Shoaib Akhtar
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The cricketer who always seems to unnecessarily get himself into trouble is no one but Shoaib Akhtar. The "Rawalpindi Express", who has a habit of getting himself involved in controversies, recently invited fresh trouble for him by hitting Asif with a bat. This puerile behaviour, has now left him out of the Twenty20 World Cup as the PCB has dropped him from the tournament. It appears that Shoaib is destined to miss all the major tournaments because, if my memory serves me right, he, along with Asif, even missed this year's World Cup although the ban imposed on them had been lifted. More recently, he was also on a six-week probation. So, these sorts of incidents are nothing unusual for the world's fastest bowler. But even though he is now asking for forgiveness, and has expressed his desire to perform for Pakistan in the near future, the question is why should he endanger his career by losing temper so easily in the first place? He must realise that he is now the senior most bowler of his team and therefore the young bowlers are supposed to get inspiration from him. But as a role model, the examples he has been setting in the recent past are simply unacceptable. Shoaib believes that he is immune! Or 'untouchable!' He must realise that he has a big role to play for Pakistan cricket. He cannot allow himself to get involved in such unwanted incidents. He should learn to respect his teammates and if he does get into a row with a player, he should take the matter to the board or the concerned authorities, instead of beating up the players!
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