Born on 3rd March 1970, Inzamam-ul-Haq who is also known as Inzy, is one of the greatest batsmen Pakistan has produced. He is the leading scorer for Pakistan in One-Day Cricket and second-highest run scorer in Test cricket, after Javed Miandad. He was the captain of the national cricket team from 2003 to 07 and is consideredto be one of the best cricket leaders in Pakistan Cricket history.
Inzamam came into lime light in the semi-final of the 1992 Cricket World Cup, in which he scored 60 from 37 balls against a strong New Zealand team. His strong batting performance also lead Pakistan to victory in the final of the 1992 Cricket World Cup. He remained one of the team's leading batsmen throughout the period of ten years in both Test and ODI cricket.
In 2003, he was given the responsibility as captain of the Pakistan team. His tenure as captain came to an end after Pakistan's made an early exit from the 2007 Cricket World Cup. On 5 October 2007, Inzamam retired from international cricket after the second Test match against South Africa. He was just three runs short of Javed Miandad as Pakistan's leading run scorer in Test cricket at that time.
Following his retirement, he joined the Indian Cricket League, in which he was the captain of the Hyderabad Heroes in the inaugural edition of the Twenty20 competition. In the ICL's second edition, he was captain of the Lahore Badshahs, a team composed completely of Pakistani cricketers.
Inzamam-ul-Haq is a prominent member of the Tablighi Jamaat, which is an Islamic missionary organisation, and remains an influential personality in Pakistan cricket. The cricket lovers will always remember him as the hero of Pakistani Cricket.
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