Follow UsShoaib Akhtar, one of the fastest bowlers in the world to have ever played the game of cricket, recently revealed that he was born a person with a disability, and his mother worried a lot about his future.
Speaking in the Netflix documentary The Greatest Rivalry, Akhtar talked about an incident in his childhood where a saint visited their house in Rawalpindi.
"A saint used to come to our house. So, he said, 'One guy will come, who will gain fame and recognition all over the world. And my mother was worried. She asked, 'Who will be that guy? Who will it be? What will he do?,” remembered the 49-year-old.
No doubt now that the saint talked about Akhtar as he went on to represent the Pakistan cricket team for 14 years between 1997 and 2011 and played in a World Cup final.
However, talking about his disability as a child, the Rawalpindi pacer said, "She told me when I was born, I was crippled. I could not walk. But you know, a miracle happened at the age of 9, and I started running. I was running as quick as light.”