Umar Gul

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Umar Gul (Urdu: عمر گل, Pashto: عمر گل) (born 15 October 1982) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who is the current bowling consultant of Peshawar Zalmi and interim bowling coach of the Pakistan national cricket team. Gul was a member of the Pakistan team that won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, being the highest wicket taker of the tournament, along with being the runner-up of the 2007 tournament. In 2007 World Cup as well, he was the highest wicket taker. He played all three formats of the game as a right arm fast medium bowler for the Pakistani cricket team. He was particularly lethal with the old ball and reverse swing, and has been called "Sultan of Reverse Swing." Umar Gul was the second-highest wicket-taker in Twenty20 International cricket, with 74 dismissals, behind Saeed Ajmal. He won the Twenty20 International Performance of the Year 2013. On 16 October 2020, after the final group-stage match of the 2020–21 National T20 Cup, Gul retired from all forms of cricket...

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