1. Umar Gul was born on 15 October 1982 and is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who is the current bowling consultant of Peshawar Zalmi and interim bowling coach of the Pakistan national cricket team.
18 Facts About Umar Gul
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Umar Gul won the Twenty20 International Performance of the Year 2013.
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Umar Gul was born on 15 October 1982 in Peshawar, Pakistan in a middle-class family and frequently played tape ball cricket.
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Umar Gul's daughter, Rehab Umar, was born in May 2012.
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In February 2008, Umar Gul signed with the Indian Premier League and was drafted by Shahrukh Khan's Kolkata Knight Riders franchise for US$150,000.
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Umar Gul had signed a one-year contract with Gloucestershire to play in 2007, but the Pakistan Cricket Board failed to give them their permission.
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Umar Gul was first called up for the team in April 2003, playing four one-day matches at the Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup against Zimbabwe, Kenya and Sri Lanka, where he took four wickets, and he was in and out of the one-day team after that tournament.
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Later in 2006, against West Indies at home, Umar Gul had perhaps his most successful test series.
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In February 2009, Umar Gul recorded his best test figures in the Pakistan team, taking 6 for 135 on a flat pitch.
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Umar Gul then suffered a hamstring injury in the second test when he was touring England in 2010 he was ruled out for three weeks that meant he would miss the remaining two tests.
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Umar Gul got his opportunity with the absence of Shoaib Akhtar and Abdul Razzaq in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 held in South Africa.
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Umar Gul was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' by ESPNcricinfo for the 2009 T20I World Cup.
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Umar Gul appeared in all three of Pakistan's group matches in the 2007 World Cup taking four wickets with an economy rate of 3.13, only Shane Bond of those to deliver 100 balls was more economical.
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Umar Gul's spell of 6 for 42 against England at The Oval in 2010 was voted as the best ODI bowling performance of the year by ESPNcricinfo.
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In January 2016, Umar Gul was suspended from international cricket for a doping offense.
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Umar Gul was recalled into the ODI squad on 9 August 2016 for the England and Ireland tour.
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Shortly after making a six-month come-back from a shoulder injury in July 2010 Umar Gul picked up a hamstring injury against England in August but it wasn't too serious and he only missed the two Test matches.
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On 15 March 2023, Umar Gul was appointed the interim bowling coach of the Pakistani cricket team for the Afghanistan series.