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| name = Aslam Khan<br />
| image = File:Prince Aslam Khan.jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| country = Pakistan<br />
| fullname = Mohammad Aslam Khan<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|3|15|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Manavadar]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1980|4|29|1935|3|15|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]]<br />
| batting = Left-handed <br />
| bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox<br />
| club1 = [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi]]<br />
| year1 = 1955-56 to 1970-71<br />
| club2 = [[Pakistan Security Printing Corporation cricket team|Pakistan Security Printing Corporation]]<br />
| year2 = 1977-78<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 28 <br />
| runs1 = 398<br />
| bat avg1 = 19.90<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 1/0<br />
| top score1 = 112 not out<br />
| deliveries1 = 5170<br />
| wickets1 = 84<br />
| bowl avg1 = 22.63<br />
| fivefor1 = 5<br />
| tenfor1 = 1<br />
| best bowling1 = 6/45<br />
| catches/stumpings1= 27/–<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/39727.html Cricinfo<br />
| date = 29 August<br />
| year = 2015<br />
}} <br />
'''Aslam Khan''', sometimes known as '''Prince Aslam Khan''' (15 March 1935 – 29 April 1980) was a Pakistani cricketer who played [[first-class cricket]] in [[Pakistan]] between 1955 and 1978. Some people consider him the inventor of [[doosra]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/113331/the-prince-of-pakistans-cricket/|title=The prince of Pakistans cricket|date=October 9, 2017}}</ref><br />
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A son of [[Ghulam Moinuddin Khanji]], he was a member of the royal family of [[Manavadar]], a [[princely state]] which is now part of the Indian state of [[Gujarat]].<br />
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Aslam Khan was a left-arm spinner. In the final of the [[Ayub Trophy]] in 1964-65 he took 6 for 45 and 5 for 92 (match figures of 81.5–43–137–11) to help [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi]] to an innings victory over [[Lahore Education Board cricket team|Lahore Education Board]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Lahore Education Board v Karachi 1964-65 |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/27/27232.html|website=Cricket Archive|accessdate=29 August 2015}}</ref> In a semi-final of the Ayub Trophy in 1965-66, playing for [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi Blues]] against [[Public Works Department cricket team|Public Works Department]], he took 3 for 35 and 5 for 41 in another victory.<ref>{{cite web|title= Karachi Blues v Public Works Department 1965-66|url= https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/28/28468.html |website=Cricket Archive|accessdate=29 August 2015}}</ref><br />
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He played his last first-class match in February 1978 for the [[Pakistan Security Printing Corporation cricket team|Pakistan Security Printing Corporation team]] in the [[Patron's Trophy]]. A month short of his 43rd birthday, he took 6 for 154 off 47 eight-ball overs against [[Sargodha cricket team|Sargodha]], who won by an innings and 143 runs.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/37/37834.html| title = Sargodha v Pakistan Security Printing Corporation 1977-78| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 29 August 2015}}</ref><br />
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He batted at number 10 or 11 and only once reached 40 in first-class cricket. On that occasion he scored 112 not out as [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi Whites]] scored 762 and beat Karachi Blues by an innings in a semi-final of the [[Quaid-e-Azam Trophy]] in 1956-57. He also took three catches and three wickets in the match.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22340.html| title = Karachi Blues v Karachi Whites 1956-57| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 29 August 2015}}</ref><br />
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He was a flamboyant character, "playing practical jokes, dating a series of movie stars, driving to matches (often late) in a [[Cadillac]], firing revolver shots in the air in protest at an umpire's decision". [[Mushtaq Mohammad]] credited him with the invention of the [[doosra]].<ref>[[Peter Oborne]], ''Wounded Tiger: The History of Cricket in Pakistan'', Simon & Schuster, London, 2014, p. 139.</ref><br />
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His [[Ghulam Moinuddin Khanji|father]], the last Nawab of Manavadar, also played first-class cricket and represented India at [[field hockey|hockey]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41835/41835.html Aslam Khan] at CricketArchive<br />
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/39727.html Aslam Khan] at [[Cricinfo]]<br />
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[[Category:1935 births]]<br />
[[Category:1980 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Gujarati people]]<br />
[[Category:Pakistani cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Karachi cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Pakistani people of Gujarati descent]]<br />
[[Category:Cricketers from Gujarat]]</div>ImportMaster