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{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Ikram Elahi
| image =
| caption =
| country = Pakistan
| full_name = Ikram Elahi
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1933|3|3}}
| birth_place = [[Quetta]], [[British India]] (now in [[Pakistan]])
| death_date =
| death_place =
| family = [[Anwar Elahi]] (brother)
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium
| club1 = [[Sindh cricket team|Sind]]
| year1 = 1953-54
| club2 = [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi]]
| year2 = 1954-55 to 1961-62
| club3 = [[Public Works Department cricket team|Public Works Department]]
| year3 = 1969-70
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 47
| runs1 = 1058
| bat avg1 = 19.59
| 100s/50s1 = 0/7
| top score1 = 73
| deliveries1 = 5028
| wickets1 = 107
| bowl avg1 = 22.42
| fivefor1 = 4
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 6/25
| catches/stumpings1= 19/–
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34211/34211.html Cricket Archive
| date = 17 December
| year = 2014
}}
'''Ikram Elahi''' (born 3 March 1933) is a [[Pakistani]] former cricketer who played [[first-class cricket]] from 1953 to 1970. He toured [[Pakistani cricket team in England in 1954|England in 1954]] and the West Indies in 1957–58 with the [[Pakistani cricket team in West Indies in 1957-58|Pakistan team]] but did not play [[Test cricket]].

==1950s==
While he was a student at Sind Madrassah, Elahi set a record in the inter-school Rubie Shield when he scored 317 in three hours and 45 minutes. He hit 32 runs (four sixes and two fours) in one [[Over (cricket)|over]].<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/leicester-evening-mail-ikram-elahi/190165015/ Tourists' Pen Pictures], Leicester Daily Mail, 8 May 1954 (via newspapers.com)</ref>

A middle-order batsman and fast-medium bowler, Elahi made his first-class debut in Pakistan in 1952–53. He toured England and Wales with the [[Pakistan Eaglets]] in 1953, a tour of non-first-class matches against club teams, then played two first-class matches in the 1953–54 Pakistan season.<ref name=BBS/>

He was selected to tour England in 1954, having scored 174 runs at an average of 29.00<ref name=BBS>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34211/f_Batting_by_Season.html Ikram Elahi batting by season]</ref> and taken five wickets at 24.60<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34211/f_Bowling_by_Season.html Ikram Elahi bowling by season]</ref> in his three first-class matches. He played only 10 of the 30 first-class matches on the 1954 tour, scoring 193 runs at 19.30 and taking nine wickets at 25.77.<ref>''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' 1955, p. 220.</ref>

Elahi played in the [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi]] team that won the [[Quaid-e-Azam Trophy]] in 1954–55, taking three wickets in the final. He took 2 for 44 and 6 for 70 when Karachi Blues beat [[Pakistan Railways cricket team|Railways]] in 1956–57.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22332.html Karachi Blues v Railways 1956-57]</ref> In the first two matches of the 1957–58 season, playing for Karachi A, he took 2 for 16 and 6 for 25 and made 51 against [[Sindh cricket team|Sind B]],<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22702.html Karachi A v Sind B 1957-58]</ref> then, a week later, took 5 for 45 and 4 for 28 against Sind A.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22707.html Karachi A v Sind A 1957-58]</ref>

He toured the West Indies later that season, but played only three first-class matches, making 27 runs and taking one wicket.<ref>''Wisden'' 1959, p. 806.</ref> In 1958-59 he took 4 for 48 and 3 for 10 when Karachi beat [[Bahawalpur cricket team|Bahawalpur]] by an innings and 479 runs and [[Hanif Mohammad]] scored 499.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/23/23292.html Karachi v Bahawalpur 1958-59]</ref> The next season, he made his highest first-class score, 73, putting on 168 for the sixth wicket with Hanif Mohammad when Karachi again beat Bahawalpur by an innings.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/23/23934.html Bahawalpur v Karachi 1950-60]</ref>

==1960s==
Elahi captained Karachi Greens in their three matches in 1961–62.

In 1962 he went to England the play as a professional for [[Haslingden Cricket Club|Haslingden]] in the [[Lancashire League (cricket)|Lancashire League]]. In 1962 he scored 364 runs at 22.75 and took 67 wickets at 14.02,<ref>''Wisden'' 1963, p. 777.</ref> in 1963 he scored 434 runs at 24.11 and took 66 wickets at 13.69,<ref>''Wisden'' 1964, p. 726.</ref> and in 1964 he scored 319 runs at 17.12 and took 72 wickets at 12.47.<ref>''Wisden'' 1965, p. 733.</ref> He then played three seasons as a professional for [[Bacup Cricket Club|Bacup]], also in the Lancashire League: 511 runs at 25.50 and 64 wickets at 16.04 in 1965,<ref>''Wisden'' 1966, p. 725.</ref> 735 runs at 43.23 and 45 wickets at 16.86 in 1966,<ref>''Wisden'' 1967, p. 740.</ref> and 634 runs at 32.01 and 38 wickets at 15.37 in 1967.<ref>''Wisden'' 1968, p. 750.</ref>

He played one final season in Pakistan in 1969–70, three unsuccessful matches for [[Public Works Department cricket team|Public Works Department]]. He later returned to England to live.<ref>{{cite news| work=Dawn | first=Qamar |last=Ahmed|author-link=Qamar Ahmed|access-date=14 December 2016| title=Anwar Elahi passes away |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1296936/anwar-elahi-passes-away|date=18 November 2016}}</ref>

His brother [[Anwar Elahi]] also played first-class cricket in Pakistan.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41710/41710.html Anwar Elahi at CricketArchive]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=40650}}
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34211/34211.html Ikram Elahi at CricketArchive]

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