People who don’t know my father, ‘I’m happy about him.’
This was Azam Khan’s informal reply when it came to introducing him through his father.
Karachi cricketer Azam Khan is the son of former Pakistan cricketer, wicketkeeper and captain Moin Khan. The father’s fame created extraordinary challenges for Azam Khan in his cricketing career which other cricketers do not face.
Azam Khan was recently in London where he participated in Independent Urdu’s podcast ‘A Cup of Tea Crossing Cultures’ and chatted candidly about his career, the ongoing Cricket World Cup in India and his personal life.
He admitted that of course his father’s name will always be with him, but in Pakistan, people ‘don’t judge you on your performance, which is very sad, but I think, I have worked hard for my recognition now. ‘
Due to his father’s influence in cricket and his size, Azam Khan is the target of vile names, but he does not take it easy and concentrates on his performances. Says that ‘online harassment has been the hardest part of his career.’
Azam Khan started cricket at the age of 15 and played at local level including school and made his place in league cricket at national and international level.
He is also called ‘power hitter’ which he said that in a match of Pakistan Super League (PSL) he hit the bowler Mohammad Hasnain for a six while batting for Islamabad United and the ball hit the stadium. Went out. Since then he was called ‘power hitter’.
While talking to hosts Mim Shaikh and Ali Hamza, Azam Khan also shared his experiences in the Caribbean Premier League, where he described batting alongside legendary batsman Chris Gayle as a great opportunity.
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He names former cricketer Imran Nazir as his favorite opener while expressing his desire to bat with current Pakistan players like Iftikhar Ahmed, Asif Ali, Saud Shakeel and Salman Ali Agha, who he says are ‘attacking’ players. .
During the ‘quickfire’ questions, when Azam Khan was asked to choose between Moeen Khan and Australian batsman and wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist, he chose Adam Gilchrist because, he said, ‘Gilchrist changed the game. ‘
Referring to an experience of facing former cricketer Wasim Akram’s bowling, Azam Khan said that Wasim Akram organized a camp in Karachi to coach fast bowlers and invited the batsmen as well. He also went and Wasim Akram’s ball landed on his elbow, fracturing it. Azam Khan said that he took an autograph from Wasim Akram on the plaster on his fracture and has kept that plaster till date.
In the round of describing a few players in one word, when Azam Khan was asked about Moin Khan, he casually uttered the word ‘pyu’ meaning father, which elicited laughter because according to Azam Khan, he was ‘ghar bhi to jana hai’. ‘
A Cup of Tea Crossing Cultures is a London-based podcast by Independent Urdu that aims to highlight the success stories of people of Pakistani and South Asian origin in the UK. The podcast explores the fabric of cultural identity of British citizens of South Asian descent.
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2024-09-23 21:51:10
