Hunain Shah | |
Birth Date: | 4 February 2004 |
Birth Place: | Lower Dir District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
Height: | 5 ft 9 in[1] |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm fast medium |
Role: | Bowler |
Club1: | Central Punjab |
Year1: | 2022-2023 |
Clubnumber1: | 99 |
Family: | Naseem Shah (brother) Ubaid Shah (brother) |
Date: | 28 October 2022 |
Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/hunain-shah-1331347 |
Hunain Shah (Urdu: حنین شاہ, Pushto; Pashto: حنین شاہ; born 4 February 2004) is a Pakistani cricketer who is a right arm medium fast bowler for Central Punjab and in the Pakistan Super League for Islamabad United.
He moved to Lahore in 2017 for his cricket career, joining the city's Pak Lions International Cricket Academy, later playing at District Under-16 level.[2]
Shah was selected for the development programme of the Lahore Qalandars in 2020.[3]
Shah played for the Central Punjab Whites U19 side in 2021.[4] Shah made his senior T20 debut for Central Punjab in September 2022 taking 2-28 in his 4 overs against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the National T20 Cup at the Multan Cricket Stadium.[5] [6]
In November 2020 he made his first-class debut for Central Punjab in the 2022–23 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.[7] [8] On 18 November, 2022 he took his maiden first-class wicket dismissing Bilawal Iqbal of the Balochistan cricket team.[9] [10]
He is the younger brother of Pakistan international cricketer Naseem Shah, they have a younger brother, Ubaid Shah, who played for the Pakistan U19 cricket team at the 2024 U19 World Cup.[11]