As the UAE’s cricketers had a – presumably restless – night’s sleep ahead of the country’s first World Cup match in 19 years, the name of the national team’s leading batsman was trending on Twitter. Which was odd.
Khurram Khan has had a brilliant career. Even though most of it has been played in international cricket’s margins, it has not gone unnoticed by observers in the wider world.
When one supporter started listing a series of - possibly apocryphal, possibly not - “facts” about the UAE’s vice captain, it started something. Before long, it became pretty obvious Khurram could win a fight with Chuck Norris with one arm tied behind his back ...
@SubtleKnife00
The original lyrics were “Who you gonna call? Khurram Khan!” #KhurramKhanFacts
@Rory__Paul
Khurram Khan is the only man in cricket that Srini fears. It is foretold that the great one will rid cricket of corruption #KhurramKhanFacts
@mikebirty
#KhurramKhanFacts Kanye West agrees that Khurram Khan made a better video than Beyonce
@anuragach
There will be no HawkEye or Snicko in DRS tomorrow. Everyone will simply ask Khurram Khan for the final decision.
#KhurramKhanFacts
@BertusadeJong
They came to see Khurram Khan umpire, not WG Grace bat. #KhurramKhanFacts
@CricketErik
Khurram Khan’s wagon wheel has been studied by mathematicians searching for geometric perfection. #KhurramKhanFacts
@nsaraswat
#KhurramKhanFacts Kolkata Knight Riders were originally called Khurram Khan’s Rejects
@SLCricketBlog
Khurram Khan is the eighth Emirate #KhurramKhanFacts
@andrewnixon79
NASA has Khurram Khan on speed dial in case they need him to knock a meteor out of the path of Earth using his bat. #KhurramKhanFacts
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