A tall and lanky wicketkeeper who hails from Lahore, Zulqarnain Haider made his international debut against South Africa in a Twenty20 match. His debut was not as successful as a player would like it to be. He was later dropped from the national side. However, Haider worked hard on his weaknesses and on his game in domestic leagues. His hard work at the domestic level was good enough to get him selected for Pakistan's 2010 England Tour as Kamran Akmal was not having a great time with gloves.