Name Athar Khan Full Name Athar Ali Khan Education University of Dhaka | Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm medium |
Athar Ali Khan Bangladeshi cricket commentator
| Competition | Tests | ODIs |
| Matches | – | 19 |
| Runs scored | – | 532 |
| Batting average | – | 29.55 |
| 100s/50s | – | -/3 |
| Top score | – | 82 |
| Balls bowled | – | 420 |
| Wickets | – | 6 |
| Bowling average | – | 60.83 |
| 5 wickets in innings | – | – |
| 10 wickets in match | – | n/a |
| Best bowling | – | 2/33 |
| Catches/stumpings | -/- | 2/- |
Athar Ali Khan (Bengali: ) (born 10 February 1962, in Dhaka, East Pakistan) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer. A tall, technically correct, right-handed batsman, standing at 6 ft 2 in tall, he played 19 one-day internationals scoring 532 runs at an average of 29.55 with a highest score of 82. Throughout the 80s Athar played as a middle order batsman, batting mostly at No. 4 or 5. Later on, encouraged by the Indian Test Cricketer, Mohinder Amarnath, Athar started opening regularly for Bangladesh. He was a slow medium pacer taking six wickets in ODI matches. He is Bangladesh cricket teams national selector and a cricket commentator. He is also the head coach of Bangladesh Premier League franchise Duronto Rajshahi.
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- Athar Ali Khan Bangladeshi cricket commentator
- International Cricket Commentator Athar Ali Khan UTV Tamil HD
- Early years
- Outside cricket
- References
International Cricket Commentator Athar Ali Khan | UTV Tamil HD
Early years
In 1984, Athar played for the Bangladesh Tigers in the first South East Asian Cup. A year later he played in the 3 Day match against Sri Lanka in Dhaka. During the season 1984–85 he was part of the Dhaka University team which won the National cricket title. In the semi-final, against Dhaka district, Athar scored 155 and shared a record stand of 447 with Tariquzzaman Munir (308).
Outside cricket
He studied public administration at Dhaka University.