“I literally asked the air hostess - how much money?” - Wasim Akram recalls funny incident from his first-ever flight journey

Wasim Akram made recent headlines by launching his autobiography. He came up with many unknown incidents in that book. However, his country, Pakistan did well in the recently concluded 20-20 World Cup 2022. They lost against England in the final of the competition. During that event, Wasim Akram was seen analyzing all the World Cup games of his country in a show named “The Pavillion”.

Now, he came up with a funny incident when his teammates pulled his legs during his maiden flight journey. The former Pakistani skipper said that he was told he would have to pay for food. Then, he also came up with a strange question for the air hostess.

“I literally asked the air hostess - how much money?” - Wasim Akram

While speaking on ‘The Grade Cricketer’ YouTube channel, Akram said: “After Lahore, the next phase of our cricket camp was in Karachi. My dad bought me a plane ticket. On that plane, Ramiz Raja and a couple of other first-class cricketers were there. They taught me how to wear a belt. They also said that when the food comes you have to pay. I literally asked the air hostess - how much money? She said - no it’s free.”

He also added his journey into cricket in that show. “I joined a club in Lahore after one of my neighbors, former first-class cricketer Khalid Mahmood, saw me playing. I told him I won’t be able to afford 100 rupees per month to join the club. He said, don’t worry they won’t charge you. Then, during a camp at the Gaddafi stadium, I bowled to Javed Miandad, who was coming out of injury. Javed bhai got very impressed.” Wasim Akram said.

Recently, he also shared an incident while partying with Imran Khan in London. “For me, it (partying) was fun. I was young and Imran said, ‘let’s go to a nightclub’. He called me in my room. I said, ‘yes skipper, I am ready’. We went to a nightclub in King’s Cross (London). He walked in and people recognized (him).” Wasim Akram concluded.