Jahandad Khan

Some Lesser Known Facts About Jahandad Khan

• In 2015, Jahandad Khan was 12 years old when he started playing cricket at the Ayub Park Cricket Ground in Rawalpindi.

• He later started training at the Stars International Cricket Club & Academy, Rawalpindi.

• He later played for many teams in Pakistan.

• He faced many problems later and decided to quit cricket when he was 19, but his coach Mubeen Shahid forced him to play cricket. His life changed in the next 1 year.

  

• In the auction for PSL 9 in 2024, he was later selected for Lahore Qalandars in the emerging category for $10,000.

• In his debut PSL match against Islamabad United on February 17, 2024, he scored 45 runs not out in 17 balls at a strike rate of 264.70 which included 4 sixes and 3 fours. It’s the highest number of sixes on debut by a Pakistani player in PSL.

  

• In the 2024 Champions One-Day Camp, Jahandad Khan finished as the second-highest wicket-taker for the tournament with 10 wickets.

  

• When he was selected for the Pakistan national team in 2024 for the T20 series against Australia, he said that he wanted to take the wicket of Glenn Maxwell.

  

• On 18 November 2024, he faced a hilarious wardrobe malfunction incident in his debut T20 match against Pakistan when his pants got taken down when he dived to stop a boundary.

• His bowling strength is his ability to bowl both seams without changing his wrist position. In the batting, he can hit spinners for big shots.