Asif Mulla

{{short description|Indian-born Canadian cricketer (born 1980)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}

{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Asif Mulla

| image =

| country = Canada

| fullname = Asif Abdulhai Mulla

| nickname = Aloka

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|5|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Navsari, Gujarat, India

| batting = Right-handed

| role = Occasional wicket-keeper

| family = Mohsin Mulla (brother)

| international = true

| internationalspan = 2006-2009

| odidebutdate = 26 November

| odidebutyear = 2006

| odidebutagainst = Netherlands

| odicap = 43

| lastodidate = 8 July

| lastodiyear = 2009

| lastodiagainst = Scotland

| T20Idebutdate = 10 October

| T20Idebutyear = 2008

| T20Idebutagainst = Pakistan

| T20Icap = 18

| lastT20Idate = 13 October

| lastT20Iyear = 2008

| lastT20Iagainst = Zimbabwe

| T20Ishirt =

| columns = 4

| column1 = ODI

| matches1 = 24

| runs1 = 482

| bat avg1 = 20.08

| 100s/50s1 = 0/1

| top score1 = 58

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 9/5

| column2 = T20I

| matches2 = 4

| runs2 = 11

| bat avg2 = 2.75

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 8

| catches/stumpings2 = 1/2

| column3 = FC

| matches3 = 9

| runs3 = 317

| bat avg3 = 18.64

| 100s/50s3 = 0/1

| top score3 = 87

| catches/stumpings3 = 30/4

| column4 = LA

| matches4 = 36

| runs4 = 665

| bat avg4 = 19.00

| 100s/50s4 = 0/2

| top score4 = 66

| catches/stumpings4 = 13/7

| date = 5 January

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/23899.html ESPNcricinfo

}}

Asif Abdulhai Mulla{{efn|His first name is commonly spelt Asif, but his passport spells it Ashif {{cite web|url=http://www.canadacricket.com/cgi-bin/coranto/viewnews.cgi?id%3DEEZEupEAuFhgckIDAm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2007-02-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928130650/http://www.canadacricket.com/cgi-bin/coranto/viewnews.cgi?id=EEZEupEAuFhgckIDAm |archivedate=28 September 2007 |df=dmy }}. The former spelling is used by the Canadian Cricket Association website and CricketArchive, and the latter by ESPNcricinfo.}}

(born 5 May 1980) is an Indian-born Canadian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a Wicket-keeper.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/23899.html |title=Asif Mulla|access-date=28 April 2020 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}

He made his One Day International debut for Canada in Potchefstroom against the Netherlands in 2006–07, although he had previously played for the USA's under 16 side.

Asif Mulla was the fourth batsman to be dismissed on a duck in the first ball of the innings of a T20I and was also the first batsman to be dismissed on a duck in the first ball of a T20I match when batting first.{{Cite news|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/slc-twenty20-15/content/records/283991.html|title=Records. Twenty20 Internationals. Batting records. Dismissed by the first ball of a match |newspaper=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2017-02-23}}