Imran Farhat

Imran Farhat Biography

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Full name Imran Farhat

Born May 20, 1982, Lahore, Punjab

Current age 31 years 267 days

Major teams Pakistan, Biman Bangladesh, Habib Bank Limited,ICL Pakistan XI, Lahore,
 Lahore Badshahs,
 Lahore Eagles,
Lahore Lions, Pakistan Reserves

Also known as Romi

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak

Relation Father-in-law - Mohammad Ilyas,Brother - Humayun Farhat

Imran Farhat (Urdu: عمران فرحت‎, born 20 May 1982 ) is a Pakistani cricketer who has played over 30 Tests and One Day Internationals for Pakistan, opening the batting in most of his international innings. Farhat made his senior debut aged 15 in a one-day match for Karachi City againstMalaysia, together with three other players who went on to play Test cricket (Taufeeq Umar, Bazid Khan and Kamran Akmal). Three years later, in February 2001, Farhat made his One Day International debut, against New Zealand inAuckland, scoring 20 runs in a chase of 150 to win. After the tour of New Zealand, where Farhat played three Tests and three ODIs, he was sent back to domestic cricket before returning against Australia in the third Test of the 2002–03 series, where he made 30 and 22 in an innings defeat. However, he was retained for the home two-Test series against South Africa in 2003–04, where he scored 235 runs including a maiden Test century in a 1–0 series win, second behind fellow openerTaufeeq Umar.

A month later, Farhat played in an ODI-only series against New Zealand, which Pakistan won 5–0, and Farhat made three fifties along with his second international century, ending with 348 runs at a batting average of 69.60, once again the second-highest amount of runs – this time behind Yasir Hameed. The season was rounded off with another century, this time against India, where he made 101 to help Pakistan gain a 202-run first-innings lead and eventually won the match by nine wickets. However, Farhat tallied 81 runs in the other two matches, which Pakistan lost to lose the series 1–2.

Farhat was less impressive the following season, however, and in four Tests, two against Sri Lanka and two against Australia, he only passed fifty twice, ending the season with 199 runs at 24.87 before the selectors left him out for the third Test of the series with Australia. In September 2004, just before the 2004–2005 season, he had been dropped from the ODI side following the 2004 Champions Trophy, as he had failed to pass 40 with any of his last ten innings, and that included 38 not out against the non-Test nation of Kenya, 20 against ODI debutants Hong Kong and 24 against Bangladesh.

He continued to score heavily in the domestic competitions and a century in a practise game against the visiting Indian team was rewarded with a place in the squad to take on India in the Test series (2006). He returned to Test cricket in style, with an important half century in the deciding third Test at Karachi. He scored a brilliant unbeaten century in the final test against New Zealand in 2009. His brother Humayun Farhat has also played International cricket for Pakistan. 
LAHORE: Pakistan’s legendary batsman Hanif Mohammad showered his praise on Imran Farhat for equalling his decades-long record of scoring two triple centuries in first-class cricket. Test discard opener Imran scored 300 for Habib Bank Limited (HBL) in the ongoing President’s Trophy tie against Pakistan Television (PTV) at the Gaddafi Stadium to follow his 308 for Lahore Ravi against Peshawar last season. And Hanif, who scored his brace of triple-tons by first scoring 337 for Pakistan against West Indies in the Bridgetown Test in 1957-58 season before amassing the-then world record 499 while playing for Karachi against Bahawalpur the next season, was impressed by Imran’s feat.

“I am happy that another cricketer joined this club and I wish more batsmen from Pakistan not only join it but go further beyond by scoring more than two triple centuries,” Hanif, one of the most prolific batsmen in world cricket, added. Meanwhile, Hanif disclosed that although the Pakistan Sports Board and the Pakistan Cricket Board remained in touch with him after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had taken a notice to help him financially, nothing had happened as yet. Hanif, who was recently operated in England for cancer, is in need of financial help. The Prime Minister has ordered the PSB to immediately help the former cricketer out of crisis.“I played with Nawaz Sharif at the Bagh-i-Jinnah Cricket Ground in Lahore and am well aware of his passion for the game and I’m thankful he took a notice for me,” he said.

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