I recently found this wrinkled photo in my collection. It is Pakistan’s Under-19 Cricket Team which toured Sri Lanka in either 1975-75 or 76-77. I know most of the people in this photo but not all. Some of the players here later played for Pakistan’s national team also. I thought it will be a good quiz if we try to guess who is who in this photo. There are cricketers, as well as organisers and politcal figures in this photo.
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I think the guy at the back of begum is Mudassar Nazar. Had a lot of hair at that time. Now he has none.
Next to Mudassar is probably Munir Hussain.
Ovais Saheb,
I am more than 70% sure about Saifuddin Valika but,I could be wrong.
The tallest guy in the picture, 3rd. row extreme right could be Sikander Bukht.
I was wondering if the girst guy on the left (3rd row) is Taslim Arif?
On a second thought, “Hanif” looks a bit too tall in the picture. Maybe, it’s not him, afterall.
Other than the ones mentioned already, I can also recognize Hanif Mohmmad in the first row. But let me confess, at the risk of being accused of blasphemy, that I am not a great enthusiast of cricket —- and nihari!