Saeed Anwar is a former Pakistani opening batsman. A left-hander, Anwar is most notable for scoring 194 runs against India in Chennai

M. A. Chidambaram Stadium

The M. A. Chidambaram Stadium is a cricket stadium in Chennai , India, named after M. A. Chidambaram, the former President of BCCI and the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association. The stadium was formerly known as Madras Cricket Club Ground or Chepauk Stadium. Commonly known as Chepauk, its first match was...

 in 1997, then the highest, and now the joint second highest individual score in a One Day International.
Saeed Anwar graduated from NED University

NED University of Engineering and Technology

The Nadirshaw Eduljee Dinshaw University of Engineering and Technology is a public university in Karachi, Pakistan. It was founded in 1922 as an engineering college, making it the oldest school in Pakistan for educating graduate engineers....

, Karachi in 1989 and is an engineer by profession. He was planning to go to the United States

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 for his Master's

Master's degree

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 studies before becoming a professional test Cricketer.

He faced a personal tragedy in 2001, when his daughter died after a prolonged illness.