On This Day: September 29, 1995 - Century for Saleem Elahi on his ODI debut against Sri Lanka

[Kianig89]

A remarkable performance from Saleem Elahi led Pakistan to a nine-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the first one-day international in Gujranwala. Not yet 19, Elahi stroked an unbeaten 102 on his ODI debut at a time when he had not even played a first-class match. And he reached three figures in the grand manner, with a straight six off Pramodya Wickramasinghe.

Source- cricinfo Elahi's ODI record

Matches Runs 100s HS Avg. SR

48 1579 4 135 36.72 72.31

tbh these are top stats as a Pakistan opener specially keeping in mind the TTTF's like etc then why didn't he lasted longer sti was he victim of any conspiracies any senior PPer can elaborate

Mods please correct the title its Sep 29

 

[Haroon786]

Nice stats

 

[Kianig89]

Nice stats

Ya took me by surprise maybe his career was halted because of tullay baazi

 

[Haroon786]

Ya took me by surprise maybe his career was halted because of tullay baazi

Maybe

 

[Abdullah719]

He was just the fourth player to hit an ODI century on debut at the time.

 

[msb314]

He was just the fourth player to hit an ODI century on debut at the time.

The last thing I remember about him was his century vs SAF in 2002.

When he had that big partnership with Razzaq.

 

[msb314]

Ya took me by surprise maybe his career was halted because of tullay baazi

Maybe

He was just unlucky given that he played in the wrong era.

These are good stats but hard to displace Saeed Anwar/Aamer Sohail in their prime.

Once Sohail retired - Afridi and Imran Nazir were given opportunities due to their attacking style of play and 80+ SR.

Not that I agree with what happened but in hindsight this was probably the reasoning the selectors had in their minds.

 

[The_Odd_One]

He should have played more ODIs, was definitely better than a lot of TTFs who played for Pakistan in the last 10 years.

 

[Abdullah719]

Great debut.