Shoaib Akhtar's Biography "'Controversially Yours" and some of his comments

[Cricket Tragic]

Yeah, it was a four rather than a six. :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

[saneindian]

No it is a plane LIE "Blatant Lie"

Did actor tell you this or what? BTW how is the Pak media reacting to this? He calls every Pak bowler a ball tamperer, accuses senior players of match fixing, and even abuses Inzi for being a religious bigot. Or has everything been forgotten as he has abused a few Indians in his book?

[Hur Rizvi]

Did actor tell you this or what? BTW how is the Pak media reacting to this? He calls every Pak bowler a ball tamperer, accuses senior players of match fixing, and even abuses Inzi for being a religious bigot. Or has everything been forgotten as he has abused a few Indians in his book?

As far as ball tempering is concerned no one can deny that every team has done ball tempering so have PAkistani bowlers.... And everyone knows few guys in 1990s were involved in match fixing or were suspicious.... And there were match fixers in every team Crojne in S.A, Azhar-ud-din , Mongia and Jadeja from India, Ata-ur-Rehman, Salim MAlik from PAkistan.... So who can deny that And Inzi was very Religious but that is a personal thing and not that bad ....

[ganeshran]

Match fixing was found in every team in 90s but only in Pakistan, did the board actually protect the players rather than hand out strict bans - that is why it continued for so long. wasim Akram was found to be guilty but Ata-Ur-Rehman was banned instead. The leniency showed to the earlier match fixing was the reason that players found it ok to indulge in it.

[Andrew Peter]

Though it is true that he has troubled SRT quite a lot. We only talk about one match in WC where SRT battered him' date= but otherwise he has always made life difficult.http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=2;filter=advanced;opposition=7;player_involve=5649;template=results;type=allround;view=innings Akhtar is making tall claims as if he has never let Tendulkar cross the 10 runs mark ever in his career.

I can name atleast 20 bowlers who have made life difficult for Sachin as much as Akhtar has so whats the big deal with it ? The likes of Vaas , Heath Streak , Abdur Razzaq , Nuwan Zoysa , Pollock , Brett Lee , Fernando have dismissed Tendulkar more times than Akhtar has , Bowlers like Olonga , Price have won a couple of battles in the past , even Tsotsobe was bowling brilliantly against Sachin in the 2nd Test and beat him on many occasions in the 3rd Test , Steyn as we all know troubled Tendulkar but the Master still managed to win the contest with 2 important centuries and what the English bowlers did to Sachin in the last series was something which the Chuckter can only dream about . We dont see all these bowlers inspite of enjoying there share of success against Tendulkar making tall claims about how the Batsman was scared of them and ran away from the crease. Akhtar is typical example of Paki psyche who cannot accept defeat against an Indian , he is only frustrated for not getting the opportunity to have a last go at his " AbbuJaan" in the match against Mohali . Dont listen to what Pakis say , a couple of close LBWs appeal against Tendulkar at Mohali were enough for them to conclude how Tendulkar has always been a bunny of " Ajmal' , now they will continue to hype this myth to such heights that some people might start believing it without giving any attention to the result of the Match . Tendulkar has played 19 Odis against Akhtar in which he averages 45 : Series of his scores : 45 ,13 ,93 ,41, 17 ,11, 10, 98, 28 ,141 , 0, 7 ,37 ,78 ,16, 4 ,99 ,29 97 1 Hundred , 4 Scores above 90 , 1 more Fifty ,2 Scores above 40 with an overall average of 45 in 19 Matches against Akhtar is hardly troublesome for Tendulkar.

[mishra]

In his inimitable manner' date=' comparing Sachin to a temple, Sidhu said, "[b']Many birds fly over temples and mosques, making them dirty. But it remains sacred and the excreta gets washed away during rain." http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-24/top-stories/30197844_1_navjot-singh-sidhu-bharat-ratna-cricketers Sidhu Paaji :haha:

People reacting to peeing akhtar are not incorrect. If bird does it fine. But if a Kangal Dog shits on stairs of a temple/mosques, next time when the dog comes even nearby, security guard uses stick. Akhtar beware... :bumsmack:

[ChanaLal]

Shoaib legend.. wish we had one like this

[ChanaLal]

