Syed Imad Wasim Haider, commonly known as Imad Wasim, is a Pakistani cricketer who played in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup for the national team and also played First Class Cricket, List A and Twenty20 Cricket in Pakistan. Represented Islamabad Leopard Team in Faysal Bank T20 Cup 2012 to season 13. He is a left-handed hitter and an orthodox left-handed bowler. He is the current captain of the PSL Karachi Kings team. In August 2018, he was one of thirty-three players to receive a central contract for the 2018-19 season by the Pakistan Cricket Board. In March 2019, he was the captain of the Pakistan One Day international team for the first time. Wasim was born in Swansea, Wales. Her father briefly worked in the UK as an engineer. Wasim's parents moved to Pakistan when he was very young and consequently he played all the first-class cricket there. He became the first Wales-born cricket player to represent Pakistan. He was studying medicine before his cricket career, but resigned when he had the opportunity to play for the Pakistan U-19 team. In September 2019, Wasim was named captain of the North for the 20th Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2019 tournament. In November 2019, he was selected to play for Chattogram Challengers in the 2019-20 Bangladesh Premier League. He made his debut at Twenty20 International for Pakistan against Zimbabwe in Lahore on May 24, 2015, although his debut was terrible. He made his international one-day debut for Pakistan against Sri Lanka on July 19, 2015. He was selected to the Pakistan team for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20. Wasim was also a member of Pakistan's winning team at the ICC Champions Trophy 2017. In March 2019, Wasim was named to Pakistan's ODI squad for his series, albeit a poor choice, against Australia. Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik was excluded from the fourth ODI due to injury, and Wasim was named team captain instead. The following month, he was named to the Pakistan squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. The couple reportedly first met in London, where Sannia is while Imad was touring the city. The two obviously liked each other and soon decided to do official things. Imad recently shared his birthday photos with his wife Sania Ashfaq.
