Unpredictability is as asset for a fast-bowler: the sudden rearing of a bouncer from the good-length spot, say, or a delivery that swings in and then straightens. Shoaib Akhtar had...
Shoaib Akhtar and Amitabh Bachchan while analysing the India-Pakistan world cup cricket match in Star Sports Mumbai studio.
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Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Akhtar with Pakistan High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik releasing his book at a function in New Delhi.
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Cricket fans perform a ritual with duplicates of Sachin Tendulkar and Shoaib Akhtar,
for Team India's win in the CWC semifinal match against Pakistan, at Hatkeswer temple in Ahme...
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Rider Khan Shahrukh Khan hugs Shoaib Akhtar after a KKR win
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Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar walks to his run up during the fifth one day international cricket match against England at the Rose Bowl, Southampton, England. There seems no respite for...
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2007 * Rawalpindi Express Shoaib Akhtar claims he refused to accept a briefcase full of money to perform badly during a tour to India in 2007.
* Shoaib Akhtar hits Mohamme...
Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar, left, celebrates the dismissal of Sri Lanka's Upul Tharanga, as Pakistan's wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal looks on during their opening Asia Cup cricket match ...
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Salman Khan and Shoaib Akhtar share a moment during the presentation ceremony at the celebrity cricket match in Dubai.
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So can the IPL team owners enter the dressing rooms of teams owned by them or not? Quite a storm in a tea-cup was caused by Shah Rukh Khan being barred by by the Anti Corruption an...
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Pakistan's World Cup campaign suffered a body blow with pace spearheads Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif being ruled out due to "injuries" in the backdrop of the duo having failed d...
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Wednesday 1 November
Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar leaves the Pakistan Cricket Board head office after facing the three-member
Anti-Doping Tribunal in Lahore. The tribunal ...
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Monday 16 October
Only a day before playing their first match in the ICC Champions Trophy 2006, Pakistan cricket was rocked by a
sensational dope scandal involving pace spearhea...
Shoaib Akhtar is enamoured by Jasprit Bumrah's skill-sets and his ability to outwit a batsman in a mere "five seconds" from an ungainly run-up which isn't exactly a critic's delight
After hitting the nadir with 36 all out in Adelaide, the Indian team bounced back magnificently to level the series, beating Australia by eight wickets in the second Test in Melbourne
Calls have been growing for split captaincy in the Indian team between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma since the latter Mumbai Indians to a fifth IPL title
Minutes after Amitabh Bachchan confirmed that he has tested positive for coronavirus, Shoaib Akhtar wished the Bollywood icon speedy recovery with a special message
A day after PCB announced that 10 cricketers, including Mohammad Hafeez, had tested positive for COVID-19, the former Pakistan captain shared a report claiming he has tested negative
I said to myself: “Hey Shoaib, you are an author now!” And once asleep, I dreamt I am a novelist. My new book is out (aptly titled ‘Conveniently Mine’)