Shoaib Akhtar’s thunderbolts still give ‘nightmares’ to AB de Villiers

South African cricketing legend AB de Villiers has mentioned that Pakistan Paver Shoaib Akhtar’s deliveries nonetheless give him ‘ nightmares’.

Cricket Australia lately shared an outdated video of Shoaib Akhtar bowling a thunderbolt to Australian batter Shane Watson.  The video used to be shared as a tribute to the speedster as he turned into the primary bowler to wreck the 100 mph barrier on April 27, 2002.

The video used to be captioned, “At the day Shoaib Akhtar turned into the primary bowler to wreck the 100mph barrier twenty years in the past, we dug into the archives to seek out in all probability his maximum ferocious supply on Australian shores!”

Shane Watson, who used to be at the receiving finish of the ferocious bouncer retweeted the video and wrote, “What a solution to spend my twenty first birthday!! 😳😳😳 @shoaib100mph used to be so just right and so bloody rapid!!”

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South African legend AB de Villiers additionally retweeted the video and mentioned that Akhtar’s deliveries nonetheless give him ‘nightmares’.

He wrote, “Oh guy! I nonetheless get nightmares 😂.”

Shoaib responded to AB’s remark and wrote, “Come on AB, you’ve given sleepless nights to many bowlers your self. At all times a excitement interacting with you.”

 

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