Khalid Latif is a former Pakistan cricketer who played 5 ODIs and 13 T20Is for the national team from 2008 to 2016. He serves as the opening batsman in international cricket for Pakistan. He captained the Pakistan team that won the 2004 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and won a bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Games. He made headlines in 2023 when a Dutch court sentenced him to 12 years in prison for trying to incite the murder of Dutch politician Geert Wilders.
Wiki/Biography
Khalid Latif was born on Monday, November 4, 1985, in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan (age 38 years 2023). His zodiac sign is Scorpio.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 9″
Hair color: dark brown
Eye color: light brown
family
Parents and siblings
His father’s name is Mohammad Latif.
wife and children
He got married in 2022 at Jamia Masjid Al Furqan Malir Cantt.
Religion/Religious Views
Khalid Latif believes in Islam.
Profession
domestic
Just five days shy of his 15th birthday, he entered the domestic circuit. He made his debut in the First Division in the 2000/01 season and in Group A in the 2001/02 season. In the 2000/01 season, he played for Karachi Blues, Pakistan A team and Pakistan U-19 team. He also captained Port Qasim Authority, a first-class cricket team that plays on the domestic circuit of Pakistan.
Port Qasim Authority Captain Khalid Latif receives the award trophy from Director Cricket Operations (Domestic) Zakir Khan
It wasn’t until his youth Test debut in 2003 that he made a lasting impression. He made his T20 debut for Karachi Zebras against Multan Tigers on 25 April 2005 at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. In 2005, Latif achieved his first hundred in first-class cricket and ended the season with scores of nearly 400 runs. He played for Karachi Dolphins, a limited-overs cricket team, from 2005 to 2015. In 2009, he captained Karachi Dolphins for two games. On 26 March 2012, he scored 61 for 88 to lead Karachi Dolphins to a 32-run victory over Rawalpindi Rams in the 2012 Super 8 Twenty20 Cup. He was named player of the match. In the final against Sialkot Stallions, Khalid performed well with the bat and finished the innings with figures of 81 for 59 but Sialkot Stallions finished with 8 wickets The difference wins. He became the highest run-scorer in the tournament with 243 runs. Khalid was a famous player in Karachi Dolphins, for whom he was the highest-scoring player (1,057 points) before their disbandment in 2016. Latif scored nearly 600 runs in the 2007-08 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and was later included in the Patrons’ XI against touring Zimbabwe. He participated in the 2016 Pakistan Super League (PSL) with Islamabad United and won its maiden title by beating Quetta Gladiators by 6 wickets in the final.
Islamabad United after winning Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2016
He represented the Sindh team in the 2016 Pakistan Cup. His career highlights include an unbeaten 168 for Sindh against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) during the 2016 Pakistan Cup. Latif’s innings of 168 is the third highest in Pakistan cricket history, behind Naved Malik’s 179 and Asif Zakir’s 176 ( not out). Under his leadership, Karachi Blues won the Jazz National T20 Cup 2016-17 and defeated Karachi Whites by 3 points in the final.
Khalid Latif (trophy in hand) with his Karachi Blues team after winning the Cool and Cool Presents Jazz National T20 Cup 2016
International
He was appointed as the captain of Pakistan U-19 team and participated in the series against Sri Lanka and scored 77 runs in the first match. Khalid Latif captained Pakistan to the 2004 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Pakistan won the title for the first time after beating West Indies by 25 runs in the final at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka. In this match, he became Pakistan’s top run-scorer, scoring a total of 291 runs in eight innings.
Pakistan U-19 team after winning the 2004 Under-19 Cricket World Cup
In 2008, he was called up to the ODI squad but played only five games in two years. He made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe on 30 January 2008 at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad. Pakistan won by 7 wickets. He made his T20I debut against Zimbabwe on 12 October 2008 at the Maple Leaf Northwestern Stadium in Golden City. Pakistan won by 7 wickets. He was selected for the national team for the 2009/10 ODI series between Pakistan and New Zealand. In the first ODI against New Zealand at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi in November 2009, he had a clinical innings, scoring 64 runs off 112 deliveries as Pakistan won by 138 runs.
