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

[Raghav_12]

"Jaldi se press walon ko bulao' date=' mujhe zor se news lagi hai...."[/quote'] :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

[Blue Panther]

Retard at it again.

[Jersey #10]

afretard does it again

[Crookbond]

q_VZsVuDbiU Pretty candid interview and he has a right to his opinion. We should stop making a big fuss about it.

[TheWall]

jokers...

[King Tendulkar]

I have read extracts from his book. And frrankly it looks a fascinating read. I want to read it. His insights in to pak team are fascinating. It confirms how inzi basically turned to team in to walking mosque. Forcing players to pray etc and saying he would favour players who prayed. Also how filthy the prayers were in bathrooms etc and how unhygenic Akthasr found it. I tell you he has some amazing insights in this book. He is not really hammering India in this book at all, praises for example sehwag and dada a lot. It comes across as if he is genuinley giving his honest opinions. He is far more scathing on pak cricket etc

[Andy]

[akshayxyz]

q_VZsVuDbiU[/] Pretty candid interview and he has a right to his opinion. We should stop making a big fuss about it.

funny english and accent... but categorically speaking - very good interview :). Much smarter than likes of Afridi/Inzi/Sohail etal.

[Crookbond]

funny english and accent... but categorically speaking - very good interview :). Much smarter than likes of Afridi/Inzi/Sohail etal.

Very strange accent!

[Vijay.Sharma]

Team that prays together does not necessarily stay together Copy-pasting from RSC...

Excerpt from: Controversially Yours By Shoaib Akhtar "It was not the board alone that ruined Pakistani cricket, it was the team too" Inzamam, at one point, did manage to keep the team united. He and I didn't get along but that didn't affect the team-we did well under him for a while. However, a strange thing happened in the dressing room just about then. It is my opinion that the namaz is the duty of every Muslim. Every Muslim knows this, and he also knows that if he doesn't do the namaz, he will be held responsible in the court of the ultimate judge, Allah. To force grown-ups, as though they were children, to do the namaz or zikr seems a bit strange to me. The problem begins when someone feels that now he has got on to the right path, he must make everybody else do what he does. I think that's missing the point; it's also a form of arrogance. If you can find the right path and correct yourself, so can the other man. If you impose your will, Allah's benevolence and kindness are ignored. But some people thought that this was the way to take the team forward. Roza, namaz, tabliq were to be compulsory team events. Guys were taken to task if they wished to pray in the solitude of their room. Threats were used; if you don't pray with the team, you will be thrown out. I can guarantee that ten of those praying with the team were doing so because they were scared of being thrown out. I mean, to go around telling all of us that if you recite the namaz with the group, you will be selected and will be in our good books is the strangest thing. Namaz sadda zameer hai-namaz is our conscience-but Islam has also given us instructions on when and how to pray. Islam da adda hissa pakeezgi hai. When the whole team got together for namaz, the bathroom floor would become wet and filthy, with tissues strewn all over-it was disgusting. Islam is all about purity, cleanliness... We began praying on airplanes, if you please, although it is absolutely clear that if you are travelling, you can be excused for namaz. And the toilets-oh my God! Once, the team made the water flow out into the aisle and there were complaints all around; they stopped us from praying on that flight. It wasn't safe either. I was happy when Younis Khan became captain because he is a great team player, but he wasn't aggressive enough with the management. At long last we had a good man, a great teammate and a good cricketer at the helm and we won the T20 World Cup. It was as simple as that, but did the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) care? Look what happened to him. The chairman didn't like him and he got dropped, faced inquiries and struggled to find a place in the team. Later in 2010, we won the series against Australia so they said we won, we don't need him. How sad is that? Talent and experience were made to sit outside and he had to apologise for nothing, just to appease the egos of the board members, before he was allowed to play again. Unfortunately, our seniors were the most corrupt people I have known in my whole life. Barring a few like Rashid Latif and Moin Kahn, the rest indulged in activities that certainly did not help the game, yet most of them were let off with fines. The fact is I can't point to any one player and say, this man steadied our team-issne Pakistan cricket ko sambhala. Pakistan cricket ki jo tabahi hai, voh Pakistan team ne khud ki. Always leaking our disagreements to the media, devising devious schemes to throw this one or that one out, infighting, not allowing young talent to grow and thrive... So it was not the board alone that ruined Pakistani cricket, it was the team itself. Players often took their issues to the press. Some, mind you, did it to sell a story and make some money... As a consequence, relationships within the dressing room broke down. Rashid Latif, Aamir Sohail, Wasim Akram, all ended up with extremely bad relationships... Moin Khan stepped down from vice-captaincy. He was banned from entering the dressing room and even the ground.

[Stuge]

just tell me ,why do we need a new thread for every excerpt from his book ..

[Vijay.Sharma]

Because every excerpt is a different discussion?

[Texy]

ha! and they say MoYo was never influenced/coerced in any way to become a muslim!

[Sooda]

His second installment is due out soon... 'An autobiography by Shoaib Akthar - Warts and All'

:cantstop: trust you to come up with that

[Sachin=GOD]

"Jaldi se press walon ko bulao' date=' mujhe zor se news lagi hai...."[/quote'] :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

[Vijay.Sharma]

ha! and they say MoYo was never influenced/coerced in any way to become a muslim!

The incident on the plane was a rather pathetic one. I mean come on doing all your hand wash leg wash before the namaaz on a flying plane Question - what if the pilot went around in circles, would they also change their kneeling stances to reflect proper direction towards Mecca? I am reminded of that scene from Harold and Kumar - Escape from Guantanamo Bay...when they get into the plane and the old white lady pictures Kumar as an Islamist terrorist....just imagine if that lady was in the plane when the Paki team was praying...damn it she would've died immediately of a heart attack

[Stuge]

Because every excerpt is a different discussion?

if that would have been the case ,there would have been a book for every excerpt,but its not :winky:

[Stuge]

"Jaldi se press walon ko bulao' date=' mujhe zor se news lagi hai...."[/quote'] :hysterical:

[Vijay.Sharma]

if that would have been the case ' date='there would have been a book for every excerpt,but its not :winky:[/quote']What's your point Stuge? Why are you comparing a book with an excerpt used as discussion in a thread for the sheer fun of the excerpt? I came across that excerpt on rsc and I thought it was a good, fun talking point so posted it as a new thread. Now if it has hurt your sensitivities I don't know what to say.

[Stuge]

What's your point Stuge? Why are you comparing a book with an excerpt used as discussion in a thread for the sheer fun of the excerpt? I came across that excerpt on rsc and I thought it was a good, fun talking point so posted it as a new thread. Now if it has hurt your sensitivities I don't know what to say.

aree smiley "winky" was enough to show that I wasn't really serious, while making that comment .Why do you take things so seriously :|