Pakistan seamer Umar Gul: “There is no doubt in my mind that you cannot achieve anything in life unless there is support from your family and I was blessed with love and encouragement from my parents and the rest of my family”
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Pakistan seamer Umar Gul has said that he wouldn’t have been a successful cricketer without the support of his family.
Pakistan pace bowler Umar Gul: “I have been blessed by the Almighty with a career that lasted almost 20 years but I am glad to say that during that time, apart from doing my best to become a world class cricketer, I always tried to become a good human being”
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Pakistan pace bowler Umar Gul has said that he wants to be remembered a great human being.
Pakistan fast bowler Umar Gul: “I do wish I had performed better and taken more Test wickets, so instead of ending up with 163 wickets in 47 matches, I would have liked to have taken close to 200 wickets by the time I played my last Test”
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Pakistan seamer Umar Gul has admitted that he should have paid more attention to Test cricket during his international career.
Pakistan seamer Umar Gul: “If we talk about my cricket career then the only and biggest regret is that we failed to win the semi-final of the 2011 World Cup in Mohali”
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Pakistan pace bowler Umar Gul has admitted that not beating India in the 2011 World Cup semi-final was the biggest regret of his career.
Pakistan fast bowler Umar Gul: “If I look back at the period when I was out of cricket due to a back injury in 2004/5, I realized that all those people who claimed to be my friends when I was part of the Pakistan side deserted me when I needed their support”
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Pakistan seamer Umar Gul called out the fake friends in the Pakistan team who deserted him when he suffered a back injury in 2004/05.
Pakistan seamer Umar Gul: “My advice to all youngsters will be the same as the advice that my mentor Bakhtiar Mohammad gave to me which was to not fall into the trap of worrying about making more money or becoming famous”
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Pakistan pace bowler Umar Gul has advised youngsters not to chase after money and fame, and instead focus all their attention on cricket.
Umar Gul: “Imran Khan, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis were my role models and people who inspired me to take up the game”
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Fast bowler Umar Gul has revealed that the legendary Pakistan trio of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Imran Khan were his role models growing up.
Umar Gul: “They were tough competitors and very difficult to remove but thanks to the Almighty, I was able to get Brian Lara out three times and claimed Ponting’s wicket on one occasion during my international career”
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Pakistan pace bowler Umar Gul said legendary Australia captain Ricky Ponting and iconic West Indies batsman Brian Lara were the two toughest batsmen he bowled to since they were tough competitors.
Saeed Ajmal: “Gully, will miss your pinpoint yorkers on the cricket field”
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Former Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal admitted that Umar Gul’s pinpoint yorkers were absolutely amazing.
Younis Khan: “A magnificent and real skillful fast bowler who I’ve had the honour to share the cricket field with and lead as a captain”
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Legendary Pakistan batsman Younis Khan has hailed Umar Gul as a really “skillful fast bowler”.
