Inzamam ul Haq Sultan of Multan

Free Web Hosting Provider - Web Hosting - E-commerce - High Speed Internet - Free Web Page

Your Ad Here

Inzamam-ul-Haq - The Sultan from Multan

Full Name: Inzamam-ul-Haq
Born: 03 March 1970 in the city of Multan, Punjab.
Current age: 36 years .
Major Teams Pakistan: Faisalabad, Multan, Asia XI , ICC WORLD XI,National Bank of Pakistan, Rawalpindi, United Bank Limited.
Batting style: Right-hand batsman.
Bowling style: Slow left-arm orthodox.

In the old city of Multan, near the Ghanta Ghar, a winding lane leads to Mohalla Toia Alam Shah. It was in the courtyard of a house in this Mohalla, that young Inzamam-ul-Haq learnt to hold a bat. A door at the back of the courtyard leads to a place where Inzamam played cricket with his neighbors. Inzamam had a nice childhood. He was youngest of the 5 brothers and one sister. His elder brothers took care of all his needs. Inzamam did his schoolings in the Muslim School in Multan. Across that school was a small ground where Inzamam joined a cricket coaching camp and started an interest in cricket. The same cricket ground is now a Pakistan Cricket Board Coaching centre.

And about Inzamam, "He has always been a calm and reserved person. He was different from the others. He belonged to a religious family; he never watched movies or listened into music. He eats and sleeps a lot though," says Hussain, who first captained Inzamam in the under-19s and then later for Multan

Right from the streets of Multan, a small sleepy town in Pakistan known for its horrendously hot weather, came trudging into the cricket ground a big boy, a chubby, cheeky boy carrying the bat like a bludgeon, he strode the aisles way back in 1991-92.

Now that boy has become the BIG MAN of Cricket. And its time to compose the odes, the praises for this chocolate faced burly Sultan; for he has treaded the grounds of Cricket unlike no other! Ten Thousand Runs in ODIs! My god, that’s a tad too many, right? Who would have thought he was creeping up to the mark? While all eyes are on the bog shots like Sachin and Lara, Inzamam is a player who likes to play the Sleeping Giant.

Ten thousand runs, and imagine if he had run them in singles. Well, that would have been the diet prescription for this burly big man, but Inzamam happens to be a free scoring stroke maker. So sadly that prescription did not help at all, in reducing his belly size!

And mind you, Inzy is only the second ever batsman to cross the massive mark after Sachin Tendulkar. It has taken 344 matches for Inzamam-ul-Haq. The road to this landmark has not been easy! His test ventures may not be something you can talk of all day, but in the One Dayers, one can’t pass over a World XI without this burly and cheeky player.

Inzy was one of those street cricketers in the gallis of Multan, spotted by that great Pakistani Sportsman Imran Khan. He did a Nostradamus by predicting that this bright young lad of 17 would one day strike Gold and become one of the best batsman of all time! And the prophecy did indeed hold good!

Who would forget his great one-day knocks, especially the way he pulverizes the opposition bowlers making a total mockery as though they were mere club bowlers? With his stepping out to the spinners with his splendid footwork… he would make many a Dancer proud. His commanding personality, the towering sixes and the fours hit with such class, timing and power that one would associate with only him. He is an unique combination of aggression and style. His confidence when he walks in to bat is too good.

Every one of his knocks was a true Gem of its Own! Each one would be studded with his trademark square cutes, the fierce pulls, the dance down the track sixes, the odd risky single now and then, and of course the comical running between the wickets. He is on his day, the best batsman in the Pakistani team.

The reason he took more matches to reach this landmark is outrageously simple: mostly he caused his own downfall. Suicidal run outs, disastrous strokes; laziness and lapse of concentration were the main reasons for him getting out more rather than the bowler bowls a great ball. Self-destructive he was; had he been more careful in his approach, we certainly would have seen more blows from the willow of this cricketer. In order to change this look, of late he has gone in for the rugged look, sporting a beard. Whatever he does, he is still our Prankish Big Boy of Cricket.

Sign or Comments or Ask Question's Inzamam ul Haq in New Guest Book & Old Guest book is Deleted due to Spam Messages !

[Sign Guest book] [View Guest book ]

Designed & Developed by Webmaster Computer Engr. Abbas Shahid Baqir.

Sponsored By Student Shelter in Computers regd. & Abbas Cricket Club Pak

Webmaster Feedback !

Your Ad Here