Tayyab Tahir

Born in the village of Thoon near Sarai Alamgir in Pakistan’s Punjab province, Tayyab Tahir played tape ball cricket before getting into professional cricket in 2007, at the age of 14, moving to Lahore after being encouraged by his uncle and his father, joining the city’s P&T Gymkhana cricket club and playing with former international all-rounder Abdul Razzaq, later making his domestic debut across all formats in 2015.

In January 2023, Tayyab earned his maiden call for the national squad, named in the One Day International (ODI) squad for the New Zealand tour of Pakistan.[9] He didn’t play any of the three ODIs. Before his selection he played club cricket in England for same three years.

In March 2023, he was named in Pakistan’s Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the series against Afghanistan. He made his T20I debut in the first T20I of the series, on 24 March 2023.