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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer (1953–2020)}}<br />
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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
|name = Jahanzeb Khan<br />
|image = <br />
|country = Pakistan<br />
|full_name = Khawaja Jehanzeb Sadiq<br />
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1953|5|12|df=yes}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]], Pakistan<br />
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|12|6|1953|5|12|df=yes}}<br />
|batting = Right-handed<br />
|bowling = Right-arm medium-fast<br />
|role = Bowler<br />
|club4 = [[National Bank of Pakistan cricket team|National Bank of Pakistan]]<br />
|year4 = 1975/76–1987/88<br />
|club3 = [[Sind cricket team|Sind]]<br />
|year3 = 1974/75<br />
|club2 = [[Karachi Blues]]<br />
|year2 = 1974/75<br />
|club1 = [[Karachi Greens]]<br />
|year1 = 1972/73<br />
|columns = 2<br />
|column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
|matches1 = 60<br />
|runs1 = 312<br />
|bat avg1 = 5.67<br />
|100s/50s1 = 0/0<br />
|top score1 = 30[[not out|*]]<br />
|deliveries1 = 6,646<br />
|wickets1 = 120<br />
|bowl avg1 = 29.63<br />
|fivefor1 = 2<br />
|tenfor1 = 0<br />
|best bowling1 = 5/28<br />
|catches/stumpings1 = 25/–<br />
|column2 = [[List A cricket|List A]]<br />
|matches2 = 20<br />
|runs2 = 29<br />
|bat avg2 = 5.80<br />
|100s/50s2 = 0/0<br />
|top score2 = 12[[not out|*]]<br />
|deliveries2 = 744<br />
|wickets2 = 18<br />
|bowl avg2 = 27.55<br />
|fivefor2 = 0<br />
|tenfor2 = 0<br />
|best bowling2 = 3/22<br />
|catches/stumpings2 = 0/–<br />
|date = 1 May<br />
|year = 2026<br />
|source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/jahanzeb-khan-40937 Cricinfo<br />
}}<br />
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'''Jahanzeb Khan''' (12 May 1953 – 6 December 2020) was a Pakistani [[cricket]]er. Khan was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]], and played domestic cricket in Pakistan for [[Karachi Greens]], [[Karachi Blues]], [[Sind cricket team|Sind]] and [[National Bank of Pakistan cricket team|National Bank of Pakistan]].<ref name="PCB">{{cite web |url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/player-detail.php?action=view_profile&ipp=25&player_id=8823 |title=Jahanzeb Khan |publisher=Pakistan Cricket Board |accessdate=1 May 2026}}</ref><ref name="TEAMS">{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Players/42/42404/all_teams.html |title=Teams Jahanzeb Khan played for |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=1 May 2026}}</ref><br />
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Born into a family which had originated from Punjab in [[British India]], Khan was educated at Ayesha Bawany School in Karachi. He played for D. J. Science College and Rangers Cricket Club before being introduced to [[first-class cricket]] with Karachi Greens in the 1972–73 BCCP Patron's Trophy.<ref name="OBIT" /> In the 1974–75 season, he also represented Sind and Sind A, and impressed against National Bank of Pakistan with figures of 4 for 38 for Karachi Blues in the Patron's Trophy and 4 for 70 for Sind A in the [[Quaid-e-Azam Trophy]], performances which led National Bank to recruit him.<ref name="OBIT">{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketworld.com/jahanzeb-khan-obituary/67624.htm |title=Jahanzeb Khan - Obituary |publisher=Cricket World |author=Salim Parvez |date=11 December 2020 |accessdate=1 May 2026}}</ref><br />
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Khan's best first-class bowling figures came in the first round of the 1978–79 BCCP Patron's Trophy, when he took 5 for 28 against [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] at [[Niaz Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38922.html |title=Hyderabad v National Bank of Pakistan, BCCP Patron's Trophy 1978/79 (First Round) |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=1 May 2026}}</ref> Later in the same season, in the final of the 1978–79 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, he took 5 for 41 in the first innings and 4 for 39 in the second against [[Habib Bank Limited cricket team|Habib Bank Limited]], finishing with match figures of 9 for 80 as National Bank won by 384 runs at the [[National Stadium, Karachi|National Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38859.html |title=Habib Bank Limited v National Bank of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1978/79 (Final) |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=1 May 2026}}</ref><br />
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As a lower-order batsman, Khan's highest first-class score was an unbeaten 30 against Karachi in the 1980–81 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.<ref name="OBIT" /> Overall, he played in 60 first-class matches, taking 120 wickets at a [[bowling average]] of 29.63, while in 20 [[List A cricket|List A]] matches he took 18 wickets at 27.55.<ref name="PRO">{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/jahanzeb-khan-40937 |title=Jahanzeb Khan profile and biography |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=1 May 2026}}</ref> After his playing career, he remained employed by National Bank of Pakistan until his retirement in 2013.<ref name="OBIT" /> He died of cardiac arrest on 6 December 2020.<ref name="OBIT" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cricinfo|id=40937}}<br />
* [https://www.pcb.com.pk/player-detail.php?action=view_profile&ipp=25&player_id=8823 Jahanzeb Khan] at [[Pakistan Cricket Board]]<br />
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[[Category:Pakistani cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Karachi Blues cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Karachi Greens cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Sindh cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:National Bank of Pakistan cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Cricketers from Karachi]]</div>Davidwez