{"id":377009,"date":"2022-09-13T15:09:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T10:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=377009"},"modified":"2022-09-13T16:47:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T11:47:51","slug":"shoaib-malik-opens-up-about-his-father-and-his-role-in-him-becoming-a-cricketer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/shoaib-malik-opens-up-about-his-father-and-his-role-in-him-becoming-a-cricketer\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoaib Malik Opens Up About His Father And His Role in Him Becoming a Cricketer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik<\/a> made a special guest appearance on Ahmed Ali Butt’s popular talk show\u00a0Super Over<\/em><\/strong>. The cricketer talked about his journey into the sport and how his late father played a crucial role in his selection for the national team.<\/p>\n

“It’s because of my father that I became a cricketer,” Shoaib told Ahmed Ali Butt.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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According to Malik, his father wanted him to go for the try-outs for the Under-15 World Cup. At the time, Shoaib was not selected many a times and refused to go. But after permission from his mother and sister, he went to the selection camp.<\/p>\n

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There are a lot of future stars of Pakistan cricket besides Shoaib Malik, can you spot them?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shoaib reveals the story of how he didn’t even had any cricket shoes, so he to borrow someone else’s broken shoes. Despite all the trials and tribulations, he made the Pakistan Under-15s team. And the rest, as we know it, is history. Check out the interview here.<\/p>\n\n

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