Inzamam ul Haq: Multan ka Sultan

Pakistan ne bohat se bade balle baz paida kiye, magar Inzamam ul Haq (Inzamam-ul-Haq) jaisa itminan shayad hi kisi ke Khel mein nazar aaya ho. Tez tareen gend ke samne bhi woh aise khare rehte jaise un ke paas bohat waqt ho, aur phir ek halki si junbish se gend boundary ke paar hoti. Derh dahai se ziyada arse tak woh Pakistani batting ka sutoon rahe; Test mein 8830 aur ODI mein 11739 runs banaye, 1992 ka alami cup jeetne wali team ka hissa rahe aur baad mein kai baras team ki captaini ki¹.

Ibtidai zindagi aur Cricket ka aghaz

Inzamam ul Haq 3 March 1970 ko Multan mein paida hue. Unhon ne domestic Cricket ka aghaz apne shehar Multan ki team se kiya aur baad mein kai mehkama jati teamon ki numaindagi ki. Un ke bhatije Imam ul Haq (Imam-ul-Haq) ne bhi aage chal kar Pakistan ki numaindagi ki. Dost unhein pyar se "Inzi" kehte, jabke parastaron mein woh "Multan ka Sultan" ke naam se mashhoor hue².

Un ka ODI career 22 November 1991 ko Lahore mein West Indies ke khilaf shuru hua, jis ki pehli innings mein unhon ne 20 runs banaye. Chand hafton mein hi Sri Lanka ke khilaf 17 January 1992 ko Multan mein 101 aur do din baad Rawalpindi mein 117 runs bana kar unhon ne elan kar diya ke ek bada balle baz aa gaya hai¹.

1992 ka alami cup aur Test Cricket mein amad

Imran Khan ne unhein 1992 ke alami cup ke liye khud muntakhib kiya. Tournament ke ibtidai matchon mein woh ziyada kamyab na rahe, magar captain ne un par aitmad barqarar rakha. Yeh aitmad Auckland mein New Zealand ke khilaf semi final mein rang laya, jab Pakistan ek bade hadaf ke taaqub mein mushkil mein tha aur Inzamam ne tez raftar aur be khauf innings khel kar team ko final mein pohncha diya. Yeh innings alami cup ki yadgar innings mein shumar hoti hai, aur final mein bhi unhon ne tezi se runs bana kar aham hissa dala².

Isi baras 4 June 1992 ko Birmingham mein England ke khilaf un ka Test career shuru hua, jahan woh 8 runs par not out rahe. Pehli Test century May 1993 mein Antigua ke shehar St John’s mein West Indies ke khilaf 123 runs ki surat mein aayi. Phir centuryon ka silsila ruka nahin: February 1994 mein Wellington mein 135 not out, August 1994 mein Kandy mein 100 not out, aur July 1996 mein Lord’s mein England ke khilaf 148 runs. ODI mein un ki sab se badi innings 20 April 1994 ko Sharjah mein New Zealand ke khilaf 137 not out thi¹.

Urooj ka zamana

1990 ki dahai ke aakhir aur nayi sadi ke aghaz mein Inzamam apne urooj par the. November 1997 mein Rawalpindi mein West Indies ke khilaf 177 runs, aur March 1999 mein Dhaka mein Asian Test Championship ke final mein Sri Lanka ke khilaf 200 runs not out². Is ke baad Hobart mein Australia ke khilaf 118, aur 2000 mein Karachi, George Town aur Galle mein centuryan¹.

Un ki sab se badi innings May 2002 mein Lahore mein New Zealand ke khilaf aayi, jab unhon ne 436 genden par 329 runs banaye, jin mein 38 chauke aur 9 chhakke shamil the¹. Yeh aaj bhi Test Cricket mein kisi Pakistani balle baz ki yadgar tareen innings mein shumar hoti hai.

Captaini

2001 se 2007 ke dauran Inzamam ne 31 Test matchon mein Pakistan ki qiyadat ki aur in matchon mein 52.10 ki ausat se 2397 runs banaye, jin mein 7 centuryan shamil thin. 2002 se 2007 tak woh 90 ODI matchon mein captain rahe aur 43.89 ki ausat se 2809 runs banaye¹. Zimmedari ne un ki batting ko aur nikhar diya.

September 2003 mein Multan mein Bangladesh ke khilaf 138 not out ki innings ne ek mushkil match mein Pakistan ko fatah dilayi. March 2004 mein Bharat ke khilaf ODI series mein Karachi mein 122 aur Lahore mein 123 runs banaye. March 2005 mein Bangalore mein Bharat ke khilaf 184 runs ki innings, jo un ka sovan Test tha, series barabar karne mein faisla kun sabit hui². November 2005 mein Faisalabad mein England ke khilaf ek hi Test ki donon innings mein century, 109 aur 100 not out, aur January 2006 mein isi maidan par Bharat ke khilaf 119 runs, jo un ki pachiswin aur aakhri Test century thi¹.

August 2006 mein Bristol mein England ke khilaf unhon ne apna wahid T20 International match captain ki haisiyat se khela aur 11 runs par not out rahe. Un ka aakhri ODI 21 March 2007 ko Jamaica ke shehar Kingston mein Zimbabwe ke khilaf tha, aur aakhri Test 8 October 2007 ko Lahore mein South Africa ke khilaf¹.

Aadad o shumar

Maakhaz: ESPN Cricinfo Statsguru¹, aadad International career ke hain.

Asar aur yadgar

Inzamam ul Haq ki sab se badi khoobi yeh thi ke woh gend ki lambai bohat jald pehchan lete aur shot bohat der se khelte. Isi liye tez bowlron ke khilaf un ki batting khaas taur par mazboot thi, aur pull shot aur leg side ke strokes un ki pehchan bane. Imran Khan ne unhein tez bowling ke khilaf duniya ka behtareen balle baz qarar diya tha, kyunke gend pohanchne se pehle un ke paas jaise bohat waqt hota tha². Woh bayen hath se kabhi kabhar spin bowling bhi kar lete the.

Test aur ODI donon mein un ke runs Pakistani Cricket ki tareekh ke bade sarmaye mein shamil hain: Test mein 25 centuryan aur ODI mein 83 nisf centuryan¹. 2005 mein unhein ICC ki salana Test aur ODI donon alami XI mein jagah mili, aur isi baras hukumat-e-Pakistan ne unhein Sitara-e-Imtiaz se nawaza². Mushkil waqt mein team ko sambhalne wale is pursukoon balle baz ko Pakistan ke azeem tareen middle order balle bazon mein hamesha ooncha maqam hasil rahega.