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{{short description|Emirati cricketer}}
{{use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = United Arab Emirates
| fullname = Chundangapoyil Rizwan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|4|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Thalassery]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| heightm =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = [[Legbreak]] [[googly]]
| role = [[Batsman]]

| international = true

| odidebutdate = 26 January
| odidebutyear = 2019
| odidebutagainst = Nepal
| odicap = 77
| lastodidate = 16 March
| lastodiyear = 2023
| lastodiagainst = Nepal

| T20Idebutdate = 31 January
| T20Idebutyear = 2019
| T20Idebutagainst = Nepal
| T20Icap = 44
| lastT20Iagainst = Afghanistan
| lastT20Idate = 19 February
| lastT20Iyear = 2023

| columns = 2
| column1 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches1 = 29
| runs1 = 736
| bat avg1 = 32.00
| 100s/50s1 = 1/3
| top score1 = 109
| deliveries1 = 46
| wickets1 = 1
| bowl avg1 = 39.00
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 1/19
| catches/stumpings1 = 6/–
| column2 = [[Twenty20 International|T20I]]
| matches2 = 15
| runs2 = 263
| bat avg2 = 23.90
| 100s/50s2 = 0/1
| top score2 = 51
| deliveries2 = –
| wickets2 = –
| bowl avg2 = –
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor2 = –
| best bowling2 = –
| catches/stumpings2 = 3/–
| date = 18 March 2023
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/474760.html Cricinfo
}}
'''Chundangapoyil Puthiyapurayil Rizwan''' (19 April 1988) is an Indian-born [[cricket]]er who plays for the [[United Arab Emirates national cricket team]].<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/474760.html |title=Chundangapoyil Rizwan |access-date=26 January 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He has played for the [[United Arab Emirates national cricket team]] since 2019 and was appointed [[Twenty20 International]] captain in 2022.

==International career==
He made his [[One Day International]] (ODI) debut for the United Arab Emirates [[Nepalese cricket team in the United Arab Emirates in 2018–19|against Nepal]] on 26 January 2019.<ref name="ODI">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1170455.html |title=2nd ODI, Nepal tour of United Arab Emirates at Dubai, Jan 26 2019 |access-date=26 January 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> In January 2019, he was named in the United Arab Emirates' [[Twenty20 International]] (T20I) squad for their series [[Nepalese cricket team in the United Arab Emirates in 2018–19|against Nepal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://emiratescricket.com/whatsnew/Emirates%20Cricket%20Board%20announces%20team%20to%20represent%20the%20UAE%20in%20upcoming%20%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%CB%9CANIB%20Challenge%20Series%202019%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%E2%84%A2%20T20i%20matches%20against%20Nepal |title=Emirates Cricket Board announces team to represent the UAE in upcoming ‘ANIB Challenge Series 2019’ T20i matches against Nepal |work=Emirates Cricket Board |access-date=30 January 2019}}</ref> He made his T20I debut for the United Arab Emirates [[Nepal national cricket team|against Nepal]] on 31 January 2019.<ref name="T20I">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1170457.html |title=1st T20I, Nepal tour of United Arab Emirates at Dubai, Jan 31 2019 |access-date=31 January 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

In December 2020, he was one of ten cricketers to be awarded with a year-long part-time contract by the [[Emirates Cricket Board]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/cricket/rameez-shahzad-omitted-from-latest-list-of-centrally-contracted-uae-cricketers-1.1130724 |title=Rameez Shahzad omitted from latest list of centrally contracted UAE cricketers |work=The National |access-date=17 December 2020}}</ref> The following month, in the UAE's first fixture [[Irish cricket team in the United Arab Emirates in 2020–21|against Ireland]], Rizwan scored his first century in an ODI match.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ireland-in-uae-2020-21-1244011/united-arab-emirates-vs-ireland-1st-odi-1244524/match-report |title=Stirling 131* in vain as Usman, Rizwan centuries take UAE past Ireland in 1st ODI |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/cricket/cp-rizwan-and-mohammed-usman-hit-centuries-as-uae-seal-stunning-win-over-ireland-1.1142727 |title=CP Rizwan and Mohammed Usman hit centuries as UAE seal stunning win over Ireland |work=The National |access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref>

In August 2022, Rizwan was appointed to succeeded [[Ahmed Raza (Emirati cricketer)|Ahmed Raza]] as the UAE's Twenty20 International captain, with his first major tournament being the [[2022 Asia Cup Qualifier]] in Oman.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://emiratescricket.com/news-detail/9J4q2VolejZWejNmGQBW|title=ECB announces team to represent the UAE in the Asia Cup Qualifiers 2022|publisher=Emirates Cricket Board|date=18 August 2022|accessdate=18 August 2022}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Rizwan was born in [[Tellicherry]], [[Kerala]], India.<ref name=Bio/> His father moved to the UAE in the 1980s, and when he was two years old the family moved back to [[Sharjah]], where his younger sisters were born. Rizwan later returned to India to study engineering in [[Kochi]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/cricket/cp-rizwan-keeps-his-eye-in-with-throw-downs-from-wife-as-he-aims-to-cement-place-in-uae-team-after-lockdown-1.1007680|title=CP Rizwan keeps his eye in with throw-downs from wife as he aims to cement place in UAE team after lockdown|publisher=The National|date=19 April 2020|accessdate=4 February 2022|first=Paul|last=Radley}}</ref> playing cricket for Kerala at under-19 and under-23 level. He moved back to the UAE in 2014 to work as an electrical engineer with Bukhatir Group.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/cricket/first-i-called-my-wife-then-my-mother-jubilation-in-sharjah-and-kerala-as-cp-rizwan-steers-uae-to-famous-win-1.1142951 |title='First I called my wife, then my mother' - Jubilation in Sharjah and Kerala as CP Rizwan steers UAE to famous win |work=The National |access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=474760}}

{{United Arab Emirates ODI Cricket Captains}}
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[[Category:1988 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Emirati cricketers]]
[[Category:United Arab Emirates One Day International cricketers]]
[[Category:United Arab Emirates Twenty20 International cricketers]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Kerala]]
[[Category:People from the Emirate of Sharjah]]
[[Category:Indian emigrants to the United Arab Emirates]]
[[Category:Indian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates]]
[[Category:People from Thalassery]]

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Ajay Kumar at 21:55, 29 August 2023