rizwan in 2020.