Athar Ali Khan

Who is Athar Ali Khan?

Athar Ali Khan is a former Bangladeshi cricketer. A tall, technically correct, right-handed batsman, standing at 6'2 tall, he played 19 one-day internationals scoring 532 runs at an average of 29.55 with a highest score of 82. Throughout the '80s Athar played as a middle order batsman, batting mostly at No. 4 or 5. Later on, encouraged by the Indian Test Cricketer, Mohinder Amarnath, Athar started opening regularly for Bangladesh. He was a slow medium pacer taking six wickets in ODI matches. He is Bangladesh cricket team's national selector and a cricket commentator. He is also the head coach of Bangladesh Premier League franchise Duronto Rajshahi.