Shayan Jahangir (born 24 December 1994) is a Pakistani-born-American

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er who currently plays for the

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. He is a right-handed batsman and

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Domestic and franchise career

He made his first-class debut for

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in the

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on 12 October 2014. In July 2020, he was named in the

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squad for the

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(CPL). He made his

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debut on 5 September 2020, for the Barbados Tridents in the CPL.

International career

Jahangir played seven youth one-dayers for the

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in 2013. In January 2021,

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named Jahangir in a 44-man squad to begin training in Texas ahead of the 2021 Oman Tri-Nation Series. In November 2022, Jahangir made his ODI debut for

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against

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. Jahangir made his first ODI century against

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in the

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in Zimbabwe, scoring 100 not out from 79 balls from seventh in the batting order.

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* 1994 births Living people Pakistani cricketers Cricketers from Karachi Barbados Royals cricketers Pakistan International Airlines cricketers American cricketers United States One Day International cricketers 21st-century American sportsmen United States Twenty20 International cricketers Pakistani emigrants to the United States 21st-century Pakistani sportsmen {{Pakistan-cricket-bio-1990s-stub