Raja Saleem Akhtar (Punjabi, Urdu: راجہ سلیم اختر) (8 September 1930 – 22 April 2004) was a Pakistani cricketer who played for Multan and Sargodha.[1] His sons Wasim Raja and Rameez Raja played for the Pakistan cricket team, while Zaeem Raja played first-class cricket.
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| Full name | Raja Saleem Akhtar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 8, 1930 Gujranwala, Punjab, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 April 2004 (aged 73) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Legbreak. googly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1958/59–1959/60 | Multan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1961/62–1962/63 | Sargodha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 April 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Raja was born in a Punjabi Muslim family. He and his family migrated from the Indian city of Jaipur, Rajasthan to Pakistan during the Partition of India.[2] He worked as a civil servant and was a police commissioner.[3][4]
References edit
- ^ "Saleem Akhtar". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Inzamam-ul Haq". Outlook India. 28 May 1997. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "Rameez and Wasim Raja's father dies at 74". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "'Ramiz Raja was at slips because his father was a commissioner': Wasim Akram's startling claims about PCB chairman". Hindustan Times. 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
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