Saleem Akhtar
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Full name | Raja Saleem Akhtar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Legbreak. googly | September 8, 1930||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1958/59–1959/60 | Multan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1961/62–1962/63 | Sargodha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 April 2018 |
Raja Saleem Akhtar (
cricketer who played for Multan and Sargodha.[1] His sons Wasim Raja and Ramiz Raja played for the Pakistan cricket team, while Zaeem Raja played first-class cricket
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Raja was born in a
Muslim family. He and his family migrated from the Indian city of Jaipur, Rajasthan to Pakistan during the Partition of India.[2] He worked as a civil servant and was a police commissioner.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Saleem Akhtar". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Inzamam-ul Haq". Outlook India. 28 May 1997. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "Rameez and Wasim Raja's father dies at 74". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "'Ramiz Raja was at slips because his father was a commissioner': Wasim Akram's startling claims about PCB chairman". Hindustan Times. 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
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