Mohammad Imran: the cricket profiles I had to tell apart

Why I looked up Mohammad Imran

I wanted to work out which cricketer the name “Mohammad Imran” referred to before attaching a biography or performance to it. My search led me to two different player records on FanCode, the Indian sports service.

That changed the question I was trying to answer. Rather than starting with career numbers, I needed to establish whose record I was reading. These are FanCode’s own profile pages, not confirmation of a particular match appearance or an explanation of why the name is attracting attention.

The distinction I could verify

Here is my comparison of the details displayed on FanCode’s Mohammad Imran page and its Mohammad Imran Jnr page.

Detail	Mohammad Imran	Mohammad Imran Jnr
Date of birth	25 December 1996	20 January 2001
Listed role	All Rounder	Bowler
Batting style	Right Handed	Right Handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium	Left-arm medium fast

The useful distinction here is bowling style: these pages list different bowling arms. Batting handedness does not separate them because both records say right-handed.

There is also a naming detail worth noticing. The first page’s URL contains “mohammad-imran-randhawa”, but the displayed name is “Mohammad Imran”. I would retain that distinction when sharing the link rather than claim that the page heading includes Randhawa.

How I would use this when checking a player

Hypothetical example: suppose a reader has a scorecard mentioning “Mohammad Imran” and an accompanying player description saying “left-arm medium fast”. They want to know which of these profiles to consult.

Among these two records, that bowling description matches the Jnr page, not the page listing right-arm medium bowling. If the description only says “right-handed batter”, however, it leaves both possibilities open. The deciding condition is the bowling information, not merely the shared name or batting style.

My resulting check is:

• Compare the bowling style with the original player description.
• Check the date of birth against any identifying information supplied with the match record.
• Leave the identification unresolved when the available details do not distinguish the profiles.

This is a way to narrow a match between records—not proof that either player appeared in the hypothetical scorecard. A profile alone cannot supply that missing match evidence.

What I looked into next

I also checked whether the career sections resolved the uncertainty. Both pages display dashes for debut and last-match entries under ODI, T20I, Test and IPL. I read those as unfilled fields on these pages, not evidence that either player has never played in a format.

My takeaway is deliberately limited: FanCode has distinct records here, and their birth dates and bowling styles should not be mixed. I could verify that distinction; I could not establish from these profiles which Mohammad Imran a particular current match discussion means.