Apart from making a mark in Pakistan’s politics, Prime Minister Imran Khan also holds the record of being the only World Cup winning captain from the country, an achievement he accomplished 26 years ago.
On 25 March 1992, Imran Khan showed his skills with both bat and the ball as he managed to take his side to title against England. Pakitan suffered two early losses and went down 24/2 with in-form Aamer Sohail and Ramiz Raja sent back to the pavilion. The Pakistan captain stitched a solid 139-run partnership with Javed Miandad as both the batsmen completing their half centuries. Khan continued to bat with Inzamam-ul-Haq after Miandad’s dismissal and scored 72 runs in 110 balls with the help of 5 boundaries and a six. On the back of his innings, Pakistan set a steep total of 250 for the Three Lions to chase.
Coming in to bat, England lost Sir Ian Botham for a duck and suffered a sort of collapse, going four wickets down for 69. Neil Fairbrother’s fighting partnership with Allan Lamb was not enough to save their side as they continued to lose wickets at regular intervals. Needing 23 in the final over, with one wicket in hand, the skipper Imran Khan took the ball, and dismissed Richard Illingworth for 14, as Pakistan lifted their first ever World Cup trophy. Khan just gave away 43 runs with a wicket in 9.2 overs.
After lifting the World Cup trophy, Imran Khan announced his retirement from the 50-overs format. The World Cup final against England was the final ODI match he played.
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