Imran Khan (born 14 July 1988) is a Pakistani

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er who made his

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debut for the

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during the 2014–15 season of the Haier T20 Cup. He is a left-arm

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, known for "bamboozl ngopposing batsmen" through his "repertoire of slower balls". He made his

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debut against Zimbabwe on 27 September 2015. Hailing from

Swat District Swat District (, ps, سوات ولسوالۍ, ) is a district in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. With a population of 2,309,570 per the 2017 national census, Swat is the 15th-largest district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa pro ...

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, Imran played district cricket for Swat in the

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division of the country-wide Inter-District Senior Tournament. Having been selected in the Peshawar Panthers' squad for the 2014–15 Haier T20 Cup, he went on to play seven matches in eight days at the tournament, held in September 2014. Imran finished with twelve wickets from six matches at the tournament, the most of any player. His wickets were taken at a bowling average of 12.91 and a strike rate of 10.91 balls per wicket, and he was accordingly named "best bowler" at the end of the tournament. On debut against the

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, Imran took 4/25 from four overs, for which he was named

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. Other notable performances included 2/7 from 1.5 overs against the AJK Jaguars, 2/27 against the

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, and 2/26 against the

Lahore Lions Lahore Lions ( ur, لاہور لائنز, Punjabi: لہور لائنز abbreviated as LIO) was a Pakistani franchise cricket team representing the city Lahore and was one of the 19 domestic teams. The team was established by Lahore Regional Cr ...

. Another member of the Panthers tournament-winning team was

Mohammad Imran Khan Mohammad Imran Khan ( ps, ; born 15 July 1987) is a Pakistani cricketer, born in Maidan valley of Lower Dir in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He made his Test match debut for Pakistan against Australia in the United Arab Emirates on 22 October 2014. I ...

(born 1987), who is also commonly known as Imran Khan, and who later played

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for the Pakistani national side. For this reason, Imran Khan (born 1987) is often recorded as "Mohammad Imran Khan" or "Imran Khan, Sr." on scorecards, while Imran Khan (born 1988), the subject of this article, is often recorded as "Imran Khan (Swat)" or "Imran Khan, Jr.". He was the leading wicket-taker for Peshawar in the

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, with eleven dismissals in seven matches.

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