Brian Bara Chari (born 14 February 1992) is a Zimbabwean

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er. He made his international debut for the

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in November 2014.

Domestic career

A top-order

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and occasional

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bowler, Chari has played domestically for the

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since 2011. He was the leading run-scorer for

in the

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tournament, with 316 runs in eight matches. He was also the leading run-scorer for the Matabeleland Tuskers in the 2018–19 Logan Cup, with 356 runs in six matches. In December 2020, he was named as the captain of the Tuskers for the

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International career

Chari made his

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debut for Zimbabwe in November 2014, playing in two of the team's three Tests on their tour of

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. He made his

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(ODI) debut for Zimbabwe against Pakistan on 1 October 2015. In June 2018, he was named in a 22-man preliminary

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(T20I) squad for the 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series. The following month, he was named in Zimbabwe's

(ODI) squad for their series against Pakistan. In September 2018, he was named in Zimbabwe's squad for the

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tournament. In September 2019, he was named in Zimbabwe's

(T20I) squad for the

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. He made his T20I debut for Zimbabwe, against

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, in the Singapore Tri-Nation Series on 27 September 2019.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chari, Brian 1992 births Living people Zimbabwean cricketers Zimbabwe Test cricketers Zimbabwe One Day International cricketers Zimbabwe Twenty20 International cricketers 21st-century Zimbabwean sportsmen Matabeleland Tuskers cricketers