Unfortunately, on June 22, , the couple announced that they were getting divorced since Jemima was unable to adapt to the Pakistani lifestyle. In the early s, there were several rumors of Khan marrying Bushra Bibi. Later on January 7, , the news of the marriage was confirmed.
Khan currently resides at his luxurious farmhouse at Bani Gala. His height is 1. Imran Khan is a former cricketer and the captain of the Pakistan National Team. He made his test debut while playing against England on June 3, In , he played his last match against Sri Lanka, and thus his career in cricket came to a stop. HE then took part in the elections and became a Member of Parliament.
After a short period of imprisonment, Imran started holding demonstrations against the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Imran faced charges of money laundering and corruption but was later proved innocent. His party also led a coalition government in the north-western province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In the general elections, his party won the largest number of seats and defeated the ruling PML-N, bringing Khan to premiership and the PTI into federal government for the first time.
On 16 May , at the age of 43, Khan married year-old Jemima Goldsmith, in a two-minute ceremony conducted in Urdu in Paris. A month later, on 21 June, they were married again in a civil ceremony at the Richmond registry office in England. Jemima converted to Islam. The couple have two sons, Sulaiman Isa and Kasim. On 22 June , it was announced that the couple had divorced, ending the nine-year marriage because it was "difficult for Jemima to adapt to life in Pakistan".
In , Khan had admitted that, during Test matches, he "occasionally scratched the side of the ball and lifted the seam. When Sussex were playing Hampshire in the ball was not deviating at all. I got the 12th man to bring out a bottle top and it started to move around a lot. They claimed that, in the latter publication, Khan had called the two cricketers "racist, ill-educated and lacking in class. Khan won the libel case, which the judge labelled a "complete exercise in futility", with a 10—2 majority decision by the jury.
The same year, he also showed his interest in joining politics. Khan retired from cricket in , as one of Pakistan's most successful players. In total he made 3, runs and took wickets in Test cricket, and is one of eight world cricketers to have achieved an 'All-rounder's Triple' in Test matches. After retiring, he faced scandal after admitting to tampering with the ball with a bottle top in his youth. They remained in the relationship for about six years having met in — According to Sita White, Khan agreed for a child in a meeting.
Tyrian Jade was born on 15 June at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center but Khan, according to White's allegation, refused to accept her because she was a girl. Khan had urged White to go for an abortion. Tyrian looked extraordinarily like Khan. Later in , Los Angeles court announced the verdict which was put by his former partner Sita White and her lawyer Gloria Allred that Imran Khan is the father of a five-year-old girl named Tyrian-Jade White.
His former wife Reham Khan alleged Khan told her that Tyrian was not the only child fathered by him out of wedlock, there were four others, some of them had Indian mothers and the oldest of his children is 34 years old. In a later interview, Reham conceded that she did not know where these children were, who they were and whether Khan was only boasting about it, and said that she "didn't even know if it is true also because you can never make out whether he tells the truth.
In , he launched a fundraising campaign to set up a cancer hospital in memory of his mother. Khan remains a prominent philanthropist and commentator, having expanded the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital to also include a research centre, and founded Namal College in Khan also served as the chancellor of the University of Bradford between and , and was the recipient of an honorary fellowship by the Royal College of Physicians in While in London, he also works with the Lord's Taverners, a cricket charity.
Khan focused his efforts solely on social work. By , he had founded the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust, a charity organisation bearing the name of his mother, Mrs. Shaukat Khanum. Basing his wider paradigm on the poet-philosopher Muhammad Iqbal and the Iranian writer-sociologist Ali Shariati he came across in his youth, Khan is generally described as a nationalist and a populist.
Khan's proclaimed political platform and declarations include: Islamic values, to which he rededicated himself in the s; liberal economics, with the promise of deregulating the economy and creating a welfare state; decreased bureaucracy and the implementation of anti-corruption laws, to create and ensure a clean government; the establishment of an independent judiciary; overhaul of the country's police system; and an anti-militant vision for a democratic Pakistan.
During his cricketing days, Khan featured in many advertisements and television commercials as a celebrity brand endorser. His popularity in India was such that it was "unmatched in an era when there were no smartphones to take selfies.
