| Full Name | Malik Haidar Ali Khan |
| Age | 25 |
| Date of Birth | 2 October 2000 |
| Birthplace | Attock, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Height | 6 ft (183 cm) |
| Batting Style | Right Handed Bat |
| Playing Role | Batter |
| PSL 2026 Team | Islamabad United (PKR 1.50 crore) |
| T20I Debut | 1 September 2020 — vs England (Cap 87) |
| ODI Debut | 1 November 2020 — vs Zimbabwe (Cap 226) |
| Last T20I | 6 October 2023 — vs Afghanistan |
| T20I Best | 68 vs New Zealand |
| Debut Score | 54 on T20I debut vs England |
| Format | M | Inn | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T20I | 35 | 32 | 505 | 68 | 17.41 | 124.69 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 22 |
| ODI | 2 | 2 | 42 | 29 | 21.00 | 127.27 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
M: Matches Inn: Innings HS: Highest Score Avg: Average SR: Strike Rate
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSL 2026 | Islamabad United | — | — | — | — | — |
| PSL 2025 | Islamabad United | — | — | — | — | — |
| PSL 2023 | Karachi Kings | — | — | — | — | — |
| PSL 2020-22 | Peshawar Zalmi | — | — | — | — | — |
PSL match-by-match stats available on ESPNCricinfo and CricInfo. Haider has featured across four PSL franchises since 2020.
Source: ESPNCricinfo · Updated June 2026
Haider Ali is one of the most naturally gifted batters Pakistan has produced in recent years. Born on 2 October 2000 in Attock in Punjab, his full name is Malik Haidar Ali Khan and he bats right-handed with an aggression and timing that has excited coaches and fans from the moment he first picked up a bat in age-group cricket.
At 25 he is still in the early years of what most people believe should be a long and productive international career, even if the path so far has been anything but smooth.
He was named vice-captain of Pakistan’s Under-19 squad for the 2020 U19 World Cup, a recognition of how highly the PCB rated him even before his senior debut. The Pakistan Cricket Board gave him a central contract in their newly created Emerging Players category in May 2020, an extraordinary honour for a 19-year-old who had not yet played a senior international match.
When Pakistan toured England during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, he was part of the squad, though he tested positive for the virus along with two other players in June that year. He recovered, kept his place and made his T20I debut against England on 1 September 2020 at Old Trafford. He scored 54 that day, becoming the first Pakistani cricketer ever to score a fifty on T20I debut. It was the kind of entrance that sets expectations very high very quickly.
His ODI debut came just two months later against Zimbabwe in November 2020, and he was included in Pakistan’s squad for the tour of New Zealand shortly after.
The potential was obvious and the opportunity was real. But in June 2021 he was withdrawn from Pakistan’s squads for England and the West Indies after breaching the bio-secure bubble during that year’s PSL tournament, a decision that cost him a crucial period of international cricket at a time when he was building momentum. That setback knocked his career sideways and he has been working his way back ever since.
He has represented four PSL franchises over his career. He started with Peshawar Zalmi from 2020 to 2022, moved to Karachi Kings in 2023 and then joined Islamabad United in 2024, where he has remained. In PSL 2026 he was bought by United at the auction for PKR 1.50 crore.
He has also played for Derbyshire in county cricket and for Noakhali Express in the Bangladesh Premier League, experiences that have rounded out his game and kept him in competitive cricket during periods when Pakistan doors were temporarily closed to him.
His last T20I cap came against Afghanistan in October 2023. The national door has not opened since then but his domestic numbers and PSL form continue to make a case. At 25, with his best cricket almost certainly still ahead of him, Haider remains a player Pakistan cricket cannot afford to give up on. The talent that produced that debut fifty against England in 2020 has not gone anywhere.
Haider became the first Pakistani cricketer ever to score a half-century on T20I debut when he scored 54 against England at Old Trafford on 1 September 2020. He received his 87th T20I cap for Pakistan that day. The innings announced him as one of Pakistan’s most exciting young batting talents and led to him being given a PCB central contract in the Emerging Players category.
Haider plays for Islamabad United in PSL 2026. He was bought at the PSL 11 auction for PKR 1.50 crore. He had previously played for Peshawar Zalmi from 2020 to 2022, Karachi Kings in 2023 and Islamabad United from 2024 onwards. He is one of four PSL franchises Haider has represented across his career.
As of June 2026, he is not part of Pakistan’s T20I or ODI squad. His last T20I appearance was against Afghanistan in October 2023. He has been focused on domestic cricket and PSL performances with Islamabad United and international cricket in the BPL with Noakhali Express as he works toward a national recall.
Haider’s highest T20I score is 68 against New Zealand. He has scored three half-centuries in 35 T20I appearances at a strike rate of 124.69. His debut score of 54 against England in 2020 remains one of the most celebrated debut innings in Pakistan T20I history.
He was withdrawn from Pakistan’s squads for England and the West Indies in June 2021 after breaching the bio-secure bubble during that year’s PSL tournament. The PCB took a firm stance and the decision cost him a significant run of international cricket at a critical time in his development. He has been working his way back through consistent domestic performances ever since.
Haider was born on 2 October 2000 in Attock, Punjab, Pakistan. His full name is Malik Haidar Ali Khan and he stands 6 feet tall. He came through the Northern domestic cricket system in Pakistan before making his international debut in 2020. He is one of the most prominent cricketers to have emerged from Attock in the modern era.
