Ashish Winston Zaidi, popularly known as Zaidi is an Indian

cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

er, who has represented

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

in 157 first-class matches, as a

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between 1988 and 2006. He was almost selected to play for India in his heyday. Due to his Hindu first name, Christian middle name and Muslim surname, he was often called "

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" by his teammates. Ashish, an alumnus of the

Guru Gobind Singh Sports College, Lucknow Guru Gobind Singh Sports College, Lucknow is a residential sports college in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. It offers sports training in football, hockey, wrestling, athletics, badminton, swimming and kabaddi in 6th to 12th standard and with the curr ...

, announced his retirement from first class cricket on 17 December 2006 after claiming 427 wickets in 157 first-class matches in an 18-year career for his state.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zaidi, Ashish Winston 1971 births Living people Uttar Pradesh cricketers Indian cricketers Central Zone cricketers Cricketers from Prayagraj Guru Gobind Singh Sports College, Lucknow alumni Twelvers Indian Shia Muslims