Imran Khan (born 14 July 1988) is a Pakistani cricketer who made his Twenty20 debut for the Peshawar Panthers during the 2014–15 season of the Haier T20 Cup. He is a left-arm fast bowler, known for "bamboozl[ing] opposing batsmen" through his "repertoire of slower balls".Emmad Hameed (29 September 2014). "National Twenty20 — ‘all in a rush’" – The Express Tribune. Retrieved 9 December 2014. He made his Twenty20 International debut against Zimbabwe on 27 September 2015.
Hailing from Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Imran played district cricket for Swat in the Peshawar division of the country-wide Inter-District Senior Tournament.Miscellaneous matches played by Imran Khan (3) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2014. Having been selected in the Peshawar Panthers' squad for the 2014–15 Haier T20 Cup, he went on to play seven matches in eight days in the tournament, held in September 2014.Twenty20 matches played by Imran Khan (6) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2014. Imran finished with twelve wickets from six matches, the most for any player the tournament, at a bowling average of 12.91 and a strike rate of 10.91 balls per wicket.Bowling in Bank Albaraka Presents Haier T20 Cup 2014/15 (ordered by wickets) - CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2014. He was accordingly named the best bowler of the tournament.(28 September 2014). "Peshawar Panthers win national Twenty20 championship" – Express Tribune. Retrieved 9 December 2014. On debut against the Lahore Eagles, Imran took 4/25 from four overs, for which he was named man of the match.Lahore Eagles v Peshawar Panthers, Bank Albaraka Presents Haier T20 Cup 2014/15 (Group C) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2014. Other notable performances included 2/7 from 1.5 overs against the AJK Jaguars,Azad Jammu and Kashmir Jaguars v Peshawar Panthers, Bank Albaraka Presents Haier T20 Cup 2014/15 (Group C) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2014. 2/27 against the Faisalabad Wolves,Faisalabad Wolves v Peshawar Panthers, Bank Albaraka Presents Haier T20 Cup 2014/15 (Group C) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2014. and 2/26 against the Lahore Lions.Lahore Lions v Peshawar Panthers, Bank Albaraka Presents Haier T20 Cup 2014/15 (Final) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
Another member of the Panthers tournament-winning team the similarly named Mohammad Imran Khan (born 1987), who later played Test cricket for the Pakistani national side. For this reason, Imran Khan (born 1987) is often recorded as "Mohammad Imran Khan" or "Imran Khan, Sr." on scorecards, while Imran Khan (born 1988), the subject of this article, is often recorded as "Imran Khan (Swat)" or "Imran Khan, Jr.".See, for instance, this scorecard, or this article.
He was the leading wicket-taker for Peshawar in the 2018–19 Quaid-e-Azam One Day Cup, with eleven dismissals in seven matches.
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