Mudassar Bukhari ( ur, مدثر بخاری; born 26 December 1983) is a Dutch international

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er who made his debut for the Netherlands national cricket team in July 2007. He represented the Dutch team at both

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(ODI) and

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level. He played as a bowling all-rounder often as a pinch hitter and a finisher.

Career

Mudassar made his debut for the

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in a first class fixture against

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. He batted at eight and made an unbeaten 66 which he followed up with two quick top order Canadian wickets. He also made

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against Canada national cricket team on 3 July 2007. On his debut matches Bukhari took 3 wicket of 8 over and 6 runs with the bats. In

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, he took 3 for 12 to defeat England. He was later awarded the Man of the Match. Bukhari's best bowling performance in Twenty20 Internationals came on 3 February 2016 against UAE. He took 4 wickets from 7 runs and Netherlands won the match by a margin of 84 runs. Bukhari was adjudged man of the match as well. In September 2016, Bukhari announced his retirement from four-day cricket and 50-over cricket.

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* 1983 births Living people Dutch cricketers Netherlands One Day International cricketers Netherlands Twenty20 International cricketers Cricketers at the 2011 Cricket World Cup Pakistani emigrants to the Netherlands Cricketers from Gujrat Dutch people of Punjabi descent {{Netherlands-cricket-bio-stub