Former India Pacer and 2011 World Cup winner Munaf Patel has given one of the most unusual yet genuine compliments to the Pakistani legend Shoaib akhtar.
Speaking at the Nakash Khan show, Munaf Akhtar described as “Dimag se Pagal”, crazy in the head, but in the most admiring way.
Munaf remembered how Akhtar, even though she suffered from serious knee plesses, almost 150 kmph kept bowling more than 150 km / h.
“His both knees are damaged, he is hardly able to walk, but he runs outside the 30-year circle. Only his madness could keep him for so long,” said Munaf.
He added that nobody else could have shown that kind of obsession with fast bowling.
“An Asian bowler bowling 150 kmph for 14-15 years in those circumstances is incredible. I guarantee that no one will ever do that again. That guy is mentally insane,” he joked and called it a mix of passion and madness that made Akhtar unique.
Munaf also spoke about Akhtar’s training intensity and said that the Rawalpindi Express would go to every limit to stay fit for bowling fast.
“If you told him that a certain kind of training would make him stronger, he would just do it. That passion and madness were alone in him. Both knees had disappeared, but his speed still hit 155,” said Munaf.
The former Indian Zeeman said that Akhtar’s lifetime and energy remain unparalleled, even in today’s fitness and technology.
“Nobody can do what Shoaib did in those circumstances,” he concluded.
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