Background
He was born in Rawalpindi, Punjab.
He was born in Rawalpindi, Punjab.
Barkat is a right-handed batsman who fields as a wicket-keeper. Having played age group cricket for Hong Kong Under-19s in the 2010 Under-19 World Cup, he proceeded to make his World Cricket League debut for Hong Kong in the 2011 World Cricket League Division Three, where he helped Hong Kong earn promotion to 2011 World Cricket League Division Two. lieutenant was in this tournament that he made his List A debut against Uganda.
He played 5 further List A matches in the competition, the last coming against Papua New Guinea.
In his 6 matches, he scored 49 runs at a batting average of 8.16, with a high score of 25. Behind the stumps he took 9 catches and made 3 stumpings.
He made his One Day International debut against Afghanistan in the 2014 Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Premier League on 1 May 2014.