- Joined
- Oct 2, 2004
- Runs
- 218,128
Shoaib Akhtar on TV:
“I heard Sachin was the god. I said this is a god? Iss ki kheriyat nahi. He didn’t recognize me, and I didn’t recognize him. But I wanted to get him out on the first ball and that happened.”
“It’s unfortunate that the news (about hitting Asif with the bat) was leaked. Afridi confessed he didn’t say it. Maybe if I was there, we could have won the World Cup. Maybe. But Allah didn’t want this to happen.”
“Zardari sahab helped me. I was banned for 5 years. My friend Faisal Butt took me to him, he was about to become the president. He called up Naseem Ashraf through the late Salman Taseer and said Shoaib is our son and he has to play IPL. He told him you reinstate him or we will put a new chairman. I am thankful to him. Someone picked up Naseem Ashraf in the middle of the night and asked him whether he wants to do this or he wants to be replaced as chairman. He said he wanted to make a call, they told him that everyone up to the president had been informed. Shoaib is going tomorrow to Delhi and has spoken to Shahrukh Khan who is calling him. Shahrukh was so happy when I took 4 wickets and won the first match, he danced all night. I said what happened, I didn’t win a world cup. He said I don’t understand. I was surprised. I won 30 Test matches alone and no one ever even asks.”
“I had a 175,000 pound contract with Nottingham. Then in 2002 I had another big contract. I left both when Kargil happened. I stood on the outskirts of Lahore. A general asked me what I’m doing there. I said a war is about to start and we’ll die together. I left county twice like this and the counties were shocked. I wasn’t concerned about that. I called up my friends in Kashmir and told them I am ready to fight.”
“When the planes (from India) came and downed some of our trees, that was a big loss for us. They dropped 6-7 trees and we are really putting a lot of focus on trees now. I was very hurt about this. I was feeling dizzy when I woke up that day and my wife told me to calm down. But until the next day when I saw the news, that continued. I know the inside story of what happened on the next day, I’m from Pindi and I know GHQ.”
(Sehwag said something to you about Tendulkar?) “There’s nothing like that. Would he survive after saying something like that to me? Would I leave him? I would beat him up in the ground and then at the hotel.”
"PCB is mismanaged. The more you keep good people away, the further cricket will go downhill. If I got a chance to work in PCB, I'd bring in foreign investment. I would work for free and ensure that no one calls me up and tells me to select their kid"
Shoaib Akhtar "I would ready 30 players who would become superstars with my mindset and that time has come. Younis Khan has wrongly been made batting coach, he should be training players in the National Academy with Mohammad Yousuf as the Pakistan batting coach"
“I get along with everyone, people don’t get along with me. Ask them why that is.”
“Ehsan Mani is effective but he could be aggressive. You need aggressive people to move things forward.”
“If I was chairman of selectors, I would empower local selectors and that talent comes out from all parts of the country. People keep saying we don’t have talent. What bakwaas.”
Who is Pakistan’s best actor?
Akhtar: Me. I played while being injured but I would pretend that I wasn’t hurt.
Inzamam, great batsman or great captain?
Akhtar: Batsman. I have my reservations about him as a captain.
Shoaib Malik, great batsman or great captain?
Akhtar: Neither.
“I heard Sachin was the god. I said this is a god? Iss ki kheriyat nahi. He didn’t recognize me, and I didn’t recognize him. But I wanted to get him out on the first ball and that happened.”
“It’s unfortunate that the news (about hitting Asif with the bat) was leaked. Afridi confessed he didn’t say it. Maybe if I was there, we could have won the World Cup. Maybe. But Allah didn’t want this to happen.”
“Zardari sahab helped me. I was banned for 5 years. My friend Faisal Butt took me to him, he was about to become the president. He called up Naseem Ashraf through the late Salman Taseer and said Shoaib is our son and he has to play IPL. He told him you reinstate him or we will put a new chairman. I am thankful to him. Someone picked up Naseem Ashraf in the middle of the night and asked him whether he wants to do this or he wants to be replaced as chairman. He said he wanted to make a call, they told him that everyone up to the president had been informed. Shoaib is going tomorrow to Delhi and has spoken to Shahrukh Khan who is calling him. Shahrukh was so happy when I took 4 wickets and won the first match, he danced all night. I said what happened, I didn’t win a world cup. He said I don’t understand. I was surprised. I won 30 Test matches alone and no one ever even asks.”
“I had a 175,000 pound contract with Nottingham. Then in 2002 I had another big contract. I left both when Kargil happened. I stood on the outskirts of Lahore. A general asked me what I’m doing there. I said a war is about to start and we’ll die together. I left county twice like this and the counties were shocked. I wasn’t concerned about that. I called up my friends in Kashmir and told them I am ready to fight.”
“When the planes (from India) came and downed some of our trees, that was a big loss for us. They dropped 6-7 trees and we are really putting a lot of focus on trees now. I was very hurt about this. I was feeling dizzy when I woke up that day and my wife told me to calm down. But until the next day when I saw the news, that continued. I know the inside story of what happened on the next day, I’m from Pindi and I know GHQ.”
(Sehwag said something to you about Tendulkar?) “There’s nothing like that. Would he survive after saying something like that to me? Would I leave him? I would beat him up in the ground and then at the hotel.”
"PCB is mismanaged. The more you keep good people away, the further cricket will go downhill. If I got a chance to work in PCB, I'd bring in foreign investment. I would work for free and ensure that no one calls me up and tells me to select their kid"
Shoaib Akhtar "I would ready 30 players who would become superstars with my mindset and that time has come. Younis Khan has wrongly been made batting coach, he should be training players in the National Academy with Mohammad Yousuf as the Pakistan batting coach"
“I get along with everyone, people don’t get along with me. Ask them why that is.”
“Ehsan Mani is effective but he could be aggressive. You need aggressive people to move things forward.”
“If I was chairman of selectors, I would empower local selectors and that talent comes out from all parts of the country. People keep saying we don’t have talent. What bakwaas.”
Who is Pakistan’s best actor?
Akhtar: Me. I played while being injured but I would pretend that I wasn’t hurt.
Inzamam, great batsman or great captain?
Akhtar: Batsman. I have my reservations about him as a captain.
Shoaib Malik, great batsman or great captain?
Akhtar: Neither.
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Average of 90 and Strike rate of 80. He was Bradman and Viv rolled into one against 
