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The Afghan Stalwart- Mohammad Nabi

The evergreen Mohammad Nabi is still there playing and fighting for his team. He is the captain of a team that likes to go off its course if not handled by a steady and calm hand. Nabi might be 37 years old, yet he has only improved as a cricketer over the years and is a calming influence that the team has been required for a long time. When Imran Khan would win the cricket world cup of 1992 and inspire his country, little did he know that he was also inspiring another group of people who belonged from another country that was in crises. Nabi would be one of those cricketers that would get interested in cricket from the 1992 world cup win. He would start playing the game in a refugee camp of Peshawar where he lived. Nabi belongs from the earlier class of Afghani Cricketers who were handed over the baton from Allah Dad Noori and Taj Malik. Both Allah Dad Noori and Taj Malik would establish the grass roots of Afghanistan Cricket by creating an association, getting it accepted by the Tali...