Khalid Ibadullah on Imran Khan

Pakistani Test cricket player Khalid Ibadulla passed away in 2024 in New Zealand at the age of 89. Ibadulla holds one cricket record: He scored the highest score ever on the first day of the Test debut, 166, on the first day of the Test between Pakistan and Australia at Karachi in 1964/65. 

In 1971, when the Pakistan team was visiting England, Javed Burki asked Ibadulla (who was working as a cricket coach in England) to evaluate his 17-year-old cousin, Imran Khan. Ibadulla watched Imran Khan bat and bowl at the nets. He then told Javed Burki that this boy had no future in cricket! 

So much for professional opinion!!

Over the years, I have learned that people will surprise you. Some of my brightest students have become mere useless pawns in life, and some backbenchers are riding front horses in life.