a alternation with Egypt in Karachi this week, adage he hopes it will actuate top-ranked players to advice animate the once-popular action in the country.
Khan helped ammunition a acceptable band for Pakistan in annihilate that began in the aboriginal 1950s, demography 10 British Open titles as he followed in the footsteps of players like Hashim Khan.
His abreast Jansher Khan took the endure all-embracing appellation for the country if he won the 1996 Apple Open in Karachi for the eighth time.
But back again Pakistan’s annihilate fortunes accept apparent a austere slump and due to aegis fears, the endure all-embracing accident to be hosted in the country was the Apple Open in 2003.
Jahangir Khan said this week’s exhibition series, with Egypt fielding players such as apple amount four Omar Mosaad and apple amount 10 six Tarek Women, would ammunition absorption in his country already more.
“It’s a acceptable airing for our players as we apperceive that they will not be able to bout awful ranked Egyptians, but still the acknowledgment will advice them lift their game,” Khan, who is aswell administrator of the Pakistan Annihilate Federation and an honorary admiral of the Apple Annihilate Federation, told AFP Friday.
“I am abiding it will abet adopted players to appear and advice us animate the action in the country,” he said beforehand of the two-day accident that concluded Thursday.
Jahangir said the alternation — which Egypt won by three matches to two, demography $40,000 in cost money — will be followed by addition clash called afterwards his ancestor Roshan Khan, who won the British appellation in 1957.
Egypt has been cardinal all-embracing annihilate with Mohamed El Shorbagy branch the all-embracing rankings.
Also arena during the alternation were apple amount eight Karim Abdel Gawad, apple amount 11 Ali Farag and apple amount 20 Mazen Hesham.
On Pakistan’s aggregation were apple amount 35 Nasir Iqbal, forth with Shahjahan Khan, Asim Khan, Farhan Mehboob and Tayyab Aslam.
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