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Chishty Mujahid

Pakistani cricket commentator (born 1944) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Chishty bin Subh-o-Mujahid (Urdu: چشتی مجاہد, born 1944), commonly known as Chisty Mujahid, is a Pakistani cricket commentator who also played at club level cricket.[1][2] He also served as Director of Pakistan Cricket Board from 2002 to 2003.[3]

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Early life

Chishty was born on 17 January 1944 in Delhi, British Raj to a father who was a government employee.[4][5] His family migrated to Karachi from Allahabad after the establishment of Pakistan.[5]

Education and career

He was educated at Karachi Grammar School, then the National College Karachi, and later at Selwyn College, Cambridge.[5] He began Pakistani radio commentaries in 1967 and television commentaries in 1970. Chishty has also commentated for outside the country.[3]

Awards

In 1986, he was awarded PTV best sports commentator. He won the Radio Pakistan best cricket commentator award in 1999[3] and excellence award in 2001.[6] Chishty is the recipient of Pride of Performance 2003 for cricket broadcasting and telecasting.[7]

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