The successful captain of the Indian cricket team and the best wicket-keeper batsman, MS Dhoni is an inspiration for cricketers all over the world. His following is also in Pakistan. The film based on Dhoni’s journey to become a cricketer inspired a Pakistani cricketer to return to cricket. Usman Tariq, who made it to the Pakistan team for the T20 series against South Africa, said that he had left the game after playing in the local circuit but the film on Dhoni inspired him to return to cricket.

Usman Tariq has said that after watching the film made on the life of MS Dhoni, he left his career in Dubai and entered cricket. This film inspired him to work hard and fulfill his dreams again.

27-year-old Tariq has been selected in Pakistan’s T20 International team for the first time for the three-match series against South Africa. Tariq played in the Caribbean Premier League this year and was successful in taking 20 wickets. He stood second after former South African spinner Imran Tahir.

“After not being selected, I left the game and was working as a salesman in a purchasing company in Dubai. There I watched ‘MS Dhoni: The Untold Story’ and it inspired me a lot. I left the job and returned to Pakistan to play cricket again,” Tariq told Telecom Asia Sports on Tuesday.

The film M.S. made on Dhoni’s life. Dhoni: The Untold Story was released in 2016. Tariq was selected by Quetta Gladiators for the 2024 edition of the Pakistan Super League (PLS), but his contract was canceled after his bowling action was found to be illegal.

His action is considered strange. He pauses a lot while bowling, stopping completely for about two seconds, and then bowls off-break balls with his side-arm action. It looks similar to Ravichandran Ashwin, but the former Indian spinner’s break is not as long as Tariq. Ashwin’s bowling action was never reported.

Tariq said his elbow is unusual, having two corners instead of one. He argued, “I was born with a peculiar right elbow which has two corners.” After his bowling action was found correct, Tariq is ready to play in the Caribbean Premier League 2025 and play for Pakistan.

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There is a saying ‘Age is just a number’ means age is just a number. 46 -year -old Imran Tahir is proving this saying right. Tahir’s passion, hard work and passion towards the game is no less than a young player. He proved this with his brilliant bowling in the Caribbean Premier League. While playing for Gayana Amazon Warriors, Tahir took 5 wickets hall and registered his name in the pages of history.

At the age of 46, Tahir set a world record

Tahir took 5 wickets for just 21 runs in 4 overs in the match against Antiga and Barbuda Feelakans on Saturday. During this, Tahir created history. Tahir has become the oldest captain to take 5 wickets hall in the history of T20 cricket.

Tahir did this feat at the age of 46 years and 148 days. During this, Tahir broke the record of Malawi captain Mozzam Ali Bag, who took five wickets against Cameroon in September 2024 at the age of 39.

Gayana won easily with Tahir’s brilliant bowling

The match took place on Saturday between Gayana Amazan Warriors and Antiga and Barbuda Feelakans. Warriors batted first in this match. Warriors scored 211 runs in 54 balls of Shaya Hope and 65 runs in Shimron Hetmyer’s 26 balls.

Chasing the target of 212 runs, the team of Feelakans had no response to Tahir’s sharp bowling. Tahir, with his bowling, consolidated the spreading team for just 128 runs. Gayana’s team won the match by 83 runs.

Tahir’s T20 career

Tahir has played 436 T20 matches in his career. During this, he has taken 554 wickets. Apart from this, Tahir has played 200 matches since the age of 40. During this, he has taken 266 wickets.

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South Africa has trampled Australia by 95 runs. This is South Africa’s fourth win in 5 matches in WCL 2025 and has reached the top of WCL 2025 Points Table. Playing first in this match, South Africa scored a huge score of 241 runs, in response to which Australian batting came out. Ben Cutting made a big contribution in bringing a stormy innings of 59 runs in the final overs to bring the difference of Australia’s defeat below 100.

The South African team scored 241 runs while batting first. AB de Villiers and JJ Smats had shared a salute of 188 runs and broke the back of Australian bowling. AB de Villiers completed a century in just 39 balls and beat Australian batsmen fiercely. De Villiers scored 123 runs in 46 balls, besides Smuts also caused a lot of devastation and scored a rage of 85 runs.

Australia’s bad condition

When the Australia Champions team came out to chase the target, Chris Lynn was out without opening an account on the first ball of the innings. One wicket after another was falling, Shaun Marsh’s experience did not work, while Darcy Short and Ben Dunk failed to cause havoc. Alam was that 4 wickets of Australia fell for just 32 runs. In the next 35 runs, the next 4 wickets also fell, causing Australia’s score to 67/8.

The Kangaroos were under threat of defeat of more than 150 runs. In such a situation, the bat of Ben Cutting went on a lot, in which he played a stormy innings of 59 runs in 29 balls. During this, he hit 6 fours and 4 sixes. In this way Australia survived a huge defeat. This entire match hit 46 fours and 17 sixes from both sides. Now in the points table, South Africa remains first and Australia number-3.

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