.jpg) Athar Ali Khan on BCB Iftar program in 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 10 February 1962 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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]
- ^ Ameer, Rafiqul (12 May 2006). "Looking Back: Bangladesh Cricket in the 80's". Star Weekend Magazine. The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ Cricinfo Player Page: Athar Ali Khan:(Retrieved on 25 December 2007).
- ^ বড় কথা বলছি না সত্যি কথা বলছি. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). 7 November 2014.