After retiring from international cricket, cricketers take up other professions to take care of their expenses. Some cricketers become commentators, some get into administration, some take up coaching and others start their own business ventures like restaurant etc.
However, former Pakistani cricketer, Arshad Khan, has proven that playing international cricket doesn’t guarantee a smooth life post-retirement. While there are many cricketers who opened restaurants, joined politics, became musicians, Arshad Khan, who played as a spinner for Pakistan, is driving a cab for a living in Australia.
Arshad Khan played 9 Tests and 58 One-Day Internationals (ODIs)in between 1997 to 2006. More importantly, the man who dismissed Sachin Tendulkar, after the Master Blaster scored a century in Peshawar.
A guy names Ganesh Birle , who lives in Sydney, shared the below mentioned story of Arshad Khan.
“He was the driver of our cab and we started chatting, he told me that he is from Pakistan and lives in Sydney. Also that he has been to Hyderabad many times when he was playing for Lahore Badshahs something in ICL. After which I asked him his full name and then I was shocked to see his face which I could partially recognise. I shook his hand and left.He was avoiding the conversation all the time, but at the same time he couldn’t help but talk about his India connection. Imagine he introduced himself as ‘I am from Pakistan 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.”
