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| BIRTHDAY | 13 August,1975 (Wednesday) |
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| BIRTH PLACE | Rawalpindi, Punjab |
| COUNTRY | Pakistan |
| AGE (in 2025) | 50 Years Old |
| BIRTH SIGN | Leo |
| HEIGHT | in centimeters- 182 cm in meters- 1.82 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 11” |
| WEIGHT | in Kilograms- 80 kg in Pounds- 176.37 lbs |
Short Biography
Shoaib Akhtar was born on 13-08-1975 in Rawalpindi in the state of Punjab, Pakistan. He is a Pakistani Cricket Player who well known for his fast bowling.
| Other Name: | Pindi Express, Rawalpindi Express, Tiger, Don |
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Shoaib Akhtar Complete Bio & Career
Shoaib Akhtar played 14 years in the Pakistan cricket team. And while playing for the national cricket team, he played, one days and tests for the team as an emerging pacemaker. Akhtar is naming as the "World Fastest Bowler" because of his recorded (161 .3 km/h) ball in "2003 Cricket world cup" against England. Extensively considered to be probably the greatest of extremely fast bowlers, Akhtar named as "Rawalpindi Express" & "Tiger," mainly because of a eulogy to Akhtar's hometown. He is among the first bowler who has balled two times in his career of 100 mph.
Taking into account his successive rich profile in cricket, Akhtar's test career began somewhat realistically. He was very first chosen to play on his home ground in Rawalpindi during the 2nd Test of the West Indies 1997/98 tour of Pakistan. He was later incorporated into the tour of South Africa during the winter of 1998, where he played in all three tests. He was significantly the attacking bowling of an exhausted Pakistani bowling attack in the Peshawar Test against Australia in 1998 when Mark Taylor scored his recorded 334 n .o . in the first innings. Consequently, after eight tests and 16 innings, Akhtar had got only 18 wickets to his name.
In the year 1999 "pre-World Cup series" Akhtar's performed very well against the matches with India in this series. Sharjah, as well as the "Cricket World Cup (1999), was the most significant tournaments in which Akhtar had shown his mixture of balling spells to collect the biggest players wickets on the ground. His remarkable achievement at Calcutta 1999 (Asian Test championship) match in which he took eight wickets who shattered the Indian squad drastically including the world's best players "Dravid" and "Tendulkar" while he bowled both batsmen off consecutive deliveries.
In the year 2002, he was fortunate to fix his position in Pakistan team playing the tournament against the Australian team and taken good numbers of wickets. However, the selection committee did not keep him the team squad because of his poor performance after the cricket world cup in 2003 and as the result of that of that he dropped out. In the year 2004, his name was again freezing in the selection list of the players those were going to play the (Test match) series in Newzealand. The series finished with a disagreement whenever he eventually left the field indicating an injury resulting in some doubts by, Inzamam-ul-Haq, relating to his responsibility. The "Pakistan Cricket Board" built medical panel to examine his injury by its type. However, Pakistan authorities dismissed all doubts.
In the year 2005, Akhtar regained his trustworthiness to take part in their home country (three-Test) series with England, he crafted a series of his outstanding bowling completion. His productive utilization of sluggish deliveries shown to be unplayable by the English batsmen. Akhtar took 17 wickets and awarded as the most prominent wicket-taker of the series.He is among the fast bowlers in the cricket history who have cracked the 100 mph (barrier) in cricket history, by bowling at 100 .2 mph, in a match with England in 2003 cricket world cup. Post retirement, he became a cricket commentator and has also started his own YouTube channel and has garnered over a million followers on that.
Shoaib Akhtar Family, Relatives and Other Relations
He was born to Mohammad Akhtar and Hameeda Awan. He has four brothers named Shoiab, Tahir, Shahid, and Obaid Akhtar. He also has a sister named Shumaila Akhtar. He is married to Rubab Khan and together the couple has a son named Muhammad Mikaeel Ali.
Life's Important Dates Of Shoaib Akhtar
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Body Measurements
| Chest Size | 42 |
| Biceps Size | 16 |
| Waist Size | 32 |
| Skin Colour | Wheatish |
| Eye Colour | Black |
| Hair Colour | Black |
Personal Info
| Home Town | Morgah, Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Religion | Muslim |
| Address | Morgah, Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
| School | Elliot High School, Rawalpindi |
| College | Asghar Mall College, Rawalpindi |
| Qualification | Graduation |
| Hobbies | Listening Music |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Debut | Test - 2 November 1997 against West Indies in Rawalpindi ODI - 28 march 1998 against Zimbabwe in Harere T20I - 28 august 2006 against England in Bristal. |
| Best Friends | Younis Khan |
| Salary | N/A |
| Net Worth | $6 Million |
| Official Website | N/A |
Favourites
| Favorite Color | Black and Blue |
| Favorite Brand | Hugo Boss Perfume |
| Favorite Player | Sachin Tendulkar , Rahul Dravid , Ricky Ponting |
| Favorite Sport | Cricket |
| Favorite Actress | Sonali Bendre |
| Favorite Actor | Amitabh Bachchan , Salman Khan |
| Favorite Movie | Gladiator |
| Favorite Singer | Lata Mangeshkar , Kishore Kumar |
| Favorite Place | Spain and county Londonderry in Ireland |
| Favorite Food | Aloo Keema and Mutton Biryani |
Shocking / Interesting Facts & Secrets About Shoaib Akhtar
- Shoaib comes from an ordinary family. He stated that 'He is having four older brothers and also has one younger sister survived in a smaller room. Rawalpindi had very hot during May-June. As I regularly came from school and thus usually go for cricket practice during the afternoon, almost all the people of in his neighbourhood always used to laugh at him. '
- In the year1994, the Lahore Trial was going to be held. At that time he had no money in his pocket. Thus he made a friendship with the bus's conductor. Shoaib told the bus conductor, give him lift upto Lahore. On his request, he took Shoaib to Lahore.
- Shoaib, who came from Lahore, noticed there are nearly thousand boys in that trial. As per my observation, 'I realised his turn probably would not come. I thought how the selectors would notify him. That Practice ground was two to three km long and even was set in the centre of the practice net. I too began running on the ground to get everyone's attention towards him.
- Shoaib Akhtar shared one incidence of his childhood was an X-ray of his knee on social networking sites. Revealing this X-ray report, in which had written: "A little kid who could hardly walk till the age of 6, he turned out to be the fastest bowler in cricket history. For that reason, you should not leave your life dreams. '
- Shoaib Akhtar is the 5th child of his parents. Shoaib was also the name of his elder brother, who was 4th. When he was two years old, he passed away because of sickness. Shoaib's mother loved this name much, due to the reason she wanted his newborn son's name will also Shoaib.
Shoaib Akhtar Age, Birthday Facts and Birthday Countdown
50 years, 4months, 4 days old age Shoaib Akhtar will turn 51 on 13 August, 2026. Only 7 months, 26 days, 10 hours,0 minutes has left for his next birthday.
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