Shahid Aziz: “When I started playing cricket, Mohammad Amir, Pakistan’s fast bowler, was someone I looked up to. I saw his bowling, and after starting my professional cricket career, I felt like he became my role model”
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Up-and-coming Pakistan fast bowler Shahid Aziz has revealed that left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir is his role model.
Aziz noted that he started looking up to Amir, who was once considered a prodigy, when he began playing cricket.
The 21-year-old’s revelation comes after he was drafted by the Multan Sultans for the 2025 Pakistan Super League (PSL), known as PSL 10.
“I think role models change over time. When I started playing cricket, Mohammad Amir, Pakistan’s fast bowler, was someone I looked up to. I saw his bowling, and after starting my professional cricket career, I felt like he became my role model,” he was quoted as saying by PakPassion on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Pakistan recently toured South Africa and lost the T20I series 2-0 before bouncing back to claim a 3-0 victory in the ODIs.
In the two-Test series that followed, they were whitewashed 2-0.
The men in green then returned home and faced the West Indies in a two-Test series in Multan, which ended as a 1-1 draw.
Next up for Pakistan will be an ODI tri-series against New Zealand and South Africa.
After this, they will feature in the 2025 Champions Trophy, which will take place from February 19 to March 9.
Pakistan Squad for 2025 Champions Trophy: Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Tayyab Tahir, Faheem Ashraf, Khushdil Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Usman Khan, Abrar Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah