Imran Khan, in full Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi is Pakistani cricket player, politician, and philanthropist. Khan was Pakistan’s most successful cricket captain, leading his country to victory at the 1992 Cricket World Cup, playing for the Pakistani cricket team from 1971 to 1992, and serving as its captain intermittently throughout 1982–1992. After retiring from cricket at the end of the 1987 World Cup in 1988, owing to popular demand he was requested to come back by the president of Pakistan Zia ul Haq to lead the team once again.
Khan was born into an affluent Pashtun family in Lahore and was educated at elite schools in Pakistan and the United Kingdom, including the Royal Grammar School in Worcester and Aitchison College in Lahore.
Profile of Imran Khan
- Name: Imran Khan Niazi
- Other Name: عمران خان نیازی
- Born: October 5, 1952
- Birth Place: Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
- Star Sign: Sagittarius
- Height: 6 feet 1 inch
- Education: Cathedral School in Lahore; Aitchison College, Lahore.; Royal Grammar School Worcester in England
- Profession: Cricketer, Politician, Philanthropist
- Language: Urdu
- Citizenship: Pakistan
Family of Cricketer Imran Khan:
- Father: Ikramullah Khan Niazi
- Mother: Shaukat Khanum
- Wife: Jemima Khan (1995 to 2004) – Reham Khan (m. 2015)
- Children: Sulaiman & Qasim Khan
Quick Facts
- Batting: Right-handed
- Bowling: Right-arm fast
- Role: All-rounder
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