| Aslam Khan | |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Fullname: | Mohammad Aslam Khan |
| Birth Date: | 15 March 1935 |
| Birth Place: | Manavadar, Princely state of Junagadh, British India |
| Death Place: | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Family: | Ghulam Moinuddin Khanji (father) |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| Club1: | Karachi |
| Club2: | Pakistan Security Printing Corporation |
| Year2: | 1977/78 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 28 |
| Runs1: | 398 |
| Bat Avg1: | 19.90 |
| 100S/50S1: | 1/0 |
| Top Score1: | 112 |
| Deliveries1: | 5,170 |
| Wickets1: | 84 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 22.63 |
| Fivefor1: | 5 |
| Tenfor1: | 1 |
| Best Bowling1: | 6/45 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 27/– |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/39727.html ESPNcricinfo |
| Date: | 29 August |
| Year: | 2015 |
Aslam Khan (Urdu: اسلم خان), sometimes known as Prince Aslam Khan (Urdu: شہزادہ اسلم خان, romanized as: Shehzada Aslam Khaan; 15 March 1935 – 29 April 1980) was a Pakistani cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1955 and 1978. Some people consider him the inventor of doosra.[1]
A son of Ghulam Moinuddin Khanji, he was a member of the royal family of Manavadar, a princely state which is now part of the Indian state of Gujarat.
Aslam Khan was a left-arm spinner. In the final of the Ayub Trophy in 1964-65 he took 6 for 45 and 5 for 92 (match figures of 81.5–43–137–11) to help Karachi to an innings victory over Lahore Education Board.[2] In a semi-final of the Ayub Trophy in 1965–66, playing for Karachi Blues against Public Works Department, he took 3 for 35 and 5 for 41 in another victory.[3]
Khan played his last first-class match in February 1978 for the Pakistan Security Printing Corporation team in the Patron's Trophy. A month short of his 43rd birthday, he took 6 for 154 off 47 eight-ball overs against Sargodha, who won by an innings and 143 runs.[4]
He batted at number 10 or 11 and only once reached 40 in first-class cricket. On that occasion he scored 112 not out as Karachi Whites scored 762 and beat Karachi Blues by an innings in a semi-final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 1956–57. He also took three catches and three wickets in the match.[5]
Khan was a flamboyant character, "playing practical jokes, dating a series of movie stars, driving to matches (often late) in a Cadillac, firing revolver shots in the air in protest at an umpire's decision". Mushtaq Mohammad credited him with the invention of the doosra.[6]
His father, the last Nawab of Manavadar, also played first-class cricket and represented India at hockey.