Mohammad Irfan Khan Niazi (born 28 December 2002) is a Pakistani

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er.

Early career

Born in

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, Punjab, Irfan switched from tape-ball to hard-ball cricket in 2015 by joining the city's Ikram Shaheed Cricket Club, while after club cricket he played Under-19 cricket, at district level with Mianwali in 2016 and at regional level with Faisalabad in 2017. Due to his performances, he was eventually named in Pakistan's squad for the

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Domestic career

In September 2019, he was named in the newly formed

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for the 2019–20 domestic season. He was retained by

for the 2020–21 domestic season. In February 2020, Irfan made his

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debut for

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against the

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(MCC), during the MCC's tour of Pakistan. In September 2020, he made his

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debut for Central Punjab in the

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. In December 2021, he was named in Pakistan's team for the

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in the West Indies.

International career

Due to his good performance in the

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, he was called up to Pakistan's

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squad for Pakistan's 5-match home

series against New Zealand. He made his international and T20I debut in the first match, but did not bat due to the match being abandoned because of rain. He was called up to Pakistan's ODI squad for Pakistan's 3-match ODI series against

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, and made his ODI debut in the first match, scoring 22 runs.

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