Yousuf Khan - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!
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| Name | Yousuf Khan |
| First Name | Yousuf |
| Last Name | Khan |
| Occupation | Cricketer |
| Birthday | August 27 |
| Birth Year | 1974 |
| Place of Birth | Lahore |
| Home Town | Punjab |
| Birth Country | Pakistan |
| Birth Sign | Leo |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Parents | Youhana Maseeh |
| Siblings | Muhammad Irshad, Muhammad Ajmal, Muhammad Jamil |
| Spouse | Fatima |
| Children(s) | Daniyal Yousuf |
Yousuf Khan Biography
Yousuf Khan is one of the most popular and richest Cricketer who was born on August 27, 1974 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Both he and Imran Khuda were Test captains for the Pakistani cricket team.
Mohammad Yousuf (Punjabi, Urdu: محمد یوسف ; formerly Yousuf Youhana, یوسف یوحنا ; born 27 August 1974) is a Pakistan former cricketer and captain, who played all three formats. Prior to his conversion to Islam, Yousuf was one of the few Christians to play for the Pakistan national cricket team. Yousuf scored 1,788 runs in 2006 which is a world record for most runs scored in a year in tests at an average of almost 100.
Yousuf, hailing from a poor background, was plucked from the obscurity of a tailor’s shop in the slums of the eastern city of Lahore to play a local match in the 1990s. His well-crafted shots attracted attention and he rose through the ranks to become one of Pakistan’s best batsmen. He was set to work at a tailor’s when he was pulled back by a local club was short of players. They called him to make up numbers and made a hundred which led to a season in the Bradford Cricket League, with Bowling Old Lane, and a path back into the game.
His family and he lived in the Railway Colony because his father worked at a railway station.
He was the fourth Christian to play for Pakistan, and the first non Muslim to be named captain of the team.
A year that started on a promising note, Yousuf carried it forward to break two world records both held earlier by former West Indian batsman Viv Richards. The 32-year-old, Pakistani batsman achieved an unparalleled 1788 runs in just 10 Test matches with the help of twelve centuries which became his second world record. Yousuf is known for his ability to score runs at exceptional rate through his great technique and composed strokeplay. Although capable of hitting the ball hard, Yousuf is quick between the wickets, although he is prone to being run out.
Yousuf Khan Net Worth
Yousuf is one of the richest Cricketer from Pakistan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yousuf Khan's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)
Before he became a rickshaw driver, he played domestically for Bahawalpur in 1996.
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Cricketer |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
He made his Test debut against South Africa in Durban and One Day International debut against Zimbabwe in Harare. He has scored over 9,000 One Day International runs at an average above 40 and over 7,000 Test runs at an average above 50 (2nd highest batting average amongst all Pakistani batsmen) with 24 Test centuries. He has the record of scoring the most runs without being dismissed in the One Day International match, with a total of 405 runs against Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe in 2002–2003. He has also scored a 23-ball fifty and a 68-ball hundred in One Day International. In Test match, he has scored a 27-ball fifty, which is 3rd fastest by any player. He was the top scorer during the successive years of 2002 and 2003 in the world in One Day International match. In 2004, he scored 111 runs against the Australians in the Boxing Day Test. In December 2005, he scored 223 runs against England at Lahore, also earning him the man of the match award. Seven months later in July 2006, when Pakistan toured England, he scored 202 runs and 48 in the first Test, again earning himself the man of the match award. He followed up with 192 in the third Test at Headingley and 128 in the final Test at The Oval.
Yousuf is a skilful infielder, with a report prepared by Cricinfo in late 2005 showing that since the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he had effected the seventh highest number of run-outs in ODI cricket of any fieldsman. He is also distinguished by his characteristic celebration after hitting one hundred runs for his country, where he prostrates in thankfulness to Allah in the direction of Mecca. He has observed this act (known as the Sajdah) since his conversion to Islam.
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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Until his conversion to Islam in 2001, Yousuf was the fourth Christian (and fifth non-Muslim overall) to play for the Pakistan cricket team, following in the footsteps of Wallis Mathias, Antao D’Souza and the Anglo-Pakistani Duncan Sharpe. He also has the distinction of being the first and so far only non-Muslim to captain the country, leading the team in the 2004–05 tour of Australia where he scored a century in the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He converted to Islam after attending regular preaching sessions of the Tablighi Jamaat, Pakistan’s largest non-political religious grouping, whose preachers include Yousuf’s former teammate Saeed Anwar and his brother. His wife Tania converted along with him and adopted the Islamic name Fatima. However, the news was kept private for three years due to family reasons as well as his own decision to practice his faith, before his announcement of their conversion publicly in September 2005. “I don’t want to give Yousuf my name after what he has done”, his mother was quoted as saying by the Daily Times newspaper. “We came to know about his decision when he offered Friday prayers at a local mosque. It was a shock”, his mother was reported as saying. However, Yousuf told the BBC that “I cannot tell you what a great feeling it is.” As part of his conversion, Yousuf officially changed his name from Yousuf Youhana to Mohammad Yousuf.
Who is Yousuf Khan Dating?
According to our records, Yousuf Khan married to Fatima. As of January 13, 2024, Yousuf Khan’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Yousuf Khan. You may help us to build the dating records for Yousuf Khan!In the same tour of England that summer, he participated in the Twenty20 series as well. Despite being considered an “old boys cricketer” and having participated in only a sole T20I in 2006 and considered one who does not slog as often (notable by the low number of sixes he has scored), Yousuf participated and scored 26 off 21 deliveries.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
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| Height | Unknown |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
Yousuf was born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan to a Punjabi Christian family. His father Youhana Maseeh worked at the railway station, the family lived in the nearby Railway Colony. As a boy, he couldn’t afford a bat and so swatted his brother’s taped tennis ball offerings with wooden planks of various dimensions on surfaces masquerading as roads. As a 12-year-old, he was spotted by the Golden Gymkhana, though even then only circumstances dictated his ambitions and never thought of playing cricket, to make a living. He joined Lahore’s Forman Christian College and continued playing until suddenly giving up in early 1994.
After his 191 at Multan he became the first player in Test history to have been dismissed 3 times in the 190s, with all three innings coming in 2006. For his performances in 2006 and 2007, he was named in the World Test XI by ICC. For his performances in 2006, he was named in the World Test XI by Cricinfo.
Facts & Trivia
Yousuf Ranked on the list of most popular Cricketer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Pakistan. Yousuf Khan celebrates birthday on August 27 of every year.
On 30 November 2006, during the third innings of the final Test between Pakistan and West Indies at Karachi, he surpassed Viv Richards’s thirty-year-old record and became the highest scorer in Test matches during a single calendar year. He also broke Zaheer Abbas’s record for the most runs made by a Pakistani batsman in a three-Test series. Abbas made 583 runs against the visiting Indians in 1978/79. Yousuf hit nine test centuries in 2006, which is a world record for most centuries in a calendar year. Yousuf also equaled the record held by former Australian batsman Donald Bradman, by scoring six centuries in successive Tests – although it took him only four matches compared with Bradman’s six.
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