Lahore: World’s fastest bowler Shoaib Akhtar, whose colourful career has been a heady mix of on-field brilliance and off-field controversy, is likely to announce his return in International cricket in few days, sources said on Wednesday.
“The Rawalpindi Express, who announced to quit international cricket during World Cup 2011, will call a press conference soon in which he will announce his return in T20 and One Day International cricket,” the sources close to the cricketer told The News Tribe.
Akhtar, who made his international debut in 1997, took 178 wickets in 46 Tests, the last of which was against India at Bangalore in 2007.
He is three wickets short of 250 in 163 one-day internationals and has taken 19 wickets in 15 Twenty20 internationals.
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