A shekarar 1982, Khan mai shekaru talatin ya karbi kyaftin din tawagar kwallon kafa ta Pakistan daga Javed Miandad. Amma a matsayin kyaftin, Khan ya buga wasanni 48 na gwaji, wanda 14 ya lashe Pakistan, 8 ya rasa 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 nasarar farko a Ingila a shekaru 28 a Lord's. Shekarar farko ta Khan a matsayin kyaftin ita ce mafi girma a cikin tarihinsa a matsayin dan wasan kwallon kafa mai sauri da kuma dan wasan kwallon kafa. Ya rubuta mafi kyawun wasan kwallon kafa na aikinsa yayin da yake daukar nauyin 58 a kan Sri Lanka a Lahore a shekarar 1981.
Khan ya buga wasanni 48 na gwaji, wanda Pakistan ta lashe 14, 8 suka rasa kuma sauran 26 sun yi daidai