He is talented, charismatic and also controversial. One day he steams in to bowl like a hungry tiger waiting for its prey and the other day he goes around beating his own teammate and sleeps in the playing ground in the morning of the first day of a Test match citing health problems. Shoaib Akthar has seen it all. I cannot remember a cricket player who has had more tumultuous carreer than Shoaib Akthar.
He has a great talent to steam roll and cause shiver in the spine of every opposition player but his off field behaviour has got him into trouble time and again. The latest being that the PCB has slapped a 5-year ban on him for his alleged remarks about PCB's functioning within its management.
Interestingly, since his debut, Shoaib has played only 30% of the total matches played by Pakistan. He has been plagued by lot of injuries to his body incessantly. He has been under the scanner time and again by the PCB and ICC.
I personally feel this is the end of the road for Shoaib, but you never know with Shoaib!!! He might be back, bowling to Sachin and uprooting his middle stump, which, ofcourse will make a great duel.
Carreer abhi bakhi merai dhost !!!
