Full Name: Ali Ghulam Murtaza

Born: 1st January 1990, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

Batting: Left-hand batsman

Bowling: Left-arm medium pace

A shrewd left-arm spinner with a good head on his shoulders, Ali Murtaza was easily the most successful spinner in the two seasons of the unrecognized Indian Cricket League (ICL).

Murtaza has been coached by former India cricketers Venkatesh Prasad and Chandrakant Pandit at the National Cricket Academy. Turning out for the Delhi Giants and the ICL India XI, he took 49 wickets in his 35 T20 matches at an impressive economy rate of under six runs per over.

The 20-year old is a student of the prestigious Lucknow sports hostel where he was inducted at the age of 11. He turned out for Uttar Pradesh in a solitary first-class match and a couple of List-A games before he joined ICL.

He made a name for himself in the ICL, bowling fast yorker length deliveries. He picked up a bagful of wickets with that delivery and helped Delhi Giants win many a game. Murtaza is also a useful lower-order batsman, capable of some big-hitting. Murtaza will hope to sharpen his skills playing alongside a champion bowler in Harbhajan Singh.

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (2006/07-2009/10)

	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	4	7	0	171	68	24.42	0	1	46.46	2

First-Class Career Bowling (2006/07-2009/10)

	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Overall	318	11	121	4	2-9	30.25	0	0	79.50	2.28

List A Career Batting and Fielding (2005/06-2009/10)

	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	15	12	5	201	51*	28.71	0	1	78.21	2

List A Career Bowling (2005/06-2009/10)

	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	445	7	275	13	3-20	21.15	0	0	34.23	3.70

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2006/07-2009/10)

	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	6	5	2	92	39*	30.66	0	0	90.19	2

Twenty20 Career Bowling (2006/07-2009/10)

	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	78	0	84	6	3-9	14.00	0	0	13.00	6.46

Youth One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2005/06)

	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
India Under-19s	5	4	0	32	23	8.00	0	0	60.37	3

Youth One-Day International Career Bowling (2005/06)

	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
India Under-19s	205	1	142	8	3-12	17.75	0	0	25.62	4.15