Shoaib is Salman of Pak cricket

With a historyof heated arguments with team management and coaches, Shoaib Akhtar is theSalman Khan of Pakistani cricket! A fast lane lifestyle, his habit of takingtraining sessions lightly and the chucking bogey have all made Shoaib a maverickin Pakistani cricket. His blistering speed and the great flop ofhair might have made Shoaib Akhtar the darling of fans but the RawalpindiExpress is fast becoming the bad boy of Pakistani cricket. Evenbefore he become a bowling star, Shoaib was known for his "live life king size"attitude in Rawalpindi. He zoomed around in a Kawasaki 750 CC and was known toget into fights. Shoaib''s burning ambition to become the fastestbowler ever coupled with an almost insurmountable ego has upset the brass in thePakistani Cricket Board. With an indifferent performance in the highprofile series against India, not to mention murmurs about his claims to injury,Shoaib has once again yorked the Pakistani cricket authorities by deciding tovisit India for an endorsement shoot immediately after the series.The proud owner of two Ducati 600 cc bikes, Shoaib rode into troubleat the Gaddafi stadium when during the Lahore Test, his friends came to thestadium on a Ducati and a Mercedes and parked the vehicles just near the playingarea. In 2003, Shoaib Akhtar made theheadlines after he failed to appear in a Lahore court to answer a petitiondemanding an apology for criticisms he had levelled at Waqar Younis and WasimAkram. Apparently, Shoaib in an interview with Guardian said that hewould have been more successful had he played for Australia. Headded, "Imagine if I was playing with Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespiesoftening them up, then I come on, I''d have got more wickets than anyone ever.""Because when I play for Pakistan, with Wasim Akram and Waqar Younisthey are in decline. They were great, but they''re not match-winning bowlers anymore. So I have to make it all happen on my own." A fan of LataMangeshkar, Kumar Sanu and Sonali Bendre, Shoaib is also a keen snooker andfootball player.