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00:00from the streets of Lahore to Sitara Imtiaz.
00:05The world's best leg spinner,
00:07also known as the googly master,
00:10Abdul Qadir Khan,
00:12was an international cricketer
00:14who did leg spin bowling for Pakistan.
00:17Abdul Qadir is also known as
00:19a legendary leg spinner on a large scale.
00:23In the 1970s and 1980s,
00:26he was a role model for future leg spinners.
00:31Qadir was named the best player
00:34in the 1987 Cricket World Cup Group B matches.
00:38He won a car,
00:40which he donated to his wife's Memorial Cancer Hospital
00:44and Research Centre.
00:48Later, he was the commentator
00:50and chief selector of the Pakistan Cricket Board.
00:53Abdul Qadir was born on September 15, 1955
00:56in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
00:59His brother Ali Bahadur was also a leg spinner
01:02who was seen in 10 first-class matches
01:05between 1986 and 1987.
01:08Abdul Qadir's three sons,
01:10Rehman Qadir, Imran Qadir and Suleman Qadir
01:13also represented different Pakistani teams
01:16in the first-class competition.
01:18Due to his close relationship with the Pakistan Cricket Board,
01:21Qadir did not have a single pair of white trousers
01:25when he started playing for the first time as a gentleman.
01:30He bought his first pair from the London Bazaar in Lahore
01:35and this is where the great legend
01:37Abdul Qadir's cricket career began.
01:40From 1977 to 1993,
01:44he took part in 67 tests and 104 one-day international matches
01:50and captained the Pakistan Cricket Team in 5 one-day matches.
01:54In Test Cricket, his best card for a series was
01:5730 wickets instead of 437 runs.
02:01In 1987, against England,
02:03in three test matches,
02:05he won a test innings
02:08for the best bowler from Pakistan,
02:11which was 9 wickets instead of 56 runs against this team.
02:15In November 2022,
02:17Qadir was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the ICC.
02:21During his best bowling in the 1983 Cricket World Cup,
02:25he scored 5 wickets instead of 44 runs against Sri Lanka.
02:29He was also a part of the Pakistan Cricket Team
02:32in the 1983 and 1987 Cricket World Cup.
02:35Yahoo Cricket called Qadir a master of leg spin
02:40who excelled in googly, flips, leg break and top spin.
02:46One of the best players from all countries and eras
02:50in Richie Bannard's greatest elven,
02:53Graham Goats, a shortlist of the brilliant cricket team,
02:57said that Qadir was better than Shane Warren.
03:02Qadir made a promise from his first test series
03:06by bowling with left-handed spinner Iqbal Qasim.
03:10Winston Almark called him
03:12the most memorable player of his kind for a while.
03:17In 1977, he made his debut against England
03:20in his home ground, Kadhafi Stadium.
03:23His leg break and googly
03:25became a source of problems for both English bowlers.
03:28But he was successful in taking only one wicket
03:31and started falling behind in his length innings.
03:34Pakistan had to take a new gain
03:36and instead of it,
03:37they had to force themselves to throw their fast ball.
03:41He was much more successful in the second test match.
03:44He scored six wickets in 24 overs instead of 44 runs.
03:49In the fast marks of English fast bowler Bob Willis,
03:53he made a gain around the wicket
03:55and was given the honour of the best bowling
03:57for the Pakistani bowler against England.
04:02Abdul Qadir's first debut against Australia
04:05was in the 1982-83 series.
04:09In the first two test matches,
04:11he scored 7 wickets instead of 156
04:14and 11 wickets instead of 218.
04:17He was the man of the match in both matches.
04:20But during his career,
04:22there were times when Imran
04:24and his first favourite spinner
04:26both expressed disappointment.
04:29For example,
04:30he found it difficult to get wickets in 1983-84.
04:34I used to apply dry soil on my fingers from the outfield
04:38and used spit to strengthen my grip on the gain.
04:43But because of the sandy soil,
04:45I could not grip it.
04:47And till the last test,
04:49which is traditionally known as a friendly place for spinners in Sydney,
04:54I never kept control of the gain.
04:57It was very disappointing.
04:59And my entire tour was a victim of indifference.
05:03Wasim Bari was a captain of Pakistan
05:06when Qadir made his debut against England in 1977-78
05:11and clearly remembered this great bowler
05:14who hated failures.
05:17In his first match at Qadhafi Stadium,
05:20although he made a very good gain,
05:22he did not get the wicket.
05:25Obviously, he was disappointed inside
05:28because he had set a very high standard before.
