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Wasim Akram opened up on an incident involving his first wife, Huma Akram, who passed away at the age of 42 in 2009 from heart and kidney complications.

He was taking his wife to Singapore for treatment at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital. The air ambulance stopped at the Chennai airport for a scheduled refilling.


“When we landed in Chennai, my wife was unconscious. I was crying and people recognized me at the airport. We didn’t have an Indian visa,” he told Sportstar.


“The people at the Chennai airport, the security officers , and the customs and immigration officials told me to take my wife to the hospital while they resolve the visa issue. I will never forget that in my life,” he added.


In 104 Tests, he took 414 wickets at an average of 23.62. In one-day internationals, Akram dismissed 502 batters at an average of 23.52




Sharing an anecdote, Akram said he was flying to Singapore and his wife was unconscious when the flight halted at the Chennai airport for scheduled refuelling. He revealed how the officials in Chennai helped him to take his wife to the hospital despite not having an Indian visa.

"I was flying to Singapore with my late wife and there was a stopover in Chennai for refuelling. When we landed, she was unconscious, I was crying and people recognised me at the airport. We didn't have an Indian visa. We both had Pakistani passports," Akram told Sportstar magazine during a discussion on his autobiography 'Sultan: A Memoir'.

"The people at the Chennai airport, the security staff, and the customs and immigration officials told me not to worry about the visa and take my wife to the hospital while they sorted the visa out. That is something I will never forget, as a cricketer and as a human being," he revealed.

He also took a walk down memory lane of the 1999 Chennai Test.

"The Chennai Test is very special to me... It was very hot and the pitch was bare, which suited us because we relied on reverse-swing. We also had one of the best spinners at the time in Saqlain Mushtaq. Nobody could pick the doosra delivery that he had invented at the time.

"Sachin (Tendulkar) played him well after the first innings. Every time he bowled the doosra, Sachin went for the lap shot just behind the 'keeper. A very odd shot to play against the off-spinners doosra but he mastered it and that's why Sachin was one of the greatest of all time," he said.

Akram, popularly known as the Sultan of Swing, made his debut in 1984, he has played 104 Tests, 356 ODIs picking up 926 wickets in 460 matches across formats.

The 1992 World Cup winner announced his retirement from ODIs after the 2003 World Cup. He wrapped up his Test cricket career in 2002.
 
tbh, it was wasim akram; otherwise the airport officials would be like " sorry sir, cant do anything".

No my friend, we would have reacted in same way if it would have been any other our regions people like Pakistan, BD…I am sure even Pakistan will do the same to Indian in similar situations.
 
No my friend, we would have reacted in same way if it would have been any other our regions people like Pakistan, BD…I am sure even Pakistan will do the same to Indian in similar situations.
Ordinary people, you are probably right. But, govt officials are not right in the head, don't have souls.
 
No my friend, we would have reacted in same way if it would have been any other our regions people like Pakistan, BD…I am sure even Pakistan will do the same to Indian in similar situations.

How long does it take for Indians to realize that this False equivalence will be the end of us ?

Here is another pakistani Ex-Criketer and his views about Hindus and India. And this is someone who has visited Indian and met thousands of Hindus.



75 years has been long enough to put us on completely divergent paths.
 
Wasim Akram opened up on an incident involving his first wife, Huma Akram, who passed away at the age of 42 in 2009 from heart and kidney complications.

He was taking his wife to Singapore for treatment at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital. The air ambulance stopped at the Chennai airport for a scheduled refilling.


“When we landed in Chennai, my wife was unconscious. I was crying and people recognized me at the airport. We didn’t have an Indian visa,” he told Sportstar.


“The people at the Chennai airport, the security officers , and the customs and immigration officials told me to take my wife to the hospital while they resolve the visa issue. I will never forget that in my life,” he added.


In 104 Tests, he took 414 wickets at an average of 23.62. In one-day internationals, Akram dismissed 502 batters at an average of 23.52




Sharing an anecdote, Akram said he was flying to Singapore and his wife was unconscious when the flight halted at the Chennai airport for scheduled refuelling. He revealed how the officials in Chennai helped him to take his wife to the hospital despite not having an Indian visa.

"I was flying to Singapore with my late wife and there was a stopover in Chennai for refuelling. When we landed, she was unconscious, I was crying and people recognised me at the airport. We didn't have an Indian visa. We both had Pakistani passports," Akram told Sportstar magazine during a discussion on his autobiography 'Sultan: A Memoir'.

"The people at the Chennai airport, the security staff, and the customs and immigration officials told me not to worry about the visa and take my wife to the hospital while they sorted the visa out. That is something I will never forget, as a cricketer and as a human being," he revealed.

He also took a walk down memory lane of the 1999 Chennai Test.

"The Chennai Test is very special to me... It was very hot and the pitch was bare, which suited us because we relied on reverse-swing. We also had one of the best spinners at the time in Saqlain Mushtaq. Nobody could pick the doosra delivery that he had invented at the time.

"Sachin (Tendulkar) played him well after the first innings. Every time he bowled the doosra, Sachin went for the lap shot just behind the 'keeper. A very odd shot to play against the off-spinners doosra but he mastered it and that's why Sachin was one of the greatest of all time," he said.

Akram, popularly known as the Sultan of Swing, made his debut in 1984, he has played 104 Tests, 356 ODIs picking up 926 wickets in 460 matches across formats.

