Shoaib Akhtar heaps praise on Ashish Nehra, calls him the nicest human being off the field

India and Pakistan have shared a long-standing rivalry on field and re is one better than former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar who kws just game well but also players of opposition too. Akhtar has shared a warm bonhomie with many Indian cricketers in past and has heaped praises on players such as Ganguly, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Sehwag and many more. In his recent video posted on his YouTube channel, Shoaib Akhtar goes on to reveal who is nicest person off field, according to him. 

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Shoaib Akhtar heaps praise on Ashish Nehra

In a question and answer session with Rawalpindi Express shared by him on his channel, Shoaib Akhtar replies to a fan who asks him who is nicest human being off field and names former Indian pacer Ashish Nehra. Shoaib Akhtar heaped praise on Ashish Nehra and called him t just a good bowler but also a good person as he was ready to help anyone anytime. Ashish Nehra, who's career stretches over two decades, was a part of 2011 World Cup-winning squad and has played under captaincy of Sourav Ganguly, MS Dhoni, and Virat Kohli as well. former Indian bowler has 44 wickets in Tests, 157 in ODIs and 34 in T20s.  

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Shoaib Akhtar slams 'people for politicizing' Kaneria's row

Shoaib Akhtar took to his YouTube channel to address his fans via a video about Kaneria controversy. Speaking for first time after making revelation, Akhtar revealed that he had been calmly absorbing all arguments and statements made about row and said that re were such players around world who passed racist comments. Akhtar slammed 'people's' move to politicize issue and drag in religion and took a jibe at m, saying that world was heading into 2020 and t 1920 when religion can be used to kick-start rows. Akhtar reiterated that he stood by statements he made about Danish Kaneria and said that he did t feel whatever he did was wrong and that he had snubbed guys who had made statement.  

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