Brian Chari

Brian Bara Chari (born 14 February 1992) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He made his international debut for the Zimbabwe national cricket team in November 2014.

Brian Chari

Personal information
Full name	Brian Bara Chari
Born	(1992-02-14) 14 February 1992 (age 33) Chegutu, Zimbabwe[1]
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Top-order batsman
International information
National side	Zimbabwe
Test debut (cap 94)	3 November 2014 v Bangladesh
Last Test	11 November 2018 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 126)	1 October 2015 v Pakistan
Last ODI	3 November 2019 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 54)	27 September 2019 v Nepal
Last T20I	1 October 2019 v Nepal
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2011–	Matabeleland Tuskers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 7 14 67 89 Runs scored 254 186 3,095 2,343 Batting average 18.14 13.28 25.79 29.28 100s/50s 0/2 0/0 4/18 6/11 Top score 80 39 128 125 Balls bowled 18 – 455 162 Wickets 0 – 6 1 Bowling average – – 44.33 126.00 5 wickets in innings – – 0 0 10 wickets in match – – 0 0 Best bowling – – 3/25 1/35 Catches/stumpings 8/– 3/1 46/– 21/1
Source: Cricinfo, 3 November 2020

Domestic career

A top-order batsman and occasional off break bowler, Chari has played domestically for the Matabeleland Tuskers since 2011. He was the leading run-scorer for Matabeleland Tuskers in the 2017–18 Pro50 Championship tournament, with 316 runs in eight matches.^[2] He was also the leading run-scorer for the Matabeleland Tuskers in the 2018–19 Logan Cup, with 356 runs in six matches.^[3]

In December 2020, he was named as the captain of the Tuskers for the 2020–21 Logan Cup.^[4][5]

International career

Chari made his Test debut for Zimbabwe in November 2014, playing in two of the team's three Tests on their tour of Bangladesh.^[6] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Zimbabwe against Pakistan on 1 October 2015.^[7]

In June 2018, he was named in a 22-man preliminary Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series.^[8] The following month, he was named in Zimbabwe's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Pakistan.^[9]

In September 2018, he was named in Zimbabwe's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup tournament.^[10] In September 2019, he was named in Zimbabwe's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2019–20 Singapore Tri-Nation Series.^[11] He made his T20I debut for Zimbabwe, against Nepal, in the Singapore Tri-Nation Series on 27 September 2019.^[12]