A shekarar 1982, Khan mai shekaru talatin ya karbi kyaftin din kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Pakistan daga hannun Javed Miandad. Amma a matsayin kyaftin, Khan ya buga wasanni 48 na gwaji, wanda Pakistan ta lashe 14, ya rasa 8 kuma sauran 26 sun yi wasa. Ya kuma buga wasanni 139 na ODI, ya lashe 77, ya rasa 57 kuma ya ƙare daya a cikin wasa. A wasan na biyu na tawagar, Khan ya jagoranci su zuwa ga nasarar farko na Test a Ingila na 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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