Inzamam-ul-Haq (
Saraiki,
Punjabi, ; born 3 March 1970 in
Multan,
Punjab Province,
Pakistan), also known as
Inzamam, nicknamed
Inzy, is a former
Pakistan international
cricketer who was national captain between 2003 and 2007. He is a right-handed batsman who has been regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of his era. He rose to fame in the semi-final of the 1992 world cup, in which he scored 60 of 37 balls against a potent Kiwi side.
On 5 October 2007, Inzamam retired from International cricket following the second
Test match against
South Africa, falling three runs short of
Javed Miandad as Pakistan's leading run scorer in Test cricket. Following his retirement, he joined the
Indian Cricket League, captaining the
Hyderabad Heroes in the inaugural edition of the Twenty20 competition. In the ICL's second edition, he captained the
Lahore Badshahs, a team composed entirely of Pakistani cricketers.
Career
One Day International cricket
Inzamam made his
One Day International (ODI) debut in a home series against
West Indies in 1991, and made a good start to his career by scoring 20 and 60 runs in two matches against West Indies. This was followed by 48, 60, 101, and 117 runs against
Sri Lanka.
Handpicked by former
Pakistan captain
Imran Khan for the
1992 Cricket World Cup in
Australia and
New Zealand, 22-year-old Inzamam was relatively unheard of before the tournament. To the surprise of many he was persevered with throughout...
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