Pakistani Cricket Players: Junaid Khan

Junaid Khan Biography

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At U-19 level Junaid Khan was among of a crop of the most promising young fast bowlers in recent years, alongside Mohammad Amir. Good pace and better stamina and an ability to move the ball around if the conditions are right, Khan finally made it to national contention when he was called up for Pakistan's 2011 World Cup squad as a late replacement for Sohail Tanvir. His Test debut, against Zimbabwe in 2011, was uneventful, but in his second Test he showed his class with a five-wicket haul against Sri Lanka on a flat surface in Abu Dhabi.

Next year he was even more impressive in both Tests and ODIs, as he enhanced his reputation as an extremely skillful swing and seam bowler, who was also pacy and accurate. In three Tests in Sri Lanka, he took 14 wickets at 21.78, twice taking five-fors and achieving an outstanding strike rate of 43 balls per wicket. In the three-match ODI series in India, he troubled all the top Indian batsmen, taking eight wickets at an economy rate of 3.66.

Junaid is from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province and has built up an impressive domestic career with Abbottabad, for whom he debuted in January 2007. The record acquires greater sheen given that Abbottabad are among the weaker sides on the circuit. Those performances led him to Pakistan A selection, for whom he was impressive in two series, never more than when taking nine wickets in a 'Test' against Sri Lanka A in Hambantota in September 2010.
At U-19 level Junaid Khan was among of a crop of the most promising young fast bowlers in recent years, alongside Mohammad Amir. Good pace and better stamina and an ability to move the ball around if the conditions are right, Junaid Khan finally made his way to the Pakistan Team, when he was called up for 2011 World Cup squad as a late replacement for Sohail Tanvir. he Made His Test Debute against Zimbabwe in 2011, was not very Succesfull, but in his second Test he showed his class an ability with a five-wicket haul against Sri Lanka on a flat Wicket in Abu Dhabi.

Junaid Khan is from the SAWABI Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (one of the province of pakistan) and has built up an impressive domestic career with Abbottabad. (He is the first player from Swabi to qualify for the Pakistan national cricket team)
Junaid Khan is Improving with every Single Match.
He Has bagged over 50 Test Wickets in 15 Matches, and 73 ODI”s Wickets in 44 Matches and 8 T20 wickets in 8 matches. he was 2nd highest wickets taker in ODI 2013.
He Seems to be a Great Addition in Pakistan’s pace Battery. was Injured after Playing 1st Test Match Against South Africa, Not Able To Play Remaining Last 2 Tests, His Injury Cost Pakistan Big Tim, Where They Lost 3.0 Against No:1 Test Side.
Junaid Khan got selected for the ODI squad for Australia's tour of Pakistan in UAE, August–September 2012, playing his first series against Australia. However he was excluded from the T20 side, hence being excluded from the T20 World Cup being held in Sri Lanka in September.
This decision was criticised to be unjustified due to the selection of fast bowler Mohammad Sami and his recent performance against Sri Lanka.
In December 2012, Junaid Khan was again picked for the series against India and was given a chance in the ODI series and he performed superbly by picking up 4 wickets in the first match (clean bowled Sehwag, Kohli, Yuvraj) and helped in Pakistan win in first ODI and again performed superbly in the second ODI and picked up three wickets including two top order vital wickets of Gambhir and Kohli. So he has gained a place in Pakistan eleven and is considered to be one of the leading left arm fast bowlers of Pakistan who can bowl with pace, has the ability to bowl yorker and swings the bowl both ways.

Junaid Khan made his domestic debut in January 2007, he made his domestic debut aged 16. For four years he took wickets consistently for his domestic team Abottabad and he was the team's chief strike bowler, he also played for Abbottabad Falcons in the Faysal Bank Twenty20. Just before Junaid's world cup selection his first-class statistics read 167 wickets from 35 matches. His list-A statistics just before being selected for the world cup read 37 wickets from 27 matches. Khan also played for Pakistan A before making his World Cup debut.

Following the reccurrence of a knee injury to Sohail Tanvir, Khan was added in Pakistan's world cup squad. Khan expressed his delight at being selected to play for Pakistan in the world cup. He stated that he wasn't worried about any pressure and he was looking forward to playing India at some stage during the tournament and he wanted to take the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar.