Pakistan's Shoaib Malik withdrew from the third and final T20 match against Bangladesh on Monday due to illness of his son. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) gave this information. Shoaib Malik is married to Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and the couple has a three-year-old son, Izhaan.
Sania Mirza's son fell ill
Malik suddenly took this big decision
Sania Mirza and Shoaib's love story
Dhaka: Shoaib Malik, Pakistan's senior cricketer and India's tennis star Sania Mirza's husband, suddenly took a big decision due to child's illness. Pakistan's Shoaib Malik withdrew from the third and final T20 match against Bangladesh on Monday due to illness of his son. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) gave this information. Shoaib Malik is married to Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and the couple has a three-year-old son, Izhaan.
Sania Mirza's son fell ill
According to a statement issued by the PCB, 'Shoaib Malik will miss the third and final T20 match against Bangladesh on Monday due to illness of his child and he will leave for Dubai before the match.' Pakistan, who reached the semi-finals of the recently concluded T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is ahead 2-0 in this three-match T20 series.
Malik suddenly took this big decision
The PCB also said that the members of the Test team will leave for Chittagong after this match, while the members of the T20 team will return to Pakistan via Dubai on Tuesday. Pakistan and Bangladesh will play two matches under the World Test Championship. The first Test of this series will be played in Chittagong (from Friday) while the second Test will be played in Dhaka (December 4-8).
Sania Mirza and Shoaib's love story
There was a time when there were so many young people in the country who dreamed of marrying Sania Mirza. It was believed that she would marry an Indian actor or cricketer. But Sania's heart fell on Shoaib Malik, former captain of Pakistan cricket. Both gave time to each other and then got married. Sania also had an engagement with her childhood friend Shorab Mirza at that time. But Sania surprised everyone by marrying Shoaib Malik.