..or two lol

[saneindian]

As far as ball tempering is concerned no one can deny that every team has done ball tempering so have PAkistani bowlers.... And everyone knows few guys in 1990s were involved in match fixing or were suspicious.... And there were match fixers in every team

I have neverever heard Holding or Marshall or Garner or Lillee or Mcgrath or Donald to be saying that they tampered with the ball. Even our Indian bowler with lesser skills than those legends have never said they tampered with the ball. Its only Imran "the bottle cap" Khan or Shoaib Actor who have openly admitted to tampering with the ball to get those wickets illegally. And to top it all, your former captain threw his toys out of the pram when Hair accused your team of ball tampering in 2006. When this joker admits the team does ball tampering, why were your players acting like holy saints on that day or when the british press accused your team of ball tampering and called them cheats? There were match fixers in every team who were caught and banned except in pakistan. No wonder the wholke world sees your players with a suspicion be it for performance enhancing drugs, chucking or ball tampering. A

[crics]

Just curious to know if he wrote anything about Ross Taylor's WC2011 innings.

[Texy]

how is he still given visa to come to India, score a book contract, earn in Rs, release the book IN India? Why are Indians so pathetic and spineless?

[Raghav_12]

I can name atleast 20 bowlers who have made life difficult for Sachin as much as Akhtar has so whats the big deal with it ? The likes of Vaas , Heath Streak , Abdur Razzaq , Nuwan Zoysa , Pollock , Brett Lee , Fernando have dismissed Tendulkar more times than Akhtar has , Bowlers like Olonga , Price have won a couple of battles in the past , even Tsotsobe was bowling brilliantly against Sachin in the 2nd Test and beat him on many occasions in the 3rd Test , Steyn as we all know troubled Tendulkar but the Master still managed to win the contest with 2 important centuries and what the English bowlers did to Sachin in the last series was something which the Chuckter can only dream about . We dont see all these bowlers inspite of enjoying there share of success against Tendulkar making tall claims about how the Batsman was scared of them and ran away from the crease. Akhtar is typical example of Paki psyche who cannot accept defeat against an Indian , he is only frustrated for not getting the opportunity to have a last go at his " AbbuJaan" in the match against Mohali . Dont listen to what Pakis say , a couple of close LBWs appeal against Tendulkar at Mohali were enough for them to conclude how Tendulkar has always been a bunny of " Ajmal' , now they will continue to hype this myth to such heights that some people might start believing it without giving any attention to the result of the Match . Tendulkar has played 19 Odis against Akhtar in which he averages 45 : Series of his scores : 45 ,13 ,93 ,41, 17 ,11, 10, 98, 28 ,141 , 0, 7 ,37 ,78 ,16, 4 ,99 ,29 97 1 Hundred , 4 Scores above 90 , 1 more Fifty ,2 Scores above 40 with an overall average of 45 in 19 Matches against Akhtar is hardly troublesome for Tendulkar. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=2;filter=advanced;opposition=7;player_involve=5649;template=results;type=allround;view=innings Akhtar is making tall claims as if he has never let Tendulkar cross the 10 runs mark ever in his career.

:two_thumbs_up::two_thumbs_up:

[saneindian]

1-2 years down the line when Actor's is in a financial mess, won't be surprised to see him retract from his statements and beg for an IPL contract.

[Rajiv]

lol you people take things too seriously. srt was scared in one particular match....dont cry people

We are dicussing nonsense, not crying

[Rajiv]

Amul's take on Actor "Tab bhi phenkta tha, ab bhi phenkta hai" :haha:

Brilliant, :hysterical::hysterical:

[SachDan]

