IMRAN KHAN

Imran Khan (One of the greatest all rounder) was born on 25 November 1952 in Lahore, Pakistan. He grew up in Zaman Park where cricket was a great part of his family life, his cousins Javed Burki and Majid Khan later captained Pakistan.

Imran was educated at the most prestigious Aitchison College of Lahore. There he proved to be a fine batsman and made his first class test debut for Lahore against Sarghodha at the age of sixteen as a batsman.

He started his career in England, 1971 at the age of 18 year old but only got to play one match. He was not successful in that match but he left an impression on Worcestershire and later they signed him.

Imran studied at Worcester and then went onto study Oxford in 1972, where Benazir Bhutto was his classmate. He was elected captain of Oxford in 1974 one of the first overseas captain in English country but gave up the captaincy in 1975 to concentrate on final exams.

He started playing for Worcestershire in 1975 after completing his education and in 1977 moved to Sussex and served them for a long period.

His star status was established during the 1980's and crowds mobbed him wherever he went. All young budding cricketers wanted to be like him and he also had a great female following. Imran was not expecting this sort of adulation and his parents made him realise that he should always keep his feet firmly on the ground and that this was all bestowed upon him by God.

Imran was declared the international cricketer of the year in 1989-90

Imran's desire was to be recognised as the best all rounder in Pakistan. His desire was fulfilled but not only as the greatest in Pakistan but all over the world. In his peak, he was considered the fastest bowler in the world.

Imran was made captain of the Pakistan team in 1982 and led the Pakistani team under his captaincy to victory over every other cricketing country in the world.

He molded them into a great team through his skills and understanding and taught them what team spirit was and made the players give their best instead of just playing for themselves.

In 82-83 Pakistan slaughtered Australia by beating them three times in a row.

In 1985 when Imran came out of his two year gap due to his injury, he was still Pakistan's best bowler and won the test series against Sri Lanka at home 2-0.

Imran led the Pakistani team to it's first victory against India on their home soil.

Imran's greatest achievement was to beat West Indies but the 86-87, 87-88 & 90-91 series were all drawn under his captaincy, however the highlight of the 86-87
tour was Imrans' amazing 6-46 at Karachi.

Pakistan beat England away in 1987, this was Pakistan's first test victory over England.

Imran retired from cricket after the 1987 world cup, and came out of retirement in 1988 after being pressurised by President Zia and the public to lead the country.

He captained Pakistan in the world cup in 1992 which they won in his leadership. He put confidence in young chaps such as Wasim, Inzamamul and they delivered him what he was looking for.

Imran played greatly all throughout the championship and it was his 72 that was the decisive innings in Pakistan's victory, which made Pakistani's in all corners of the world feel really proud.

He has great faith in Waqar and Wasim Akram and forcasted that they will be great cricketer.