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Full name | Parveez Rasool Zargar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Bijbehara, Jammu and Kashmir |
13 February 1989 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Asif Rasool (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National side | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 201) | 15 June 2014 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 21) | 26 January 2017 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–present | Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | Pune Warriors India (squad no. 21) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (squad no. 21) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–present | Royal Challengers Bangalore (squad no. 1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 January 2017 |
Parveez Rasool Zargar (born 13 February 1989) is a cricketer who plays as an all-rounder for Jammu and Kashmir. A right-hand batsman and offbreak bowler, Rasool is the captain of the Jammu and Kashmir team and a regular member of India A. He was bought for ₹95 lakh (US$150,000) by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2014 IPL auction. Rasool was the first cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to have played in the IPL.
Rasool received his maiden call-up for the national team in 2013 for the Zimbabwe tour. Rasool finally represented the national team against Bangladesh on 15 June 2014 at Mirpur. Parveez Rasool got his first chance to play his maiden T20 against England in 2017 where he dismissed Eoin Morgan and got his first T20 International wicket.
Rasool is from Bijbehara in Anantnag district of Kashmir. His coach there was Abdul Qayoom who has played first-class cricket for Jammu and Kashmir. Before playing junior cricket for Jammu and Kashmir, Rasool learned the game from Qayoom. Rasool's father, Ghulam Rasool, and brother, Asif Rasool, both have played competitive cricket.
During 2009 Champions League Twenty20, Rasool was detained by the police in Bangalore in connection with a suspected presence of traces of explosives in his bag. He objected to the checking of his bag by sniffer dogs at his hotel. After questioning, the police learned that his resistance was only due to the presence Quran and a prayer mat in the bag. Rasool had come to Bangalore as a part of the Jammu and Kashmir Under-22 team playing in the CK Nayudu Trophy, and was staying at the KSCA's residential complex which was a few yards away from the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Rasool was released by the police after a few hours as no incriminating evidence was found.