Career
Karim has a long history with professional cricket, having started his career in 1982-83 immediately after finishing his schooling from St. Xavier's High School, Patna. His career best is a 234 in the 1990-91 Ranji Trophy, yet, until 1996 he wasn't picked for his national team. He was first picked as a replacement for Nayan Mongia in the Standard Bank Series in South Africa in 1996-97 and he performed well with the bat when he scored 55 on debut and a 38 in the next match both, however his next eight innings saw him make 49 runs.
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