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Imran Khan
HI PP
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Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 April 1996
Deputy Shah Mehmood Qureshi
Preceded by Position established
Member of the National Assembly
In office
11 May 2013 – 31 May 2018
Preceded by Hanif Abbasi
Constituency NA-56 (Rawalpindi-VII)
Majority 13,268 (8.28%)
In office
10 October 2002 – 3 November 2007
Preceded by Constituency established
Succeeded by Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan
Constituency NA-71 (Mianwali-I)
Majority 6,204 (4.49%)
Chancellor of the University of Bradford
In office
7 December 2005 – 2014
Preceded by The Baroness Lockwood
Succeeded by Kate Swann
Personal details
Born Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi
5 October 1952 (age 65)[1]
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Nationality Pakistani
Political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Spouse(s) Jemima Goldsmith (m. 1995; div. 2004)
Reham Khan (m. 2015; div. 2015)
Bushra Manika (m. 2018)
Children 2
Residence Bani Gala, Islamabad
Alma mater Keble College, Oxford
Occupation
Cricketer politician philanthropist author
Net worth Increase ₨1.4 billion (US$13 million) (2017)[2]
Awards Hilal-e-Imtiaz (1992)
Pride of Performance (1983)
Website
PTI website
Personal Twitter
Nickname(s) Kaptaan/Captain, IK
Cricket information
Batting Right hand batsmen (RHB)
Bowling Right-arm fast
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
Pakistan
Test debut (cap 88) 3 June 1971 v England
Last Test 2 January 1992 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 175) 31 August 1974 v England
Last ODI 25 March 1992 v England
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 88 175 382 425
Runs scored 3807 3709 17771 10100
Batting average 37.69 33.41 36.79 33.22
100s/50s 6/18 1/19 30/93 5/66
Top score 136 102* 170 114*
Balls bowled 19458 7461 65224 19122
Wickets 362 182 1287 507
Bowling average 22.81 26.61 22.32 22.31
5 wickets in innings 23 1 70 6
10 wickets in match 6 0 13 0
Best bowling 8/58 6/14 8/34 6/14
Catches/stumpings 28/0 36/0 117/0 84/0
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 5 November 2014
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Hilal-i-Imtiaz and Pride of Performance
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Imran Khan was awarded the Hilal-i-Imtiaz in 1992 and the Pride of Performance in 1983
Date 1992/1983
Country Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Presented by Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi PP, HI (Urdu: عمران احمد خان نیازی) (born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician, former first-class cricketer and philanthropist who leads the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and serves as a member of the National Assembly. Prior to entering politics, Khan played international cricket for two decades in the late twentieth century.[3][4]Few would dispute that Imran was the finest cricketer Pakistan has produced, or the biggest heartthrob. Suave, erudite and monstrously talented, he gave cricket in the subcontinent real sex appeal in the 1970s and 1980s. As such he and TV completed the popularisation of the game in his country which Hanif Mohammad and the radio had begun. Thousands, if not millions, who had never dreamt of bowling fast on heartless baked mud suddenly wanted to emulate Imran and his lithe bounding run, his leap and his reverse-swinging yorker. He also made himself into an allrounder worth a place for his batting alone, and captained Pakistan as well as anyone, rounding off his career with the 1992 World Cup. He played hardly any domestic cricket in Pakistan: instead he just flew in for home series from Worcestershire or Sussex, or rather from the more fashionable London salons. His averages (37 with the bat, 22 with the ball) put him at the top of the quartet of allrounders (Ian Botham, Richard Hadlee and Kapil Dev being the others) who dominated Test cricket in the 1980s. And whereas Botham declined steadily, Imran just got better and better: in his last 10 years of international cricket he played 51 Tests, averaging a sensational 50 with the bat and 19 with the ball. He gave no quarter during some memorable battles with West Indies - Pakistan drew three series with them at a time when everybody else was being bounced out of sight - and he led Pakistan to their first series victory in England in 1987, taking 10 for 77 with an imperious display in the decisive victory at Headingley. After retirement he remained a high-profile figure, with his marriage - and subsequent split with - the socialite Jemima Goldsmith and a move into the labyrinthine world of Pakistan politics.
