Athar Ali Khan (Bengali: আতহার আলী খান) (born 10 February 1962, in Dacca, Bangladesh) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer. A tall, technically correct, right-handed batsman (6' 2"), 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 ...
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Athar Ali Khan (Bengali: আতহার আলী খান) (born 10 February 1962, in Dacca, Bangladesh) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer. A tall, technically correct, right-handed batsman (6' 2"), 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 team's national selector and a cricket commentator.
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 at 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...
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