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Video: Speed-kings Shoaib Akhtar and Wasim Akram appeal to the fans to watch them at Houston
Akhtar and Akram are have shared the Pakistani dressing room for ages. While Akhtar was the fastest bowler in the world, none matched Akram’s skills with the ball.
Published: Nov 10, 2015, 11:53 AM (IST)
Edited: Nov 10, 2015, 11:57 AM (IST)
Cricket All-Star series has taken the world by a storm. The team is kind of a fantasy team for any cricket lover, seeing most of the legendary cricketers sharing the same dressing room is an overwhelming feeling. The legends and the greats of the game have successfully played the first game at Citi Field in New York and will now move to Minute Maid Stadium in Houston for the second game. Cricket All-Stars 2015, 1st T20: Warne’s Warriors beat Sachin’s Blasters by six wickets at Citi Field, Shining Stars
Sachin’s Blasters took a beating at the Citi Field as they lost the first battle in New York at the hands of Warne’s Warriors. Rivals on the field and good buddies off it Shoaib Akhtar and Wasim Akram from Blasters and Warriors have made an appeal to the fans to book their tickets at the earliest and catch them live in action at Houston. The video was uploaded on Twitter handle from the official account of Cricket All Stars.
Houston, we’re coming! The great @wasimakramlive & Shoaib Akhtar want to see YOU there! Tix https://t.co/UHRb8W3cgM pic.twitter.com/vP9HBF0kNk
— Cricket All Stars (@T20AllStars) November 9, 2015
Akhtar and Akram are have shared the Pakistani dressing room for ages. While Akhtar was the fastest bowler in the world, none matched Akram’s skills with the ball. Both have had a love-hate relationship but now it seems all is well. Pick of the tweets: Sachin’s Blasters vs Warne’s Warriors, 1st T20 at New York
Both Akhtar and Akram bowled with pure class and sheer determination in the first game. They gave a testament to their supremacy with the ball in hand even after years from international retirement. For them age is just a number and their performance will again be crucial in the decisive second encounter at Houston.
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The event has been a major success and seems to be achieving is goal of spreading cricket in its unfamiliar territories. Hopefully, the US locals will now want to learn and follow the gentlemen’s game once the series is over. Read more on Cricket All-Stars