Sorry Shoaib, I won't be buying your book By R.Mohan Why are we paying so much attention to a disgusting contrarian like Shoaib Akhtar? The renegade Pakistani cricketer has had a few silly thoughts that usually occur to temperamental fast bowlers ghost-written into an English book to sell a few copies in India. So much importance is being paid to this by Indians, including the venerable behemoth BCCI, it appears we are playing into the hands of his publishers. Consider Shoaib's record. In his celebrity life, he must rank as low as Kim Kardashian, recently voted as the most annoying of the tribe. Throughout his playing career, he was a showboat who kept his captains on tenterhooks. With him, they never knew who would turn up at the match - a tearaway fast bowler capable of sending fear into the minds of batsmen or a profligate quick who undid all the solid work put in by others to try and win a match. To hear Shoaib speak so disparagingly of a couple of Indian legends like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid conjures up images of dogs barking at the caravan, as General Smuts put it so splendidly. The two gentlemen he takes pot shots at have between them made mountains of runs, some 50,000 plus. When they batted together recently in the England Tests, it was the first time in 90 years that Test cricket's two top run-getters were being featured in a stand. While we hold Sachin and Rahul in our greatest regard, there is no reason to take offence at someone who has a contrary opinion about them. No batsman likes to face the fastest of cricket balls hurled at him at a pace that tests the speed guns. And when a bowler with a javelin thrower's action sends it at them at so many kmh per second, it must be particularly irksome because the kinky elbow does a bit to hide the trajectory. Maybe, on an off day, he saw the greats creak a bit. In the typical fashion of politicians and public figures who always think the media has not properly portrayed their words of wisdom, Shoaib has a go on Indian soil against a media who his publishers think are going to help the book move off the shelves. After all, how many English books would sell in Pakistan? Where you can sell some of them is in England, India and Australia, probably in that order. In this elaborate charade, it is India and Indians that come out second best. What he has to say about Lalit Modi and Shah Rukh Khan is also perhaps aimed at celebrities so as to create shock waves. And here he is talking about men who went out of their way to accommodate this India baiter in the Indian Premier League. They must have bent every rule in the book to bring him over as a character rather than a great match winner, which he never was in the T20 arena, excepting very briefly when the situation of his arrival seemed to inspire him. Having arrived on a promotional tour to India, he then goes on to say that SRK treated him like a loving brother and switches to pointing his finger at Lalit as the principal culprit. All it suggests is we are talking about one big mixed-up dude. Once he lands in the land of spin, the self-confessed ball-tamperer starts believing in putting a spin on everything. He even has a laugh at Indians who let their anger show on each other in public as Harbhajn Singh did so infamously in slapping Sreesanth. The one thing to be said in favour of the mixed up dude is he never got mixed up in the match-fixing scandal that surrounded so many prominent Pakistani cricketers, especially bowlers because they could help with the spot-fixing so much more than batsmen. All they have to do is apparently to bowl a few no balls and wides at strategic intervals. And, thank heavens, he apparently does not believe in the kiss-and-tell. But that could be because the classic expose may help cinema stars sell their celeb status but not cricketers' books. The whole thing would be so laughable if not for the fact that Indians are being suckered in all this. Shoaib has the temerity to plead that we should all go out and buy his book to understand his under-the-belt comments better. I am not certain I would be dashing down to the bookshop to buy a tome that takes a dig at heroes who mean so much to Indian cricket. Well, at least they didn't have feet of clay to indulge in drugs like our great character from across the border did.

[Hur Rizvi]

1-2 years down the line when Actor's is in a financial mess' date=' won't be surprised to see him retract from his statements and beg for an IPL contract.[/quote'] I assure you shoaib is man of his words he has said "I will never ever Play cricket agian"

[Hur Rizvi]

