18 Facts About Rohan Mustafa

Rohan Mustafa is a Pakistani-born cricketer who has played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team since 2007.

Rohan Mustafa is a former national captain, and plays as a left-handed batsman and right-arm off-spin bowler.

Rohan Mustafa enrolled in the Sharjah Cricket Academy to pursue his career in cricket and his father provided him huge support to fulfill his cricketing ambitions.

Rohan Mustafa's father was one of his cricketing mentors from a young age.

Rohan Mustafa initially struggled to cope following his father's death and endured difficulties to pursue his cricket career due to the financial constraints faced by the family.

Rohan Mustafa was eventually picked for the UAE U-19 national team in 2007.

On 3 June 2018, Rohan Mustafa was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.

Rohan Mustafa made his List A debut for the UAE against Oman on 30 November 2007 during the 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.

Rohan Mustafa made his T20 debut against Ireland on 21 March 2013.

Rohan Mustafa made his One Day International debut against Scotland on 1 February 2014.

Rohan Mustafa was accused of playing for another corporation without any written permissions from his employers thereby breaching the contract.

Rohan Mustafa immediately returned to Pakistan but he won the court appeal and was able to overturn the court order as he was able to obtain the no objection certificate with the combined assistance from former UAE head coach Aqib Javed, Emirates Cricket Board and from his former employers.

At the 2016 Asia Cup Qualifier, Rohan Mustafa scored 77 runs from 50 balls in the first match against Afghanistan, opening the batting with Muhammad Kaleem.

Rohan Mustafa took three wickets in Afghanistan's innings, which is record in international taking 3 wickets and 75+ runs in a same match with the UAE going on to win the match by 16 runs.

On 4 April 2017, Rohan Mustafa scored his maiden One Day International century, scoring 109 against Papua New Guinea.

Rohan Mustafa was included in Emirati squad for the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament.

Rohan Mustafa was the leading wicket-taker for the UAE in the tournament, with eleven dismissals in eight matches.

Rohan Mustafa became the first Emirati cricketer to be ranked inside the top ten ICC rankings in any format when he achieved his career best ranking of 7 in ICC T20I rankings for all-rounders in February 2022.