Tauqir Zia: “I would like to add that back in the day Jagmohan Dalmiya played a crucial role for us and had it not been for him, Akhtar probably never would have made a comeback in international cricket”
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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Tauqir Zia said ex-ICC and BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya likely saved Shoaib Akhtar’s career.
Tauqir Zia: “I considered Shoaib Akhtar to be a match-winner and that is why I supported him throughout”
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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Tauqir Zia said he always considered legendary Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar to be a match-winner.
Shane Watson: “What a way to spend my 21st birthday! Shoaib Akhtar was so good and so bloody fast”
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Former Australia all-rounder Shane Watson said legendary Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar was “so good and so bloody fast”.
Shoaib Akhtar: “If I would have played against Virat Kohli then he would not have scored these many runs”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar said India batsman Virat Kohli wouldn’t have scored as many runs as he has right now if he had faced his bowling.
Daniel Vettori: “Tough Test matches with some fantastic players like Shoaib Akhtar bowling really fast”
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Former New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori looked back on matches he played in Pakistan and remembered how Shoaib Akhtar was “bowling really fast”.
Pakistan pace great Shoaib Akhtar: “I was serving a ban when I joined the KKR camp and hadn’t played matches. John Buchanan told Sourav Ganguly that he doesn’t think I am fit enough”
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Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar recalled the time John Buchanan told Sourav Ganguly that he wasn’t fit enough.
Pakistan pace ace Shoaib Akhtar: “I used to [fall] asleep in an ice bath. There were many times that teammates would wake me up and say, ‘It’s four in the morning, get out and get in the bed’”
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Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar said he used to fall asleep in ice baths and was in terrible pain during his playing days.
Pakistan icon Shoaib Akhtar: “The doctor always said to my mother, ‘Listen, this guy will be half-disabled. He will not be able to run like normal guys'”
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Iconic Pakistan seamer Shoaib Akhtar has revealed that the doctor always told his mother than he would be “half-disabled”.
Pakistan great Shoaib Akhtar: “[They loved] my aggression because they think I am a Pakistani who has the attitude of an Australian”
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Shoaib Akhtar said he has always had a special connection with Australia and feels as if he was embraced by the public there.
