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Zeeshan Ansari, the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) bowler, announced his arrival on the big stage in style during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match against delhi Capitals at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. Zeeshan, who came in the XI as the only change in their lineup from the previous match, was introduced into the attack in the eighth over.
While he conceded eight runs off his first over with Jake Fraser-McGurk hitting him for a four, he bounced back in his next over, picking a crucial wicket of DC opener Faf du Plessis, who departed having scored a half century off 27 deliveries. On the final delivery of the same over, the leg-break googly bowler dismissed Jake Fraser-McGurk.
This wasn’t it as the 25-year-old then went on to clean up Indian wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul on the second delivery of his third over. In his four-over spell, the youngster finished with the figures of 3/42.
Here is all you need to know about Zeeshan Ansari:
Age: 25 years
Date of Birth: December 16, 1999
Birthplace: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Role: Bowler
Batting Style: Right-handed Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Teams: Sunrisers Hyderabad, Uttar Pradesh, India Under-19s, Uttar Pradesh Under-19s
Debut:
T20 debut for Uttar Pradesh against Uttarakhand in Delhi on February 28, 2019
First-Class debut for Uttar Pradesh vs Railways in Lucknow on October 06-08, 2017
