Career Sharjeel Khan

1 career

1.1 2016 pakistan super league
1.2 ireland (2016)
1.3 2017 pakistan super league spot-fixing

career

sharjeel khan made first-class debut in 2009, scoring 1 run in first innings. during season, ended around 8 runs. in twenty20 (t20) games made 2 t20 centuries.

he first called pakistan during sri lanka s tour of uae. while in second international in twenty20 international (t20i) against sri lanka @ dubai, khan made promising 34 , suggested fix pakistan s top-order conundrum. cemented in third game, when blasted swashbuckling 50 off 25 balls against sri lanka. khan became regular in pakistan limited overs teams ever since successful pakistan super league (psl) in february 2016, made 299 runs (3rd highest) @ 29.95. hit sixes in inaugural psl (19) , scored first century psl.

in september 2016, khan earned first test call-up against new zealand after impressing in limited overs against england , west indies.

2016 pakistan super league

khan part of islamabad united s squad. scored first century of tournament, against possibly best bowling line-up in psl, peshawar zalmi. khan scored 117 62 in game 3 , helped lead team in final faced quetta gladiators, won 6 wickets. arguably team s best player in tournament , performed throughout, scoring 300 runs @ excellent strike-rate of 149.25. finished tournament third-leading run scorer, behind umar akmal of lahore qalandars , ravi bopara of karachi kings.

ireland (2016)

khan scored first century against ireland @ malahide on 18 august 2016. fifty came 34 deliveries , century 61 deliveries strike rate of 176.74. century stands third-highest 1 day international (odi) score pakistani, behind saeed anwar (194) , imran nazir (160). 150 stands third-fastest of time after ab de villiers , shane watson.

2017 pakistan super league spot-fixing

in february 2017, khan provisionally suspended under anti-corruption code of pakistan cricket board (pcb). part of ongoing investigation organisation s alleged attempts corrupt 2017 pakistan super league. on 18 february, khan, along teammate khalid latif, formally charged pcb violating anti-corruption code. on 20 march, summoned pcb anti-corruption tribunal hearing , given until 5 may submit formal reply. on 30 august 2017, sharjeel khan banned 5 years forms of cricket after being found guilty on 5 counts in violation of pcb s anti-corruption code. two-and-a-half years out of five-year sentence suspended. khan s ban took effect when first suspended, on 10 february 2017.