Shoaib Akhtar
To the delight of his fans across the globe, Shoaib Akhtar would finally be seen in action for the Kolkata Knight Riders as confirmed by the IPL chairman Lalit Modi. This announcement came after the tribunal that laid the five year ban on him...
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Did the PCB ban Akhtar because he refused to pay them a share of his IPL bounty? Is this all about the cash now? If you believe the speedster, you will think so...
made popular Apr 4 2008
At the age of 32, the Rawalpindi Express faces another ban and this time it is for five years. So where does he go from here, serve it and then stage a comeback at 37,...
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Fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has been banned for five years by the Pakistan cricket board. So will this mean he is out of the IPL too? This is indeed huge...
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Attention! Attention! Attention! Rawalpindi express is coming to Bollywood.
The news is again doing the rounds. Last year Mahesh Bhatt camp had tried to launch this...
made popular Dec 7 2007
Rocking on to the backfoot, Sachin Tendulkar sent the short pitched delivery from Shoaib Akhtar to the point boundary with his favorite cut shot to seal the victory for...
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Controversial paceman Shoaib Akhtar has been recalled into the Pakistan squad for the final deciding one-dayer between the Proteas and for the upcoming Pakistan’s tour...
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Pakistan’s cricket chief hit out at Shoaib Akhtar, saying the controversial paceman damaged the nation’s cricket image and needed psychiatric counselling.
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The Warm-up games were an opportunity for the sides to adapt ahead of the cricket carnival.
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Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar is dropped from the World cup squad, failing drug test.
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Good news for Pakistan cricket team; a Pakistan tribunal has give clean chit to ‘Rawalpindi Express’ Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif in the doping case lifting the two...
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Pakistan’s Medical Association president Umer Ayub and doctors have backed the guilty duo of Mohd Asif and Shoaib Akhtar, describing the bans imposed on them as unjust...
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42 Tests, 165 wickets, 133 ODI’s, 208 wickets, 31 years old, known as the Rawalpindi Express he holds the title of being the fastest bowler in the history of the game....
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Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif have let down their side with their alleged involvement in Cricketing’s latest doping scandal… The two were tested positive for a banned...
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made popular Oct 16 2006
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made popular Oct 16 2006
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