Khalid Latif plays for Pakistan against West Indies
Latif captained the Pakistan cricket team at the 2010 Asian Games, where Pakistan won the bronze medal after losing to Afghanistan in the semi-finals. Later, he was selected in the Pakistan team for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20. On September 7, 2016, he scored 59 off 42 to help the team defeat England in the only T20I match. He played 13 T20Is in eight years, last against West Indies in 2016 when the West Indies cricket team toured the UAE and played three T20Is, ODIs and Test matches against Pakistan. Pakistan won the T20I series 3-0.
Khalid Latif in the first T20I match between West Indies and Pakistan in 2016, Pakistan won by 9 wickets
In 2017, he was banned from playing any form of cricket for five years following a match-fixing scandal.
Khalid Latif and his lawyer leave the High Court building in Lahore on April 14, 2017, after the court dismissed an appeal challenging the decision by Pakistan cricket authorities over the opening batting An investigation into the evidence provided by Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif.
Bangladesh Premier League
He played for Comilla Victoria in the 2016-17 Bangladesh Premier League. Camilla Victoria were the defending champions but were eliminated in the group stage.
dispute
Targeting Scandal (2017)
On February 10, 2017, Khalid Latif and Islamabad United batsman Sharjeel Khan were provisionally suspended under the PCB’s Anti-Corruption Act, in a move against an organization Part of an ongoing investigation into alleged attempts to corrupt the 2017 Pakistan Super League in the UAE. The PCB investigation is supported by the anti-corruption wing of the International Criminal Court. A week after they were sent home from the Pakistan Super League, the pair were formally charged by the PCB with breaching anti-corruption regulations. The right-handed top-order batsman faces six charges, including persuading or attempting to persuade three other cricketers – Mohammad Irrfan, Shahzab Hassan and Sharjeel Khan – to participate in spot-fixing matches, thereby damaging PSL 2017 results. Khalid Latif was allegedly given a bat grip by a bookmaker to indicate that he would have a spot fix. Khalid’s lawyer Badr Alam defended Khalid, claiming he had received death threats, saying “if he attempts to create a nuisance or resist in the site restoration case, he himself will be buried in the Between the graves of his parents in Karachi.” On September 20, a three-judge PCB court handed down a brief verdict in which Latif was banned from participating in any form of cricket for five years. He was also fined ₨. 1 million (approximately $9,489). Latif did not attend the reading of the verdict.
Sentenced for inciting murder of Geert Wilders (2023)
In September 2023, a Dutch court sentenced Khalid Latif to 12 years in prison for being accused of encouraging people to murder Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders. The court cited a video posted by Latif in 2018 in which he offered a reward of 3 million Pakistani rupees (approximately 21,000 euros at the time) for Wilders’ murder. This comes amid intense protests in Pakistan against Wilders after he announced a cartoon competition featuring the Prophet Muhammad. In Islam, depictions of the Prophet Muhammad are prohibited, and most Muslims consider caricatures of him deeply offensive. The court ruled that Latif’s comments should be considered as incitement to murder, sedition and threats. Latif, who lives in Pakistan, was tried in absentia. He did not participate in any stage of the trial and was not detained in the Netherlands. There is no agreement between the Netherlands and Pakistan on legal cooperation or the extradition of individuals, and efforts to seek cooperation in the case have gone unanswered.
Facts/Trivia
- His bowling style is right-arm attack and his batting style is right-arm batting.
- He is a member of Mlair Gymkhana Club.
- His jersey number in Pakistan is #35.
- In January 2010, during the fifth ODI against Australia in Perth, Latif was knocked down from behind by a spectator who rushed onto the pitch. Latif escaped unhurt and the spectator was charged with assault and banned from the ground for life. The ICC then asked Cricket Australia to provide a detailed report on the safety breaches.
Khalid Latif was knocked down by a pitch intruder during the fifth ODI against Australia in Perth in 2010
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