Shoaib Malik recalls funny Umar Akmal, Sania Mirza encounter
- By Shoaib Jatt -
- Apr 24, 2023
Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik recalled a funny incident involving his wife Sania Mirza and fellow cricketer Umar Akmal.
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Shoaib Malik recalled the incident in the ARY News show ‘Bouncer‘. The all-rounder said Umar Akmal and Sania Mirza first met each other during one of the team’s tours to Sri Lanka.
Shoaib Malik said his and Sania Mirza’s room was the first outside the lift. He revealed that Umar Akmal followed them and she invited him inside their room.
“They started talking to each other,” he said. “She signalled me to tell him to leave as she was late for practice. But I refused her.”
Shoaib Malik said Umar Akmal also played with Sania Mirza’s racquets. He added that his fellow cricketer left them alone after 45 minutes.
The veteran player said he returned to meet them the following day and they entertained him as their guest.
It is pertinent to mention that Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza’s first interaction took place when Pakistan was playing a fixture in Delhi back in 2003.
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They crossed paths with each other in Hobart while he was playing in Australia while his athlete-wife was participating in a tournament in December 2019. He claimed the interaction was just a casual meeting and nothing came out.
They got married four months later and have been together for over a decade.
In October 2018, Shoaib Malik announced on Twitter that the couple were blessed with a baby boy named Izhaan Mirza Malik.