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Former Pakistan fast bowler Umar Gul is an example of friendship. It was revealed on a show that the reason for his retirement was the death of a friend in the accident.
Omar Gul was badly broken by the death of a friend. Retired from cricket
Highlights
- Omar Gul retired after the friend’s death.
- Gul played 47 Tests, 130 ODIs and 60 T20 matches.
- For the first time in the TV show, the reason for retirement was given.
New Delhi. The ICC Champions Trophy is going to start from February 19. The current champion and host Pakistan will start the tournament against New Zealand. Umar Gul, the star bowler of the Pak team, is considered an example of true friendship. The player, who had upset the Indian team’s legend Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Sourav Ganguly, had suddenly retired like this. After breaking the friend’s death badly, Gul took this decision.
A video of former Pakistan fast bowler Umar Gul is going viral on social media. A TV show got emotional when the anchor asked him if there was a moment in his life that broke him. On this, the former bowler of the Pakistani team said, “Yes, it has happened,”
41 -year -old Omar Gul has played 47 Tests, 130 ODIs and 60 T20 matches for Pakistan. Gul took 163 wickets in Tests while he has 179 wickets in ODIs. Gul took a total of 85 wickets in T20. He announced his retirement from all the formats of cricket on 16 October 2020, during the TV show, Gul shared the reason for the sensation from his international cricket for the first time with everyone. The biggest reason behind saying goodbye to his cricket was the sudden death of Jigri friend.
Loyalty of Boys Friendship
It made me cry.
Feeling Sad for Umar Gul pic.twitter.com/bbof3xqobk– Chan (@truepakistaani1) April 28, 2024