KBC 14: Which of the following cricketers is also known as the ‘Rawalpindi Express’?
Options:
A) Shoaib Akhtar
B) Shoaib Malik
C) Wasim Akram
D) Waqar Younis
Answer: Shoaib Akhtar
Shoaib Akhtar is also known as the Rawalpindi Express and is a Pakistani former cricketer and commentator.
Akhtar made his Test match debut in November 1997 as an opening fast bowler and played his first One Day International three months later.
He was the first bowler to be recorded bowling at 100 miles per hour, a feat he achieved twice in his career.
Akhtar was born into a Punjabi-Muslim family in the small town of Morgah in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
His father, Mohammad Akhtar worked as a night watchman at a petrol station belonging to the Attock oil refinery. Shoaib was the fourth child among the siblings and his name in Arabic means both “the one who brings people together” and “the one who separates”.
Shoaib Akhtar was a good student and attended the Asghar Mall College, but he disrupted his studies to attend trials for the PIA team’s Karachi division to be held in Lahore.
He has been involved in several controversies during his career, often accused of unsportsmanlike conduct. Akhtar was sent home during a Test match series in Australia in 2005 for alleged poor attitude and a year later he was also banned from playing cricket. However, the ban imposed on him was lifted on appeal.
In 2008, Akhtar was banned for five years for publicly criticizing the Pakistan Cricket Board and later Akhtar was selected in the 15-man squad for the Twenty20 Quadrangular Tournament in Canada. Akhtar retired from international cricket after the 2011 World Cup. Post-retirement, he began a YouTube career by starting his own channel, where he gives reviews on matches and Pakistan cricket.
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