Former Pakistan off-spinner Arshad Khan is far from the glory days of his debut against West Indies in 1997-98, recently spotted steering the wheel of a cab in Australia.
On Monday, a social media user, Ganesh Birle, posted a photo on Facebook of the former Pakistan cricketer driving an Uber Taxi in Sydney.
“He was the driver of our cab, and we started chatting; he told me that he is from Pakistan and lives in Sydney and has also been to Hyderabad many times while playing for Lahore Badshahs, something in ICL. After which, I asked him his full name and was shocked to see his face, which I could partially recognize. So I shook his hand and left,” the Facebook post read.
“He was avoiding the conversation all the time, but at the same time, he couldn’t help but talk about his India connection. So imagine he introduced himself as ‘I from Pakistan [sic], but I have been here in Sydney for a long time now.’ Also, like a good Uber driver, he offered us water and stuff when we sat in the car,” it added.
Arshad Khan played nine Tests and 58 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1997 to 2006, with his last ODI and Test matches against India in Rawalpindi and Bangalore.
The former off-spinner picked up 32 Test wickets and 56 in ODIs.
