Mirza Iqbal Baig (

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Pakistani sports journalist, analyst, and cricket commentator who currently works as a television show host. Baig comes from

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and is a notable resident of the

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. He has served in various capacities as a cricket analyst, including being appointed by the

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as a media coordinator in 1999 from the

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. Currently, he hosts a sports show on Express News and writes for the ''

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Education

Baig studied at the

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hold a BSc. Honours degree in

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with his subsidiary subjects being mathematics and statistics. He then went on to do M.Sc. in Economics from the same university. For a short period, he remained a teacher of mathematics and physics, before eventually venturing into the commentating sphere, something he had always been interested in.

Career

He started his career in 1987 by working as a sports reporter for Radio Pakistan, after being introduced there by his friend

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(a former Pakistani test cricketer). Initially, he was assigned a sports program called ''Aalmi Sports Roundup'' where gave a recap of world sports. He then moved on to cricket-related news. In 1988, he joined

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as a sports editor. He then worked for ''Takbeer'' (magazine), '' Ummat'' as well as the ''

'' and later joined Indus TV as a freelance sports anchor. In 1999, he was appointed by the

as a media coordinator from

in 1999, a position he stayed at for three years. In the mid-2000's, Baig joined Geo Super as host of a sports talk show ''Bolain Kya Baat Hai'' on Geo Super, where he went on to do more than 700 episodes. Baig was in conflict with the management of Geo Super so he left Geo Super after six and a half years and shook joined PTV Sports in August 2012. In 2014, he joined Express News as host of ''Sports Hour.'' In 2015, the show was renamed to ''Sports Page with Mirza Iqbal Baig,'' and, as of 2022, is still in production. Since February 2016, Baig has also been writing for the ''

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Personal life

He was married to Saima Shamsi and has three children; Hamna, Muneeb, and Bilal.

Awards

In 2021, Baig was nominated for the Best Sports Show Host award at the 2nd Pakistan Sports Awards.

References

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