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Pakistani cricket player Shoib Akhtar

Shoib Akhtar a Pakistani cricket player and knowing as one of the fastest bowler in modern cricket. He was born in a small town near Rawalpindi, Punjab in Pakistan. He belong to a Gurjar Kasana Community. He made his Test debut in November 1997 and played his 1st ODI four month later. he played on Pakistani's Cricket Team as an attacking fast bowler. His batting style is right-handed batsman and bowling style is right-arm fast bowler. He got his early education from Elliott High School, Morgah and then took admission in the Asghar Mall College, Rawalpindi. After that, for further education he moved to Karachi along with his family. Akhtar's run of impressive performance started in the 1990's. In 1999, during a pre- World Cup series against India, he rose to prominence. It was followed by outstanding bowling performance in Sharjah and later in 1999 Cricket World Cup. Beside this, in India (1999), his performance was most significant when capture 8 wickets in the Asia Test championship match at Calcutta-including the wickets of Indian batsmen Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar when he bowled both batsmen off successive deliveries. It was the 1st ball he ever bold to Tendulkar.

 In 2002, Shoib Akhtar was selected for the Pakistani team against Australia and achieved success. However he performed poorly during the 2003 Cricket World Cup. after the tournament he was drooped  from the Pakistan squad. Shoaib Akhtar was selected back into the Pakistan cricket team in 2004 test match series vs New Zealand, but struggled in a losing test series vs India in 2004. The series ended with a controversy when he left the field citing an injury leading to suspicions by former Pakistan caption, Inzamam-ul-Haq, about his commitment to the team. As a result, his relationship with Inzamam-ul-Haq and famous Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer deteriorated. A medical panel was set up by the Pakistan cricket board to investigate the nature of his injury, however Pakistan officials dispelled all suspicions. Shoaib has been involved in several controversies during his career, often accused of not being a team player but Shoaib presence was always felt by the opponents. He was sent home between the test match series in Australia in 2005 for alleged poor attitude. A year later, Shoaib was embroiled in drug scandal after testing positive to a banned substance. However , the ban imposed on him was lifted on court appeal. In September 2007, He was banned for an indefinite period for his fight with Pakistan cricket teammate and fast bowler Mohammed Asif . On April 2008 he was banned for 5 years for public criticizing the Pakistan cricket board. In October 2008, the Lahore high court in Pakistan suspended the 5 year ban and Shoaib was selected in the fifteen- man squad for the T20 Quadrangular tournament in Canada. Pakistan judge Rana Bhaqwandas once stated that Shoaib is a legend of Pakistan cricket team. Shoaib retired from international cricket after the 2011 World cup. He is one of the fastest bowlers in cricket history. Shoaib has a number of fast bowling records. Shoaib has bowled at speed of 161.3 kph, 160 kph 3x, 159 kph & 158.4 kph. The fastest 3 were vs New Zealand in 2002 & the other 3 were vs Sri Lanka in 2002 also. Shoaib was the first bowler in the history of cricket to have been recorded to bowl over 100 mph, though there were suggestions that others may have achieved the feat prior to the speed being recorded.        

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