| Bio/Wiki | |
|---|---|
| Profession | Cricketer (Batsman/Bowler) |
| Physical Stats | |
| Height (approx.) | 5' 8" (173 cm) |
| Eye Colour | Dark Brown |
| Hair Colour | Black |
| Cricket | |
| International Debut | ODI- 2004 Asia Cup T20- 2007 T20 Cup |
| Batting Style | Left-handed |
| Bowling Style | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| Award | 2015- ICC Associate Player of the Year |
| Personal Life | |
| Date of Birth | 21 June 1971 (Monday) |
| Age (as of 2024) | 54 Years |
| Birthplace | Multan, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Hometown | Multan |
| College/University | Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan |
| Educational Qualification | MA in Social Studies Teacher Education |
| Religion | Islam |
| Social Media | • Instagram |
| Relationships & More | |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Family | |
| Children | Sons- Rayan, Zain, Kasim |
| Siblings | Brothers- Atiq (Cricketer), Zeeshan (Cricketer) Sister- |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Khurram Khan
- Born in Pakistan, Khurram Khan was a latecomer to cricket. He started out in leather-ball cricket aged 18, during his first year of university in his hometown of Multan. His brothers, Atiq and Zeeshan, were both first-class cricketers in Pakistan.
- Khurram Khan first arrived in the UAE in 1996 after graduating from university to play for a prominent domestic cricket team. Talking about his experience, he was quoted as saying in one of his interviews that
There were lots of good teams. They had a good team. They hired me and said, ‘if you perform we will hire you. In the first match I played, I scored a hundred. So in my first month here, I got a job as a cricketer. I was working in the office as well, but it was mainly just playing cricket.”
- Khurram Khan moved to the United Arab Emirates in 1999. He moved there to work for Emirates Airlines as a flight purser and began playing club cricket, and ended up quickly establishing himself as a prominent player.
- Khurram Khan has been representing the UAE since 2001, making his first appearance at the ICC Trophy in Canada that year, where he played ten matches during the two-week tournament.
- He was the top batsman for the team in the ICC Trophy tournament, scoring 243 runs in eight innings with an impressive average of 60.75. As a bowler, he led the game as well by taking 19 wickets in 95 overs at an average of 13.52.
- Despite Khurram Khan’s performances, the UAE finished fifth at the tournament and failed to qualify for the 2003 World Cup.
- Soon after, Khurram was elected as the captain of the ICC Six Nations Challenge in March 2004, which was a qualifier tournament for the ICC Champions Trophy. He was once again the leading wicket-taker for the UAE; the team finished fifth on net run rate, coming last after four other teams on points.
- After the tournament, Khurram was retained as a captain for the 2004 Asia Cup, which was the eighth edition of cricket’s Asia Cup, which was held in Sri Lanka after a gap of 4 years. The UAE team was, however, eliminated after two group stage matches of the tournament. In his first match, Khurram took a wicket with the final delivery of his ten-over spell.
- He then delivered an impressive performance against Sri Lanka, claiming four wickets for 32 runs in ten overs and leading the bowling attack as Sri Lanka were dismissed for 239. However, he managed just eight runs in the UAE’s reply, as the team was bowled out for 123 and eliminated from the tournament.
- Khurram appeared in four ICC Intercontinental Cup matches, three in 2004 and one in 2005, where he scored 329 runs, including four half-centuries, and claimed eight wickets.
- He was appointed as the captain of the UAE team during the 2005 ICC Trophy, in which he guided them to the fifth-place play-off, with the winner earning a spot in the 2007 World Cup.
- After bowling eight wicketless overs against the Netherlands during the 2005 ICC Trophy, Khurram was dismissed for just six runs as the UAE were bowled out for 142, suffering a 143-run defeat and missing out on World Cup qualification.
- Three months later, Khurram made himself unavailable for the semi-final of the 2005 Intercontinental Cup, with Arshad Ali being appointed as the captain of the UAE team during that period.
- In 2014, during a One-Day International match, Khurram Khan became the oldest player to score an ODI hundred. He remained unbeaten at 132 runs, and at the age of 43, he became the oldest player ever to score a century in an ODI, surpassing Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya, who had scored his last century at the age of 39.
Khurram Khan in one of his ODI international matches
- He was still serving as captain when the UAE earned their second World Cup qualification at the 2014 Qualifiers in New Zealand, leading the team as their top run-scorer in the tournament.
- Although Mohammad Tauqir took over the captaincy for the World Cup, Khurram Khan continued to play a key role as vice-captain and senior batsman in the UAE’s campaign.
- Being the oldest player to score an ODI hundred it also helped to push his ODI batting average.
- In June 2015, after the UAE’s loss to Ireland in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup, Khurram announced his retirement from international cricket, and soon after, he was regarded as the best cricketer to play for the United Arab Emirates.
- In 2021, Khurram Khan was appointed as the head of the Sharjah Cricket Academy. As a coach, he is responsible for teaching the basics of cricket to the children who are just starting out.
- His ultimate goal is to one day come back and help lead the national UAE team he proudly represented. He was quoted as saying that
It is a dream that the team you played for, you could end up coaching them. But I don’t think there is any kind of set up within UAE cricket where you can even talk to anybody. I don’t even know if my email is even going through to the office that I am interested in coaching. It has been hard, but I am trying.”
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