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Basit Subhani wouldn't have been Basit Subhani without your kindness 💐
Thank you for all the warmth, care and love for decades ❤️
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That was the game where Imran Khan - standing close by - got a a rindside view of the raw talent of Wasim Akram.
The two kicked off an unbreakable bond from this game onwards. A bond of a teacher and his student. What a combo!
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Wasim Akram has 158 wickets as Captain in ODIs at the average of just 22.63!
9 Four wickets haul and Two 5 wickets haul. Economy Rate of 3.89
1341 runs at 17.4; SR of 89.40 - 3 Half Centuries batting low down the order.
66 wins in 109 ODIs captained!
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Imran Khan - Fitness Pioneer in South Asia
Long before “fitness culture” became a global phenomenon, Imran Khan understood something that many athletes came to recognise much later:
Fitness is not simply about appearance. It is about endurance, discipline and performance.
Even approaching 70, Imran Khan was known to maintain an extraordinarily demanding workout routine - combining steep treadmill walking with weight training, chest and shoulder presses, lateral pulls, dumbbell curls, chest flies and leg exercises.
His workouts were intense, focused and largely self-directed.
And perhaps that should not come as a surprise.
As Pakistan’s greatest sportsman, Imran understood that physical conditioning could make the difference between talent and sustained performance. He was also a pioneer in introducing a more complete fitness-training approach for cricketers at a time when structured athletic conditioning was far less developed than it is today.
There is something fascinating about watching these images today.
The face may have changed with time, but the mindset is unmistakable.
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Wasim Akram got Top 5 Australian batsmen out on February 24, 1985 at Melbourne during Benson & Hedges World Championship!
One of the most remarkable performances in an ODI
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Hockey’s biggest player on screen has passed away …
Yes, audiences will remember him like that. Very likeable Mushtaq Khan whatever role he essayed. Rest in peace 🙏🤲
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The game comes down to Jos Buttler eventually if Will Jacks get out!
England bats deep though. What a game of cricket
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Don’t be Surprised if you see Lord Bavuma lifting up the World Cup 27 Trophy!
You heard it here first.
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In the early 1950s, Madam Noor Jahan was invited to sing at a concert organised by Punjab University under the rule of General Ayub Khan. Huge crowd. When madam shared her playlist which included a revolutionary poem by Faiz Sb. An officer asked Noor Jehan not to sing “Mujh Se Pehli Si Muhabbat” because the govt opposed Faiz’s leftist poetry.
She replied: “Then I will not sing at all.”
Moments later, the young officer came back and requested saying that the General will not accept this and you don’t know strict he is. Madam replied, “Go and tell your general, that I’m more strict than him, I will sing this poem or I'll not sing at all”
The organisers feared public wrath if she did not sing and expected government displeasure if she sang the poem she had chosen.
A few minutes of hand-wringing and worrying about the consequences followed and then they agreed to let her sing whatever she wanted.
Her mellifluous voice rose through the venue as she launched into the song – and was carried across the country by Radio Pakistan.
Hundreds of kilometres to the south of Lahore, 14 people were gathered in a prison in Hyderabad around a transistor radio tuned into Radio Pakistan.
The most prominent among them was Faiz himself. They were all waiting to hear Noor Jehan sing – to ameliorate the monotony of their life in confinement, to escape from the weariness of their existence in captivity.
“Mujh se pehli si muhabbat” the refrain came in her golden voice.
They were all pleasantly shocked by what they heard. After a moment of disbelief at her act of defiance to state censorship, they broke into impromptu chants of Zindabad Noor Jehan.
Faiz is said to have been so impressed by her daring act.
He once famously said of his nazm, "Woh geet ab mera kahan, Noor Jehan ka ho gaya hai." "It's not my song any more, it belongs to Noor Jehan now."
- Anas Olia
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Ashley Noffke has resigned as Pakistan’s bowling coach perhaps after realising; the great premier fast bowlers of Pakistan don’t think, they need any coaching!
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theek ho gia basit bhai
“I am a big fan of Imran Bhai.”
Among the millions who adored and admired Imran Khan was one of India’s biggest film stars and film maker - Aamir Khan.
In an interview on record, Aamir was asked which cricketers he liked from Pakistan and India.
His answer was immediate:
“I am a big fan of Imran Bhai.”
He spoke about watching Imran destroy batting attacks with great pleasure. It is a lovely reminder of just how enormous Imran Khan’s presence was beyond Pakistan.
For an entire generation, he wasn’t simply a cricketer.
He was Imran Khan.
The charismatic captain.
The fast bowler who could change a match.
Years later, that admiration came full circle.
When Imran visited India in 2015, Imran praised Aamir for something much deeper.
He had watched Dhobi Ghat and told Aamir that highlighting inequality and giving people social consciousness was a meaningful contribution to society.
Aamir had grown up admiring Imran the cricketer.
And decades later, Imran was recognising Aamir not merely as a successful actor, but as someone using his art to make people think.
That, perhaps, is one of the most remarkable things about Imran Khan’s legacy.
He inspired people who never wore Pakistan’s colours from cricket grounds to Bollywood!
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