About Anwar Elahi
Lived 1936 – 2016 (aged 79–80). Anwar Elahi was a cricketer.
Anwar Elahi (1936 or 1937 – 19 October 2016) was a Pakistani cricketer who played first-class cricket irregularly from 1953 to 1969.
In November 1953, while still at school, Elahi made his first-class debut for Sind in the first-ever match in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. He took 4 for 64 with his leg-spin, Sind's best bowling figures, in Bahawalpur's first innings. His brother Ikram Elahi top-scored for Sind with 63. Anwar Elahi was Pakistan's twelfth man against India in the fifth Test at Karachi in 1954-55.
He worked as a businessman until his death from pneumonia in October 2016.
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cricketer (1936-2016)
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Anwar Elahi was born in 1936 in Karachi.
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Anwar Elahi died on 19 October 2016 in Karachi.
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Anwar Elahi was a cricketer.
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