Mohammad Saqib Zulfiqar (born 28 March 1997) is a Dutch

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er. He made his

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debut for the

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against

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on 17 July 2017. In the match, he played alongside his brothers

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and Sikander, making it the first instance of three siblings playing for a professional cricket team in the same game. He made his first-class debut for the Netherlands in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 15 August 2017.

International career

In June 2018, he was named in the Netherlands'

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(T20I) squad for the

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. He made his T20I debut against

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on 12 June 2018. In June 2019, he was named in the Netherlands'

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(ODI) squad for their series against Zimbabwe. He made his ODI debut for the Netherlands against

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on 21 June 2019. In April 2020, he was one of seventeen Dutch-based cricketers to be named in the team's senior squad.

T20 career

In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Rotterdam Rhinos in the inaugural edition of the

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cricket tournament. However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zulfiqar, Saqib 1997 births Living people Dutch cricketers Netherlands One Day International cricketers Netherlands Twenty20 International cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) Dutch people of Pakistani descent