05:32I consoled him by saying
05:36that you will become a young plant
05:39and a tree of great fruit.
05:42This encouraged him
05:44and with time,
05:45he also gained expertise in the art of spinning his wrists.
05:49And although his record speaks for itself,
05:51I now regret that
05:54Abdul Qadir was never given the credit
05:57that he deserved as a cricketer.
06:01After his departure,
06:03we have been blessing this great man with the words of wisdom.
06:07At the end of the 1970s,
06:09in the early 1980s,
06:11there was a time when
06:13Pakistan's own two Qs,
06:15Abdul Qadir and Iqbal Qasim,
06:17were defeated,
06:18who are famously known as the Spin Twins.
06:23While talking to Qadir about his long friendship,
06:27Qasim remembers that
06:29as a bowler,
06:30there is no doubt about their greatness,
06:33but their friendship was deep
06:35for years after our retirement.
06:37Bowling with Qadir was a great honor
06:41because we understood our character through telepathy.
06:45Without any fear,
06:47he played with the star batsmen
06:50and most of the time,
06:51instead of taking some time to recover,
06:53he would quickly hit the ball.
06:55As leg break bowlers often do.
06:58He was a true artist
07:00who achieved excellence in one of the most difficult arts of bowling.
07:05A true talent,
07:07whose likes we may never be able to see in the future.
07:12Salim Jaffer,
07:14who played with Qadir in the late 1980s,
07:18worked under him in the National Selection Committee.
07:22He was a man of principles and self-confidence.
07:26Pakistan's former first man,
07:28reminded us that
07:30Qadir was undoubtedly the greatest cricketer,
07:34with whom I had played before.
07:36In the 1987 World Cup in Lahore,
07:38against the West Indies,
07:40everyone accepted Pakistan's victory as a defeat,
07:43but we needed 16 runs in the last overs,
07:47and I was the last man.
07:49Qadir had the impression of a man
07:52for whom defeat was the last thing on his mind.
07:55He said to me,
07:57Jaff,
07:58we will win if you just stay and support me.
08:02Leave it to me to get runs.
08:05And he said,
08:06the biggest gift we can all give him now,
08:10is to remember him as a fearless man.
08:13But with disappointment,
08:15Qadir could not remain successful as a captain.
08:18During the 1987-88 World Cup,
08:21he led Pakistan's cricket team in 5 test matches.
08:25He lost 4 of them.
08:27He led Pakistan for the first time
08:29against England,
08:31in the absence of the regular captain,
08:33Javed Miadat.
08:35Against this team,
08:36Pakistan had to face defeat
08:38in 3 matches led by Qadir.
08:41For the series against India,
08:43in November 2008,
08:44Pakistan's former fast bowler,
08:46Salim Jaffer,
08:47was appointed as the Chief Selector.
08:50Pakistan hosted 3 tests,
08:525 one-day matches,
08:54and 3 T20 matches.
08:57After the Mumbai attacks in 2008,
08:59this series could not be held
09:01due to the deterioration of international relations.
09:04His next task was to select a team
09:06for the home series against Sri Lanka.
09:09This tour was organized
09:11in exchange for a tour of India.
09:15This was denied by the BCCI.
09:18During the second test,
09:20the series was terminated
09:22after the Sri Lankan team was attacked in Lahore.
09:25In June 2009,
09:27Abdul Qadir resigned from his post
09:29without any hesitation.
09:31On 7 September 2019,
09:33Abdul Qadir passed away
09:35due to a heart attack in Lahore.
09:38Qadir passed away
09:399 days before his 64th birthday.
09:42The Pakistan Cricket Board,
09:44PCB,
09:45congratulated Qadir.
09:47Qadir's chairman,
09:48Ahsan Mani,
09:49called him
09:50the master of the ball.
09:52PCB's Chief Executive,
09:54Waseem Khan,
09:55further said,
09:56Qadir was one of the greatest players
09:58of our time.
10:00His friendship and passion
10:02will always be remembered.
10:05Shane Warren said,
10:06This is a very sad news.
10:08That's why we congratulate Qadir's family.
10:12In 1994,
10:13I had a chance to meet him
10:15during my first tour of Pakistan.
10:17I think there are many people
10:19who did leg spin bowling
10:21as I said.
10:23He was the boy
10:24to whom we were the most important
10:26leg spinners in this era
10:27who cheated many players.
10:30Imran Khan also called him
10:32one of the most genius
10:34and one of the biggest leg spinners.
10:37In 2021,
10:38he was also awarded
10:40the Tamga-e-Imtiaz
10:42by the Government of Pakistan.