agreed to sign him at the beginning of the season, however, along with team-mate and fellow overseas player Pallav Kumar, and with competition from eight other debutantes in that season alone, he failed to make an impression and was out of the team after just a single game. He moved back to Pakistan and played in the Patron's Trophy competition of 2004/05 for an Allied Bank Limited team which finished in third position in Group A. The following season, he played in the final of the Quaid-e-Azam trophy, once again representing Sialkot, and, thanks to a century from team-mate Shahid Yousuf, and a sudden batting collapse from opponents Faisalabad, Sialkot finished with an innings victory. Mughal began 2006 with Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited, who finished top of their group in the 2005/06 table, and finished the 2005/06 season with Sialkot. At the beginning of the 2006/07 season, he started playing for the National Bank of Pakistan. He has played 96 first-class matches, bowled 18203 deliveries, given away 9843 runs, taken 453 wickets at an average of 21.72 with a mere economy rate of 3.24, a strike rate of 40.1, and the best figures of 7/50 in an innings. He has 35 five wicket hauls in an innings and 7 ten wicket haul in a match. Death Mughal was diagnosed with stage IV gallbladder cancer in December 2020. On 10 January 2021, he died in Sialkot at the age of 43. References External links Tahir Mughal at Cricket Archive ESPN Cric Info 1977 births 2021 deaths Pakistani cricketers Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited cricketers Allied Bank Limited cricketers Durham cricketers Gujranwala cricketers National Bank of Pakistan cricketers Sialkot cricketers Pakistan Customs cricketers United Bank Limited cricketers Place of death missing Rawalpindi Rams cricketers Sialkot Stallions cricketers ICL Pakistan XI cricketers Lahore Badshahs cricketers Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited cricketers Cricketers from Sialkot Deaths from gallbladder cancer Deaths from cancer in Pakistan