Abdur Rauf was born on December 9, 1978 in Renala Khurd, Punjab, and played for Pakistan from 2008 to 2009. Tall and well-built in the tradition of Punjabi fast bowlers, Abdur Rauf can generate a reasonable amount of pace with a natural movement that brings the ball back into the right-hander, but he can also extract uncomfortable bounce, which has been critical to his success and development. He made his first-class debut in October 1999. Abdur Rauf made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in Sheikhupura in February 2008. He picked up three wickets for 45 runs in 8.5 overs. However, he only appeared in one of the series' matches. Let us get into the video.
In his third odi match, against Bangladesh, he picked up his first
Man-of-the-Match award. Abdur Rauf joined the national squad for a series
against South Africa and Bangladesh in 2002/03 but did not play an
international in either. In June 2009 following consistent performances in
domestic cricket, Abdur Rauf was chosen in the 15-man Pakistani squad to tour
Sri Lanka at the end of the month. He finally made his Test debut against Sri
Lanka at Galle in July 2009.
He got his first wicket which was a big one of Mahela Jayawardene and finished
with 3 wickets in the match. His first Test match innings was 31 as a
nightwatchman. After a decent performance, he was retained for the second Test
starting on 12 July. He got a pair twice trapped lbw by Nuwan Kulasekara as Sri
Lanka won the series.
Abdur Rauf played in the Boxing Day Test at the MCG but only picked up 1 wicket
and 8 runs as Australia won. He also dropped Shane Watson when the Australian
batsman was on 99, allowing him to run through to complete his maiden Test century.
He was dropped for the next match.
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