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| Full name | Raja Saleem Akhtar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1930-09-08)8 September 1930 Gujranwala, Punjab, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 April 2004(2004-04-22) (aged 73) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Legbreak. googly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1958/59–1959/60 | Multan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1961/62–1962/63 | Sargodha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 April 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Raja Saleem Akhtar (Punjabi, Urdu: راجہ سلیم اختر) (8 September 1930 – 22 April 2004) was a Pakistani cricketer who played for Multan and Sargodha. His sons Wasim Raja and Ramiz Raja played for the Pakistan cricket team, while Zaeem Raja played first-class cricket.
Raja was born in a Punjabi Muslim family. He worked as a civil servant and was a police commissioner.
References
- "Saleem Akhtar". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- "Rameez and Wasim Raja's father dies at 74". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- "'Ramiz Raja was at slips because his father was a commissioner': Wasim Akram's startling claims about PCB chairman". Hindustan Times. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
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