LAHORE: Pakistan’s junior spinner Faisal Akram praised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)’s initiative of the Pathway Cricket Programme and termed playing alongside great cricketers ‘A Privilege’.
Faisal, in a video statement released by the PCB, expressed his gratitude on playing alongside the national cricketers in the recently concluded first phase of the PCB Conditioning Camp, termed it a privilege.
“It was a privilege for me to play alongside the great cricketers while I am also hopeful of doing well and representing the country during a prolong career,” Faisal said.
Faisal also heaped praises on the PCB Pathway Cricket Programme while also revealing how he managed to get full support of his family after the announcement of the PCB Pathway Cricket Programme.
“I felt immensely overjoyed to see my name in the list of 100 players selected under the PCB Pathway Cricket Programme. The happiness of my family was also to be seen on this occasion,” Faisal stated.
“The Pathway Cricket Program is a great initiative of the PCB. It will provide financial support to the families of youngsters who dream of becoming cricketers. When I started playing cricket, my family was not in support of me, but now, after the announcement of the Pathway Cricket Program, they are fully supporting me,” he added.
Faisal’s NHPC coach and the legendary spinner Mushtaq Ahmed is also in awe of the young spinner’s abilities as he claimed that the latter has all the potential of becoming a match-winning bowler.
“Faisal Akram is a mystery spinner and I have worked with him in various training camps. He is a very talented and hardworking athlete, we are currently working on his mental and physical strength,” Mushtaq stated.
“Faisal has impressed me a lot. He has all the potential to becoming a complete match-winning bowler. Faisal also dodges senior batters in the net sessions with his bowling skills. He is a polite young man who is working hard,” Mushtaq concluded.
It is worth noting here that Faisal shone with his mysterious bowling in the National Uner-19 Championship; taking 26 wickets in just five matches. The left-handed spinner was also seen dismissing Pakistan’s explosive batter Asif Ali, during the recently concluded first phase of the PCB Conditioning Camp.
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