Imran Khan Biography

He dazzled the world with his amazing talent, he gave cricket another name, heis and always will be remembered by cricket fans worldwide. Imran khan, anunbelievably talented all rounder is the Legend of cricket and has reached thetop like no one else.

This cricketer was born no differently than any other person. He was born in

Lahore, Pakistan into a family of six. He entered the world on November 25,1952, the only boy and seventh member of his family. His parents gave him thename Imran Khan Niazi and truly loved him since he is the only boy in theirfamily.
Imran was part of a well-educated family. His parents believed that theirchildren should get the best of education, and become something. Imran's parentshave believed this and followed through with it, and that is why Imran's sistersare so successful today. His older sister Robina is an alumnus of the LSE andhas a senior position in the United Nations in New York; his other sister Aleemahas a master's degree in business administration and runs a successful business;Uzma is a highly qualified surgeon is working in a Lahore hospital; while hisother sister Rani is a University graduate who coordinates charity work. When itwas time for Imran to go attend a college, he went to the prestigious publicschool in Lahore, the Aitchison College. There he was by far the best player onhis team, being a very fine batsmen. He was still though quite far from becomingthe best in the world. As Imran grew older, his interests went from being abatsmen to being a fast bowler.
When sixteen, Imran made his debut for Lahore. Imran's cousins Javed Burki, andMajid Khan were a great part of cricket therefore when he made his test debutpeople thought that he made it because his family was on the Pakistan's CricketTeam. (Nepotism)
Later, Imran had to put cricket to the side and focus more on his studies.Undoubtedly he was back again at the age of eighteen. He played admirably whichresulted in him moving to England as he was chosen to play for a private schoolthere.
As the year 1971 approached, he made his test debut while visiting England.During this tour, he was fined many times by the management because he waslooked upon by his peers as being a very snobby and wild player. Also on thistour, Imran did not play as well. Because of his "not so good" bowling, Pakistanwas costed to settle for a draw. This was the only test match on the tour.
When Imran was twenty-one, he was admitted in the Oxford University. For threeyears he studied economics and politics. In 1974 Pakistan toured England andtherefore he was selected because of his form for Oxford University and hisexperience with speaking English. He had not succeeded to make a big markbecause all three of his tests were drawn.
In 1976 Imran returned to Pakistan after being away for four years. During the1976-77 season, Imran got a place in the Pakistan cricket team. He had impressedthe team with his fantastic bowling. Later he moved to play with Sussex. Thebiggest reason for Imran to do this was because of his love affairs with thenightlife of London. He was quite angry at Worcester (a team he played forbefore he played for Sussex), because of the racism he found there. During thetime he had been playing for other teams, Imran had become quite a big star.Everyone was able to see that this guy had talent and played very well. At thispoint, not only was he playing well, but had basically become a superstar.
Imran continued to play for Sussex, because he enjoyed it there. At this pointhe had become the "father" of the reverse swing. His most famous partner wasSarfaraz Nawaz, in which the partners could make a lot of runs. Soon after, under the orders of the top official, Imran came back to Pakistanto play test cricket for the series against India. During this match, Imran hittwo sixes and a four with only seven balls remaining. Because of Imran's hugesuccess, one could easily say that Imran was one of the most adored cricketerthrough the land at this point. During the early 80's Imran was not only at his cricketing peak, but had quitea few relations with women. He had a relationship with Susannah Costantine,ex-model Marie Helving, and artist Emma Sargeant. Some of his relations endedsimply because of difference in culture and because of the busy and travellinglife of Imran. He brought some of his relationships back home to Pakistan inwhich he was frowned upon because he was an individual of Muslim faith.
When Imran was thirty, he became the captain of the Pakistan cricket team. Helead them to a victory against England in their second test match.
During the years of his captaincy, Imran had broken his shin. Even though thiswas so, Imran continued to bowl, whether there was pain or not. Because of hisinjury, Imran was able to put bowling to the side and concentrate more on hisbatting. Imran improved his batting greatly which led him to his first centuryin a one day match. In 1987, Imran decided to retire from cricket. Javed Miandad took his place.Because Pakistan's best captain was gone; the team was in somewhat of crisis.President Zia put a lot of pressure on Imran, therefore he was back as a captainin 1988.
In 1992, the world cup final was Imran's exit from cricket. He led Pakistan to agreat victory over India. Pakistan had won the World Cup. It was time for Imranto retire, which brought a lot of grief to Pakistan. He ended his career with anoutstanding score of 3807 runs and 362 wickets in only test matches. During hiscareer, Imran had turned the Pakistan cricket stars into the stars they aretoday. The day that Imran retired was a very big day. So big that the Presidentof that time, Zia personally tried to stop him from retiring. Imran said that hewanted to retire at the highest point of his popularity so that people would beable to remember him forever.4 He wanted his name to be in all hearts and berecognized for all his accomplishments. Imran had officially ended his career asa cricketer and is truly remembered by all.
When Imran won the world cup, he had raised twenty five million dollars tobuild a cancer hospital in memory of his mother. About ten years ago whenImran's mother had cancer; Imran was desperately looking for some place to takeher, but none of the hospital's in Pakistan had the right facilities to treather. When Imran took her to an outside country, it was too late; she had losther battle against cancer. Eversnice then, Imran has wanted to build a cancerhospital. Today he has a wonderful hospital standing in Lahore, Pakistan. It isnamed after his mother Shawkat Khanam. Imran does not charge anything topatients who cannot afford the treatment. In 1995, Imran decided to settle down and marry. He married Jemima Goldsmith whois the daughter of a millionaire. She was Jewish and converted to Islam bychoice just before the two got married. Their wedding took place in Paris. Whenthey came back to London, they threw a party which was more for the public.
On November 18th 1996, Imran and Jemima were the proud parent's of a baby boy.The named him Suleiman Isa. On April 10th, 1999 Jemima gave birth to yet anotherbaby boy. They have named him Kassim. Today, Imran has entered the world of politics and has set up his own party. Hecontinues to fundraise for his hospital. He does this by taking tours withpopular stars. Some stars donate their money to Imran's hospital. Jemima designsclothes and sells them overseas. The profit goes to the Shawkat Khanam MemorialHospital. Also the restaurant in London, Salt and Pepper gives its profits tothe hospital.
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