By R.Mohan Why are we paying so much attention to a disgusting contrarian like Shoaib Akhtar? The renegade Pakistani cricketer has had a few silly thoughts that usually occur to temperamental fast bowlers ghost-written into an English book to sell a few copies in India. So much importance is being paid to this by Indians, including the venerable behemoth BCCI, it appears we are playing into the hands of his publishers. Consider Shoaib's record. In his celebrity life, he must rank as low as Kim Kardashian, recently voted as the most annoying of the tribe. Throughout his playing career, he was a showboat who kept his captains on tenterhooks. With him, they never knew who would turn up at the match - a tearaway fast bowler capable of sending fear into the minds of batsmen or a profligate quick who undid all the solid work put in by others to try and win a match. To hear Shoaib speak so disparagingly of a couple of Indian legends like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid conjures up images of dogs barking at the caravan, as General Smuts put it so splendidly. The two gentlemen he takes pot shots at have between them made mountains of runs, some 50,000 plus. When they batted together recently in the England Tests, it was the first time in 90 years that Test cricket's two top run-getters were being featured in a stand. While we hold Sachin and Rahul in our greatest regard, there is no reason to take offence at someone who has a contrary opinion about them. No batsman likes to face the fastest of cricket balls hurled at him at a pace that tests the speed guns. And when a bowler with a javelin thrower's action sends it at them at so many kmh per second, it must be particularly irksome because the kinky elbow does a bit to hide the trajectory. Maybe, on an off day, he saw the greats creak a bit. In the typical fashion of politicians and public figures who always think the media has not properly portrayed their words of wisdom, Shoaib has a go on Indian soil against a media who his publishers think are going to help the book move off the shelves. After all, how many English books would sell in Pakistan? Where you can sell some of them is in England, India and Australia, probably in that order. In this elaborate charade, it is India and Indians that come out second best. What he has to say about Lalit Modi and Shah Rukh Khan is also perhaps aimed at celebrities so as to create shock waves. And here he is talking about men who went out of their way to accommodate this India baiter in the Indian Premier League. They must have bent every rule in the book to bring him over as a character rather than a great match winner, which he never was in the T20 arena, excepting very briefly when the situation of his arrival seemed to inspire him. Having arrived on a promotional tour to India, he then goes on to say that SRK treated him like a loving brother and switches to pointing his finger at Lalit as the principal culprit. All it suggests is we are talking about one big mixed-up dude. Once he lands in the land of spin, the self-confessed ball-tamperer starts believing in putting a spin on everything. He even has a laugh at Indians who let their anger show on each other in public as Harbhajn Singh did so infamously in slapping Sreesanth. The one thing to be said in favour of the mixed up dude is he never got mixed up in the match-fixing scandal that surrounded so many prominent Pakistani cricketers, especially bowlers because they could help with the spot-fixing so much more than batsmen. All they have to do is apparently to bowl a few no balls and wides at strategic intervals. And, thank heavens, he apparently does not believe in the kiss-and-tell. But that could be because the classic expose may help cinema stars sell their celeb status but not cricketers' books. The whole thing would be so laughable if not for the fact that Indians are being suckered in all this. Shoaib has the temerity to plead that we should all go out and buy his book to understand his under-the-belt comments better. I am not certain I would be dashing down to the bookshop to buy a tome that takes a dig at heroes who mean so much to Indian cricket. Well, at least they didn't have feet of clay to indulge in drugs like our great character from across the border did.

Shoaib kehta hai "Book nae leni tu jao 500 RS ki chaat khaalo" :two_thumbs_up::two_thumbs_up::two_thumbs_up:

[Hur Rizvi]

I have neverever heard Holding or Marshall or Garner or Lillee or Mcgrath or Donald to be saying that they tampered with the ball. Even our Indian bowler with lesser skills than those legends have never said they tampered with the ball. Its only Imran "the bottle cap" Khan or Shoaib Actor who have openly admitted to tampering with the ball to get those wickets illegally. And to top it all, your former captain threw his toys out of the pram when Hair accused your team of ball tampering in 2006. When this joker admits the team does ball tampering, why were your players acting like holy saints on that day or when the british press accused your team of ball tampering and called them cheats? There were match fixers in every team who were caught and banned except in pakistan. No wonder the wholke world sees your players with a suspicion be it for performance enhancing drugs, chucking or ball tampering. A

your Manoj Prabhakar tempered the ball... Even Sachin was accused of ball tempering Stuart Broad tempered the ball.... Flintoff , Simon jones tempered the ball in 2005 Ashes But they didnt have the balls to Admit our bowlers admitted that it is not a big deal... As far as Banning the match fixing culprits is concerned, I agree we were not strict enuff with the match fixers had we tackled them with iron hand like India and S.A Spot fixing fiasco would'nt have happened... As far as chucking is concerned Shoaib wasnt a chucker that fact is well documented.The only bowler who was a chucker from PAkistan was Shabbir Ahmed ....

[Blue Panther]

Unfortunately shoaib has lost lot of his fans in india after his comments abt indian players. But he is willing to sacrifce his fans for selling his book which is very sad. I am afraid shoaib will not welcomed to india as he used to be in the past.