Despite acknowledging Kohli as a modern-day phenomenon, Akhtar stated Tendulkar came up against tougher oppositions and that is why comparison cannot be made between the two.
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many sports have resumed behind closed doors and cricket is also supposed to be played like that in the near future so as to contain the spread of novel coronavirus.
Akthar claims that he went looking for Harbhajan Singh in the hotel room after the match but he couldn't find him.
Reacting to Akhtar's claim that he can dismiss Smith "on the 4th ball", the ICC came up with a meme involving basketball legend Michael Jordan.
Rizvi, the long-serving legal counsel of the Pakistan Cricket Board, sent the defamation notice after, on his YouTube channel, Akhtar called him "inept" while criticising the three-year ban imposed on discarded Test batsman Umar Akmal.
The ICC took to Twitter to cheekily troll former Pakistan bowler Shoaib Akhtar after he claimed that he would dismiss Australia's Steve Smith in four deliveries.
Unfortunately for the fans, none ever got to watch the contest for Smith never faced Akhtar in his career. Akhtar had retired from the game a year after Smith's international debut.
Sehwag had once mentioned that Akhtar had once tried to sledge him during a Test match between India and Pakistan when the batsman was close to 200 and was with Sachin Tendulkar in the middle.
Akhtar has always been a fan of Salman Khan, considering the number of times he has praised the Bollywood star.
Akhtar believes 17-year-old sensation Naseem Shah can replicate his "bowling attitude and passion" among the current crop of Pakistan players.
Akhtar expressed his willingness to share knowledge among budding cricketers and that he is looking to produce more aggressive bowlers.
Younus Khan has come in support of Shoaib Akhtar who has accused the PCB's legal department of being incompetent.
Tafazzul Rizvi, the long-serving legal advisor of the board, made it clear he had initiated defamation and criminal proceedings against Akhtar and also lodged a complaint with the Federal Investigation Agency under its cybercrime laws.
Shoaib Akhtar believes Pakistan didn't use Nazir well else the team would have had a better player in him than Sehwag.
Shoaib Akhtar shared a video from the TV show, 'The Kapil Sharma Show', where former Australian fast bowler Brett Lee narrates a story about him.
Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar has said that he would've 'destroyed', or even 'killed' Wasim Akram if he approached him for match-fixing.
Akhtar took a u-turn from his previous proposal and insisted that he doesn't see cricketing activities taking place for the next year.
Former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar said he 'enjoyed' former Pakistan fast-bowler Shoaib Akhtar's reply which came after his 'snowfall in Lahore' comment.
Sachin Tendulkar's six off Shoaib Akhtar over the third man boundary has become the part of folklore, and is always revisited ahead of every India-Pakistan encounter in ICC events.
In 1999, the International Cricket Council had told the PCB that speed merchant Akhtar's bowling action was under scrutiny.
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