Pakistan Cricket Players: Umar Gul

Umar Gul Biography

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Here you can see the Umar Gul Profile and biography. Full information of Umar Gul Profile, Date of Birth, Qualification available here. Umar Gul is a Pakistani Cricket player. Umar Gul born in 14 April 1984. Umar Gul is one best Pakistani fast bowler who has earned a good reputation in the past few years in cricket. Umar Gul right arm fast medium bowler in cricket who has played Test matches, ODI and T20 Internationals for the Pakistani cricket team. He has gained fame as one of the most successful bowlers in T20 cricket finishing as the leading wicket taker and bowler in both the 2007 and 2009 Twenty20 World Championship.A fast bowler of growing repute, Umar Gul is the latest in Pakistan's assembly-line of pace-bowling talent. He had played just nine first-class matches when called up for national duty in the wake of Pakistan's poor 2003 World Cup. On the flat tracks of Sharjah, Gul performed admirably, maintaining excellent discipline and getting appreciable outswing with the new ball. Gul isn't in the Shoaib Akhtar category in terms of pace, but his exceptional control and ability to extract seam movement marks him out. Further, his height enables him to extract bounce on most surfaces and from his natural back of a length, it is a useful trait. His first big moment in his career came in the Lahore Test against India in 2003-04. Unfazed by a daunting batting line-up, Gul tore through the Indian top order, moving the ball both ways off the seam at a sharp pace.

Umar Gul Profile

Full name : Umar Gul

Nick Name : Gul

Born : April 14, 1984, Peshawar, North-Western Frontier Province

Playing role: Bowler

Batting style : Right-hand bat

Major Teams : akistan, Gloucestershire, Habib Bank Limited, Kolkata Knight Riders, North West Frontier Province, North West Frontier Province Panthers, Pakistan A, Pakistan International Airlines, Peshawar, Peshawar Panthers, Sussex, Uva Next, Western Australia

ODI debut : Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Sharjah, Apr 3, 2003

T20I debut : Kenya v Pakistan at Nairobi (Gym), Sep 4, 2007

Test Debut : Pakistan v Bangladesh at Karachi, Aug 20-24, 2003

Gul has taken 47 wickets in just 32 matches at an average of 14.65 and its a truly outstanding statistic. He is the second leading wicket-taker in Twenty20 Internationals behind teammate Shahid Afridi. You can also share us your precious comment about the Umar Gul Profile on below comment section.