During the 2003 Cricket World Cup and the 1999 tour of India, Shaharyar Khan managed the Pakistani squad.
The early 2000s saw the restoration of cricket links between India and Pakistan thanks largely to the efforts of professional diplomat and former chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Shaharyar Khan.
He was eighty-nine. The Pakistani diplomat, who was born in Bhopal and was related to the late Indian captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, passed away here on Friday following a protracted illness. Between 1990 and 1994, he held the position of Foreign Secretary for Pakistan and the positions of High Commissioner in the UK and New Delhi. Between 2003 and 2006, when India conducted two tours of Pakistan, and from 2014 to 2017, Shaharyar led the PCB.
In addition, he managed the Pakistani squad during the 2003 Cricket World Cup and the 1999 tour of India. He came from the Bhopal royal family.
In an interview last year, Shaharyar, a learned man who has authored multiple books on his experiences in cricket and foreign policy, expressed regret for not being able to resume regular bilateral Test cricket ties with India during his previous term as PCB chief. These ties had been suspended since 2007 because of strained relations between the two neighbours.
The largest issue during his PCB chairmanship may have been Pakistan’s 2006 Oval Test forfeiture to England, which he attributed to the captain At the time, Inzamam-ul-Haq.
Later, Shaharyar voiced his worries about Inzamam’s efforts to force religion on the team.
Mohsin Naqvi, the PCB’s current chairman, also sympathised with Shaharyar’s death.
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“I offer the PCB’s sincere sympathies and sorrow for the loss of former Chairman Shaharyar Khan. He was an excellent administrator who gave his all to Pakistan Cricket.
“Pakistan Cricket will always be grateful to the late Shaharyar Khan for his outstanding leadership as the board’s head and for his contributions to the expansion and advancement of the national game,” Naqvi stated.
