Yousuf Khan
- January 9, 2024
- Cricketer
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Yousuf Khan Biography
| Name | Yousuf Khan |
| Birthday | Aug 27 |
| Birth Year | 1974 |
| Place Of Birth | Lahore |
| Home Town | Punjab |
| Birth Country | Pakistan |
| Birth Sign | Leo |
| Parents | Youhana Maseeh |
| Siblings | Muhammad Irshad, Muhammad Ajmal, Muhammad Jamil |
| Spouse | Fatima |
| Children(s) | Daniyal Yousuf |
Yousuf Khan is one of the most popular and richest Cricketer who was born on August 27, 1974 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. He was a batsman who made his debut for the Pakistani international team in 1998. In 2007, he was named Test Player-of-the-Year.
Both he and Imran Khuda were Test captains for the Pakistani cricket team.
Mohammad Yousuf (Punjabi, Urdu: محمد یوسف ; formerly Yousuf Youhana, یوسف یوحنا ; born 27 August 1974) is a Pakistan former cricketer and captain, who played all three formats. Prior to his conversion to Islam, Yousuf was one of the few Christians to play for the Pakistan national cricket team. Yousuf scored 1,788 runs in 2006 which is a world record for most runs scored in a year in tests at an average of almost 100.
Yousuf, hailing from a poor background, was plucked from the obscurity of a tailor’s shop in the slums of the eastern city of Lahore to play a local match in the 1990s. His well-crafted shots attracted attention and he rose through the ranks to become one of Pakistan’s best batsmen. He was set to work at a tailor’s when he was pulled back by a local club was short of players. They called him to make up numbers and made a hundred which led to a season in the Bradford Cricket League, with Bowling Old Lane, and a path back into the game.
His family and he lived in the Railway Colony because his father worked at a railway station.
Yousuf Khan Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Cricketer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Yousuf Khan is one of the richest Cricketer from Pakistan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yousuf Khan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Before he became a rickshaw driver, he played domestically for Bahawalpur in 1996.
He was the fourth Christian to play for Pakistan, and the first non Muslim to be named captain of the team.
A year that started on a promising note, Yousuf carried it forward to break two world records both held earlier by former West Indian batsman Viv Richards. The 32-year-old, Pakistani batsman achieved an unparalleled 1788 runs in just 10 Test matches with the help of twelve centuries which became his second world record. Yousuf is known for his ability to score runs at exceptional rate through his great technique and composed strokeplay. Although capable of hitting the ball hard, Yousuf is quick between the wickets, although he is prone to being run out.
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In the same tour of England that summer, he participated in the Twenty20 series as well. Despite being considered an “old boys cricketer” and having participated in only a sole T20I in 2006 and considered one who does not slog as often (notable by the low number of sixes he has scored), Yousuf participated and scored 26 off 21 deliveries.
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Yousuf Ranked on the list of most popular Cricketer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Pakistan. Yousuf Khan celebrates birthday on August 27 of every year.
On 30 November 2006, during the third innings of the final Test between Pakistan and West Indies at Karachi, he surpassed Viv Richards’s thirty-year- old record and became the highest scorer in Test matches during a single calendar year. He also broke Zaheer Abbas’s record for the most runs made by a Pakistani batsman in a three-Test series. Abbas made 583 runs against the visiting Indians in 1978/79. Yousuf hit nine test centuries in 2006, which is a world record for most centuries in a calendar year. Yousuf also equaled the record held by former Australian batsman Donald Bradman, by scoring six centuries in successive Tests – although it took him only four matches compared with Bradman’s six.