Rameez Raja (born 31 July 1987) is a Pakistani

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er playing for

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. He is a right-hand

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and right-arm

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bowler.

Career

He played for the Pakistani U-19 cricket team at the

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. In April 2018, he was named in

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's squad for the

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. He was the leading run-scorer for

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in the

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, with 449 runs in eight matches. In March 2019, he was named in Federal Areas' squad for the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Raja, Rameez Jr. 1987 births Living people Pakistani cricketers Pakistan Twenty20 International cricketers 21st-century Pakistani sportsmen Karachi Blues cricketers Karachi Dolphins cricketers Fortune Barishal cricketers Pakistani expatriate cricketers in Bangladesh Cricketers from Karachi Karachi Zebras cricketers National Bank of Pakistan cricketers Pakistan Customs cricketers Sindh cricketers Quetta Gladiators cricketers