Shoaib Akhtar may not have set alight the cricket series yet but the Pakistani
speedster has already won an admirer in tennis ace Sania Mirza.
Sania, in the city to watch the second Indo-Pak one day cricket match at Mohali
tomorrow, said she liked Shoaib Malik and Shahid Afridi as well
but the 'Rawalpindi express' stood apart because of his aggression.
"Shoaib Malik is good and I also liked Afridi for a while.
But personally, I like Shoaib's (Akhtar) aggression. He is a great cricketer,"
Sania told reporters at the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA) stadium
here today.
The Hyderabadi said it would be her first India-Pakistan ODI
tomorrow.
"The last one I watched was between India and New
Zealand at Hyderabad," said Sania, whose father and some friends are
accompanying her.
Sania, who spent the last weekend in Goa trying to relax during
the off season, said she would re-start training at the end of this month.
"I am trying to relax during the off-season," she said, adding coming
back from injury takes a lot of physical and mental effort.
Sania cut short her assignments after pulling a stomach muscle
in Japan last month but is expected to be ready to play in the Hopman Cup in
Perth from December 30.
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