Born in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 1993, Sajid Khan made his Test debut against Zimbabwe in April 2021. The start of the career was not good as he could not get any wickets in his first match and two wickets in the second match.
Sajid has so far played 8 Test matches for Pakistan, in which he has taken 25 wickets with an average of 38.
In 2021, the match played against the host Bangladesh dismissed eight players for just 42 runs, due to which the entire Bangladesh team was 87.
Sajid Khan also guided four players to the pavilion in the second innings, and thanks to this performance, Pakistan won the match by an innings and eight runs, and Sajid Khan was also declared the best player of the match.
After this series, the Australian team came to Pakistan for a 3-match test series in which Sajid Khan failed and could only take four wickets, after which he was dropped.
Then Pakistan toured Sri Lanka, where Sajid Khan was neglected, and Yasir Shah was once again tested, but this series turned out to be his last.
England then toured Pakistan, in which Pakistan lost 0-3, but we got a good spinner in the form of Abrar Ahmed, who took 17 wickets in his first series. After that, New Zealand toured Pakistan, and in this series, too, Abrar Ahmed performed impressively and took 11 wickets. However, Pakistan could not get any success in this match as both the matches were tied.
When Pakistan toured Australia, Sajid Khan was ignored in that too, but due to Abrar Ahmed’s injury and Nauman Ali’s operation, he had to be called up during the series, and then he got a chance in the third match and took three wickets.
But this musical chair continued, and Sajid Khan was once again left out of the team on Bangladesh’s tour to Pakistan. He complained that he was left out of the team without giving any reason.
Sajid Khan was not part of the team against England, too, but the worst defeat in the first Test and Abrar Ahmed’s poor performance and injury forced the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to give Sajid Khan and Nauman Ali another chance.
Sajid Khan has proven his selection right, but only the PCB selection committee knows whether he will continue to be a part of the permanent team.
He took seven wickets in the first innings of the second Test against England in Multan on October 17, 2024.
