Abdul Bari (squash player)

Abdul Bari was a squash player. He was one of the leading players in India in the 1940s. After India became independent, he was sponsored to travel to the United Kingdom to compete in the British Open (the effective world championship of the sport at the time), where he finished runner-up in 1950 to the Egyptian player Mahmoud Karim.

For other people with the same name, see Abdul Bari.

Bari was distantly related to the brothers Hashim Khan and Azam Khan, who went on to dominate the international squash scene in the 1950s and early-1960s representing Pakistan.

Bari died of a brain haemorrhage in 1954.[1]

Career

Bari was defeated by Karim at the 1950 British Open Squash Championships in London by a 9–3, 9–4, 9–0 margin.[2] Bari lost to Karim again a few months later at the Scottish Championships in four-game match.[3]

References
  1. Yardley, William (21 August 2014). "Hashim Khan, Patriarch of a Squash Dynasty, Is Dead". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  2. "Karim Beats Bari Again". The Indian Express. Press Trust of India. 19 April 1950. p. 8. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  3. "Karim Retains Title". The Indian Express. Press Trust of India. 12 April 1950. p. 8. Retrieved 29 June 2019.


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