Raja Saleem Akhtar (
Punjabi
Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan
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,
Urdu: ) (8 September 1930 – 22 April 2004) was a former
Pakistani cricketer
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
who played for
Multan and
Sargodha.
His sons
Wasim Raja and
Rameez Raja played for the
Pakistan cricket team, while
Zaeem Raja
Zaeem Hasan Raja ( Punjabi, ur, ) (born 24 October 1956 in Lahore) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played for Service Industries, Lahore, Bahawalpur and Multan. His brothers, Wasim Raja and Rameez Raja played for Pakistan while his father, ...
played
first-class cricket.
Early life and career
He was a retired civil servant and former cricketer.
References
External links
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1930 births
Pakistani cricketers
People from Gujranwala
Multan cricketers
Sargodha cricketers
2004 deaths
Pakistani civil servants
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