Asad Zulfiqar (born 28 March 1997) is a Dutch

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er who plays for the

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. He made his

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debut for the

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against

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on 17 July 2017. In the match, he played alongside his brothers Saqib and Sikander, making it the first instance of three siblings playing for a professional cricket team in the same game. In January 2022, Zulfiqar was named in the Dutch

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(ODI) squad for their series against Afghanistan in Qatar.

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* 1997 births Living people Dutch cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) Dutch people of Pakistani descent {{Netherlands-cricket-bio-stub