He was mobbed everywhere he went. In , a Pakistani production house produced a biographical film based on Khan's life, titled Kaptaan: The Making of a Legend. The title, which is Urdu for 'Captain', depicts Khan's captaincy and career with the Pakistan cricket team which led them to victory in the cricket world cup, as well as events which shaped his life; from being ridiculed in cricket to being labelled a playboy; from the death of his mother to his efforts and endeavours in building the first cancer hospital in Pakistan; from being the first Chancellor of the University of Bradford to the building of Namal University.
In India in , Khan led Pakistan in its first-ever Test series win and this was followed by Pakistan's first series victory in England during the same year. During the s, his team also recorded three creditable draws against the West Indies. India and Pakistan co-hosted the Cricket World Cup, but neither ventured beyond the semi-finals. Khan retired from international cricket at the end of the World Cup. In , he was asked to return to the captaincy by the President of Pakistan, General Zia-Ul-Haq, and on 18 January, he announced his decision to rejoin the team.
Soon after returning to the captaincy, Khan led Pakistan to another winning tour in the West Indies, which he has recounted as "the last time I really bowled well". Khan's career-high as a captain and cricketer came when he led Pakistan to victory in the Cricket World Cup. Playing with a brittle batting line-up, Khan promoted himself as a batsman to play in the top order along with Javed Miandad, but his contribution as a bowler was minimal.
At the age of 39, Khan took the winning last wicket himself. Khan was offered political position few times during his cricketing career. He was also invited by Nawaz Sharif to join his political party. As a fast bowler, Khan reached his peak in In 9 Tests, he took 62 wickets at In January , playing against India, he attained a Test bowling rating of points.
At the height of his career, in , the thirty-year-old Khan took over the captaincy of the Pakistan cricket team from Javed Miandad. As a captain, Khan played 48 Test matches, of which 14 were won by Pakistan, 8 lost and the remaining 26 were drawn.
He also played ODIs, winning 77, losing 57 and ending one in a tie. His first girlfriend, Emma Sergeant, an artist and the daughter of British investor Sir Patrick Sergeant, introduced him to socialites. They first met in and subsequently visited Pakistan.
She accompanied him on various Pakistani cricket team tours including in Peshawar and Australian tour. After long separations, his relationship with Sergeant was broken in He then had a short relationship with Susie Murray-Philipson whom he invited to Pakistan and had dinner with in She also made various artistic portraits of Khan during their relationship. He is the only son of Ikramullah Khan Niazi, a civil engineer, and his wife Shaukat Khanum, and has four sisters.
His maternal family was based in Basti Danishmanda, Jalandhar, India for about years. He was married to Jemina Goldsmith from to He then married journalist Reham Khan from to In , he married Bushra Maneka. He has two sons named Sulaiman and Qasim. He started playing cricket at age 13, and made his debut for the Pakistan national cricket team at age 18, during a Test series against England.
After graduating from Oxford, he made his home debut for Pakistan in , and played until Before entering politics, Khan was an international cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team, which he led to victory in the Cricket World Cup. During the s and s, Khan was a popular sex symbol. A judge in the US ruled him to be the father of Tyrian, but Khan has denied paternity publicly. Later in , Election Commission of Pakistan ruled in favour of Khan and dismissed the ex parte judgment of the US court, on grounds that it was neither admissible in evidence before any court or tribunal in Pakistan nor executable against him.
According to early, official results, Khan led the poll, although his opposition, mainly PML-N, alleged large-scale vote rigging and administrative malpractices. Khan became the first person in the history of Pakistan general elections who contested and won in all five constituencies, surpassing Zulfikar Ali Bhutto who contested in four but won in three constituencies in Khan made his Test cricket debut against England in June at Edgbaston. After graduating from Oxford and finishing his tenure at Worcestershire, he returned to Pakistan in and secured a permanent place on his native national team starting from the — season, during which they faced New Zealand and Australia.
His credentials as one of the fastest bowlers in the world started to become established when he finished third at During the late s, Khan was one of the pioneers of the reverse swing bowling technique.
Jason Holder. Akeal Hosein. Evin Lewis. Kieron Pollard. Nicholas Pooran. Andre Russell. Full Name Imran Khan Niazi.
Born October 05, , Lahore, Punjab. Age 69y 37d. Batting Style Right hand bat. Bowling Style Right arm fast. Playing Role Allrounder. Other Administrator. Dawood Club. Oxford University. Pakistan International Airlines. Records 3 rd. Most player-of-the-series awards 8 Test matches.
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