Imran Khan (born 10 May 1992) is a Sri Lankan

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er who has played domestically for the

Saracens Sports Club The Saracens Sports Club (Saracens SC) is a Sri Lankan first-class cricket team that competes in the Premier Trophy The Major League Tournament (formerly known as the Premier Trophy) is the main domestic first-class cricket competition in Sri L ...

and the

Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO () ...

, as well as in the

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for the Ruhuna Royals. Born in

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

, Imran attended

Royal College, Colombo Royal College, Colombo is a selective entry boys' school located in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Started as a private school by Rev Joseph Marsh in 1835, it was established as the Colombo Academy by Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton in Janua ...

, and played for the school's cricket team in the annual

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match in both 2010 and 2011. A right-arm

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, he made his first-class debut during the 2011–12 season, appearing for Saracens in a single match against Sri Lanka Army SC.First-class matches played by Imran Khan (14)
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2014. He opened the bowling with Amila Mendis on debut, taking two wickets as Saracens lost by an innings and 90 runs. Imran was subsequently selected in a single Premier League match for the Ruhuna Royals in August 2012, replacing Tharanga Lakshitha in the side. For the 2012–13 season, Imran switched to Bloomfield, making his

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debut in the Premier Limited Overs Tournament in December 2012.List A matches played by Imran Khan (9)
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2014. He went on to play three list-A matches and seven first-class matches during the season. In his seven Premier Trophy matches, he took 21 wickets, finishing behind Suraj Randiv (50),

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(29), and Chatura Randunu (25) for Bloomfield. His best bowling figures, 5/67, came against the

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in the opening match of the tournament.Panadura Sports Club v Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club
Premier Championship 2012/13 (Group A) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2014. Imran again played regularly for Bloomfield during the 2013–14 season, in both formats of the game, but is yet to record any further five-wicket hauls. His appearances during the 2014–15 were less sporadic – only three first-class games and a single twenty20.

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