Saba Karim
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| Role | Wicketkeeper-batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Syed Saba Karim 
pronunciation (born 14 November 1967 in Patna) is a former Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. His hometown is sasaram bihar,
Career
Karim started his first-class career for Bihar in 1982-83 at the age of 15, immediately after finishing his schooling at St. Xavier's High School, Patna. His career-best score was 234 against Orissa in the 1990-91 Ranji Trophy.[1] He was first picked for India as a replacement for Nayan Mongia in the Standard Bank Series in South Africa in 1996-97 and he performed well with the bat when he scored 55 on debut and a 38 in the next match, however his next eight innings saw him make 49 runs.
The effects of an eye injury suffered while keeping for India against Bangladesh in a limited-overs match in May 2000 ended his playing career.[2] However, he played one Test, also against Bangladesh, in November 2000.[3]
National selector
On 27 september 2012 Saba Karim was appointed as the national selector from the East Zone.[4]
References
- ↑ Bihar v Orissa 1990-91
- ↑ Karim contemplates retirement
- ↑ Bangladesh v India, Dhaka, 2000-01
- ↑ "Patil is Chief Selector, Amarnath exits". Wisden India. 27 September 2012.