Dilbar Hussain (born 20 February 1993) is a Pakistani

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er. He made his

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debut on 25 January 2020, for the

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in the 2019–20 Big Bash League season. He was brought into the team's squad as a replacement for

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, who was called up for international duty with Pakistan. He was part of the

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development squad after previously working on agricultural land in his village near

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. He impressed Qalandars coach

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in his first hard ball game in

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in 2018 and toured Australia with the Qalandars development squad in the same year. He made his first-class debut on 31 October 2020, for Southern Punjab, in the

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Early life

Born in a village of Tehsil Jaranwala

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, he used to work on his agricultural land there before getting his first professional cricket contract.Faizan Lakhani (21 December 2018)
"Qalandars signs three rookies from player development program"
''Geo.Tv''. Retrieved 19 March 2020. His father is a farmer.

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* 1993 births Living people Pakistani cricketers Lahore Qalandars cricketers Melbourne Stars cricketers Pakistani expatriate cricketers in Australia Cricketers from Faisalabad Southern Punjab (Pakistan) cricketers 21st-century Pakistani sportsmen {{Pakistan-cricket-bio-1990s-stub