Asia Cup 2012 Hero Aizaz Cheema (Photo: Gareth Copley/Getty Images)
Suddenly the bowler disappeared from Pakistan’s team, who helped win the Asia Cup in 2012. Which played an important role from Pakistan in defeating Bangladesh in the final of Asia Cup 2012. He was not a player of the match in the final, but he also had a name in the list of Pakistan’s match winner. We are talking about Azaz Cheema, a right -handed fast bowler, who downed 3 wickets in Bangladesh in the 2012 Asia Cup final. However, after that Asia Cup, Aijaz Cheema suddenly disappeared from the Pakistan team.
Cheema was dominated in Asia Cup 2012
In 2012, Pakistan won the Asia Cup title for the second time. He first captured this tournament in the year 2000. The 2012 Asia Cup Aijaz proved to be the best moment of Cheema’s small career. In this tournament, he was the second most successful bowler after Umar Gul, while Pakistan became the highest wicket -taking bowler in the final.
The final was won by defending 9 runs in the last over
Aizaz Cheema took 3 wickets for 46 runs in 7 overs in the final of the Asia Cup 2012, including Shakib Al Hasan, besides the wickets of Musfikur Rahim and Abdur Razzaq. In front of Bangladesh team chasing the target of 237 runs in the final of the Asia Cup 2012, Aizaz Cheema defended 9 runs in the last over and won the title to his team. Bangladesh’s team was able to score only 234 runs and lost the match by a slight margin of 2 runs.
Played just 1 match and career after Asia Cup final
After the final of the Asia Cup played on 22 March 2012, the right -handed pacer Aizaz Cheema was seen playing once and in Pakistan’s jersey. On August 28, 2012, he was seen playing against Australia in Sharjah, but never played in international cricket again after that. Talking about Aijaz Cheema’s career, he took a total of 51 wickets in 26 international matches for Pakistan. In this, he shocked the highest 23 wickets in 14 ODIs.
