Asmavia Iqbal Khokhar (born 1 January 1988) is a Pakistani former

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er who played primarily as a right-arm

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bowler. She appeared in 92 One Day Internationals and 68 Twenty20 Internationals for

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between 2005 and 2017. She was the first cricketer to take a

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in a WT20I, taken against

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in 2012. She played domestic cricket for

Multan Multan (; ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, on the bank of the Chenab River. Multan is Pakistan's seventh largest city as per the 2017 census, and the major cultural, religious and economic centre of southern Punjab. Multan is one of the olde ...

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, Omar Associates, Saif Sports Saga and State Bank of Pakistan.

Career

Iqbal made her

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debut against

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at the

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on 28 December 2005. She was part of the team at the

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in 2009 and 2017. Iqbal was selected to play in the 2010 Asian Games in China.Khalid, Sana to lead Pakistan in Asian Games cricket event
onepakistan. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.

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* * 1988 births Living people Punjabi people Cricketers from Multan Pakistani women cricketers Pakistan women One Day International cricketers Pakistan women Twenty20 International cricketers Women's Twenty20 International cricket hat-trick takers Multan women cricketers Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited women cricketers Omar Associates women cricketers Saif Sports Saga women cricketers State Bank of Pakistan women cricketers Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan Asian Games medalists in cricket Cricketers at the 2010 Asian Games Cricketers at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games {{Pakistan-cricket-bio-1980s-stub