The 1992 World Cup winner announced his retirement from ODIs after the 2003 World Cup. He wrapped up his Test cricket career in 2002.
appreciated.
 
How long does it take for Indians to realize that this False equivalence will be the end of us ?

Here is another pakistani Ex-Criketer and his views about Hindus and India. And this is someone who has visited Indian and met thousands of Hindus.



75 years has been long enough to put us on completely divergent paths.

Well...It is nothing new to see such kind of mindset of a good number of people in Pakistan...But, shall we change ourselves to such level as this pathetic Said Anwar who is insulting to Hindus in this video?
 
Well...It is nothing new to see such kind of mindset of a good number of people in Pakistan...But, shall we change ourselves to such level as this pathetic Said Anwar who is insulting to Hindus in this video?

If it is nothing new then kindly stop the logical fallacy of drawing false equivalence between them and us.

Our values are quite literally the anti theses of their values. We are quite literally on the opposite sides of the value spectrum.

It is quite literally IMPOSSIBLE for us to swing to their side and act like them. So even to suggest such a thing is to unknowingly equate the two completely divergent societies. Stop that.
 
If it is nothing new then kindly stop the logical fallacy of drawing false equivalence between them and us.

Our values are quite literally the anti theses of their values. We are quite literally on the opposite sides of the value spectrum.

It is quite literally IMPOSSIBLE for us to swing to their side and act like them. So even to suggest such a thing is to unknowingly equate the two completely divergent societies. Stop that.
Great, but why are you on “their” forum? Another obsessed Indian I see. I kinda get it, the obsessiveness comes from impotency. You, your civilization is impotent. I see similar inferiority complex in some of the Whites here. They hate blacks but can’t stop talking about them, going on their forum/website to harass them. With you, it’s more personal.
The last 1000 years have left a mark that cannot be undone.
 
Great, but why are you on “their” forum? Another obsessed Indian I see. I kinda get it, the obsessiveness comes from impotency. You, your civilization is impotent. I see similar inferiority complex in some of the Whites here. They hate blacks but can’t stop talking about them, going on their forum/website to harass them. With you, it’s more personal.
The last 1000 years have left a mark that cannot be undone.

Why anybody is on this forum or does anything is None of your business.

But your butt hurt response shows you desire to be associated with Indians. WHY ? Why are you so keen to be associated with Indians ?

The condition where we see what we want to see is called motivated perception. It's similar to another concept — motivated reasoning, where we come to conclusions we're predisposed to believe in.

So more than Indians, your "reasoning" actually exposes YOUR mind and its insecurities. And it shouts,
inferiority complex
 
Wasim Akram opened up on an incident involving his first wife, Huma Akram, who passed away at the age of 42 in 2009 from heart and kidney complications.

He was taking his wife to Singapore for treatment at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital. The air ambulance stopped at the Chennai airport for a scheduled refilling.


“When we landed in Chennai, my wife was unconscious. I was crying and people recognized me at the airport. We didn’t have an Indian visa,” he told Sportstar.


“The people at the Chennai airport, the security officers , and the customs and immigration officials told me to take my wife to the hospital while they resolve the visa issue. I will never forget that in my life,” he added.


In 104 Tests, he took 414 wickets at an average of 23.62. In one-day internationals, Akram dismissed 502 batters at an average of 23.52




Sharing an anecdote, Akram said he was flying to Singapore and his wife was unconscious when the flight halted at the Chennai airport for scheduled refuelling. He revealed how the officials in Chennai helped him to take his wife to the hospital despite not having an Indian visa.

"I was flying to Singapore with my late wife and there was a stopover in Chennai for refuelling. When we landed, she was unconscious, I was crying and people recognised me at the airport. We didn't have an Indian visa. We both had Pakistani passports," Akram told Sportstar magazine during a discussion on his autobiography 'Sultan: A Memoir'.

"The people at the Chennai airport, the security staff, and the customs and immigration officials told me not to worry about the visa and take my wife to the hospital while they sorted the visa out. That is something I will never forget, as a cricketer and as a human being," he revealed.

He also took a walk down memory lane of the 1999 Chennai Test.

"The Chennai Test is very special to me... It was very hot and the pitch was bare, which suited us because we relied on reverse-swing. We also had one of the best spinners at the time in Saqlain Mushtaq. Nobody could pick the doosra delivery that he had invented at the time.

"Sachin (Tendulkar) played him well after the first innings. Every time he bowled the doosra, Sachin went for the lap shot just behind the 'keeper. A very odd shot to play against the off-spinners doosra but he mastered it and that's why Sachin was one of the greatest of all time," he said.

Akram, popularly known as the Sultan of Swing, made his debut in 1984, he has played 104 Tests, 356 ODIs picking up 926 wickets in 460 matches across formats.

The 1992 World Cup winner announced his retirement from ODIs after the 2003 World Cup. He wrapped up his Test cricket career in 2002.
I will also say thanks to the people of Chennai for this act of kindness.
 
No my friend, we would have reacted in same way if it would have been any other our regions people like Pakistan, BD…I am sure even Pakistan will do the same to Indian in similar situations.
this would happen in another parallel universe maybe, but not in this. (VIP >>>> P)

obsessiveness comes from impotency
the whole of south asia is impotent then.
india and pak are obsessed with each other.
BD is obsessed with the big 2.
others may be excluded from this "elite" group......

talking about ur so called impotency, why this region is so populated?
 
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