Former cricketer and chief selector Wahab Riaz recalls how Shoaib Akhtar responded to the disbelief of some team players regarding his friendship with Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif.
Recently, Wahab Riaz appeared as a guest on Tabish Hashmi’s program Hansana Mana Hai where he criticized the poor performance of the national team.
In the same program, Wahab also shared some funny moments from the dressing room. While telling a story from the past, he said, “Once we were on a tour of New Zealand, and all of us players were eating in Shoaib Akhtar’s room. Bollywood star Katrina Kaif’s famous song Sheila Ka Jawani was playing on TV. Shoaib looked at the screen and said that he knew Katrina and that he was also friends with Katrina.”
Wahab smilingly continued, “Muhammad Hafeez was surprised to hear about Shoaib Akhtar and Katrina Kaif’s friendship, but he could not believe it. When no one believed what Shoaib said, he threw everyone out of the room, saying, ‘You people consider me a liar.’ He got angry, and the players had to go to a restaurant to eat.”
Shoaib Akhtar represented Kolkata Knight Riders in the first season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008, where he forged friendships with Bollywood King Shahrukh Khan and superstar Salman Khan.
