Sikandar Raza: “I wished to be in Shoaib Akhtar’s team and see him in full flow, never to have faced him though”
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Zimbabwe all-rounder Sikandar Raza has admitted that he would have loved to see legendary Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar “in full flow”, but admitted that he would never want to face the Rawalpindi Express.
Akhtar holds the reputation as one of the scariest bowlers to ever play the sport as he had lethal bouncers and toe-crushing yorkers in his arsenal.
Additionally, the 49-year-old bowled with scorching pace and still has the record for the fastest ball ever bowled in international cricket, which was clocked at 161.3 kph (100.2 mph).
“I wished to be in Shoaib Akhtar’s team and see him in full flow, never to have faced him though,” Raza told PakPassion.
Meanwhile, the Pakistan team are gearing up to face Bangladesh in a two-match Test series after failing to impress in the 2024 T20 World Cup, where they were eliminated in the group stage.
The two Tests will be held in Rawalpindi and Karachi, with the series starting on August 21 and concluding on September 3.
Pakistan Squad for Bangladesh Test Series: Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Aamer Jamal (subject to fitness), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali, Muhammad Hurraira, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper), Shaheen Shah Afridi