Sikander Bakht (born 25 August 1957) is a Pakistani former international
cricketer
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who played in 26
Test matches and 27
One Day International
One Day International (ODI) is a format of cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of fifty overs, with the game lasting up to 7 hours. The World Cup, generally held every four yea ...
s for
Pakistan
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from 1976 to 1989.
He was included in the team in place of
Ehteshamuddin and took 11 wickets in that Test and 24 wickets in the series.
Bakht was part of the support staff for Pakistan Cricket Team in
2003 Cricket World Cup as an assistant coach and team analyst. He has been working with
Geo News
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as a sports analyst since 2011. His reviews are often controversial due to the outspoken nature.
He also worked with PTV, Indus TV, ESPN, Star Sports Express News,
Indus
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and Samaa Television as a sports analyst.
References
1957 births
Living people
Pakistan Test cricketers
Pakistan One Day International cricketers
Cricketers at the 1979 Cricket World Cup
Pakistani cricketers
Cricketers from Karachi
Public Works Department cricketers
Pakistan International Airlines cricketers
Sind A cricketers
Sindh cricketers
Karachi Blues cricketers
United Bank Limited cricketers
Punjab (Pakistan) cricketers
Geo News newsreaders and journalists
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