A shekarar 1982, Khan mai shekaru talatin ya karbi kyaftin din tawagar kwallon kafa ta Pakistan daga Javed Miandad. A matsayin kyaftin, Khan ya buga wasanni 48 na gwaji, wanda 14 ya lashe Pakistan, 8 ya rasa kuma sauran 26 aka zana. Ya kuma buga 139 ODIs, ya lashe 77, ya rasa 57 kuma ya ƙare daya a cikin wasa. A wasan na biyu na tawagar, Khan ya jagoranci su zuwa nasarar farko na Test a Ingila na tsawon shekaru 28 a Lord's. Shekarar farko ta Khan a matsayin kyaftin ita ce mafi girma na tarihinsa a matsayin dan wasan kwallon kafa mai sauri da kuma dan wasa.
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