Imad Wasim Height, Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

 

Some Lesser Known Facts About Imad Wasim

• Imad Wasim was born in Swansea, Wales, as his father worked in England as an engineer for a short time.

• When he was young, his parents moved to Pakistan. He grew up in Islamabad, where he played all his first-class cricket.

• Imad Wasim was a medical student before his cricket career started.

• He quit his medicine studies when he was selected for Pakistan’s under-19 team.

• Imad Wasim then represented the Islamabad cricket team, Islamabad Leopards, and Federal Areas Leopards. He then played for the Punjab Badshahs for a short period of time.
  

  An old picture of Imad Wasim

• In 2016, Karachi Kings, a Twenty20 team, picked him in the draft. The following year, he was named the new captain of Karachi Kings.

• On 9 April 2018, he appeared as a guest on the YouTube talk show With Samina Peerzada, Season 1.

• In March 2019, Imad Wasim was selected for the One Day International (ODI) team of Pakistan for a series against Australia.

• During the same year, when Pakistan cricket team captain Shoaib Malik got injured and missed the fourth ODI, Wasim was chosen as the captain for that match.

• In April 2019, Imad Wasim was selected for the Pakistan cricket team for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.

• He performed well as an all-rounder and scored 162 runs in 5 innings at an average of 54.00. His strike rate was 118.24. He took 2 wickets with an economy rate of 4.82.

• His performance was considered better than that of any other Pakistani in the tournament.

• In April 2020, Imad Wasim was ranked third in the ICC One Day International all-rounder list. He was ranked seventh in the Twenty20 International bowling rankings.

• In June 2020, he made a 29-man team for Pakistan’s tour to England during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• In 2020, Melbourne Renegades, an Australian men’s professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team, signed Imad Wasim for the Big Bash League.
  

  Imad Wasim while playing for Melbourne Renegades for the Big Bash League

• In September 2021, he was selected for the Pakistan cricket team for the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

• In 2021, Jamaica Tallawahs, the representative team of Jamaica in the Caribbean Premier League of cricket, signed Imad Wasim for the Caribbean Premier League.

• In 2022, he was replaced by Babar Azam, who became the new captain of Karachi Kings.

• In 2022, Imad Wasim played for the Galle Gladiators in the Lanka Premier League.

•  On 10 April 2022, he appeared as a special guest in the television game show Jeeto Pakistan League Season 3, which aired on ARY Digital.

• From 2022 to 2023, he was featured on the television adventure-action reality show The Ultimate Muqabla on ARY Digital.

• In 2023, Imad Wasim became the captain of Karachi Kings again. In the Twenty20 tournament that year, he scored 404 runs with a strike rate of 170.46 in 10 matches.
  

  Imad Wasim on the poster of Karachi Kings, a Twenty20 team

• That same year, he played for the Melbourne Stars, an Australian men’s professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team.

• In May 2024, he joined the Pakistan cricket team for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

• On 20 March 2024, his Pakistan Super League (PSL) 9 performance helped Islamabad United to win the title for the third time.

• On the same day, Trent Rockets, a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in the city of Nottingham, selected Imad Wasim to play for The Hundred trophy.

• On 23 March 2024, he announced his earlier retirement from international cricket. He announced the news after he met with PCB officials and agreed to play the T20 World Cup in June 2024.

• In 2024, he left Karachi Kings and was replaced by Hasan Ali. He then joined the Islamabad United Twenty20 team as a mentor.

• In the same year, Imad Wasim played for the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (ADKR), a professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team hosted by the Emirates Cricket Board.
  

  Imad Wasim while playing for the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (ADKR)

• On 13 December 2024, he retired from international cricket for the second time.

• In 2025, Imad Wasim went to Wales, Great Britain, to play the Vitality Blast, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in England and Wales, for Glamorgan, a cricket club.

• He often plays for the Stellenbosch Kings cricket team in the T20 Global League in South Africa.

• In July 2025, Imad Wasim and Nyla Raja came into the limelight when people saw them together in London. After that, his first wife accused him of cheating when she was reportedly pregnant with their third child.
  

  Imad Wasim pictured with Nyla Raja in London

• In February 2026, Imad Wasim announced his second marriage to Nyla Raja, two months after he filed for divorce from his first wife, Sannia Ashfaq.

• In a media conversation, he stated that his first marriage had issues, and he expressed regret for his past decisions. He said that he was committed to his children and privacy.

• That same month, his first wife, Sannia Ashfaq, made headlines when her posts on Instagram went viral. She called him a cheater, a homewrecker, and a murderer. She demanded accountability for the suffering she and her children faced. She wrote,
  

  Now everyone has seen the proof. This homewrecker never once thought about my kids. The cheater has finally been exposed and I want justice for my children and for everything we’ve been put through.”

  

  Imad Wasim’s first wife’s Instagram post, showing his responses during her third pregnancy

• She called Imad Wasim a ‘murderer’ and accused him of forcing an abortion in 2023. She also criticised the Islamabad United cricket team for signing him for the PSL season that year. She wrote,
  

  In December 2023, he forced an abortion on me in Lahore. He’s a murderer, and I have a video that proves it. He cheated on me. @islamabadunitedpsl has given a chance to a murderer and a cheater. #boycottislamabadunited-no cheater or murderer should get an escape.”

  

  Imad Wasim’s first wife’s Instagram post while slamming Pakistan Super League for signing Imad Wasim