Former Pakistan off-spinner spotted driving taxi in Sydney

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SYDNEY: Former Pakistan off-spinner Arshad Khan was spotted driving Uber Taxi in Sydney.

On Monday, a social media user, Ganesh Birle, shared the information on Facebook that the former Pakistan cricketer was seen driving Uber Taxi in Sydney.

In a sad story shared on Facebook by Birle, he wrote, “He was the driver of our cab and we started chatting.”

During the conversation, Arshad said, “I have been to Hyderabad many times when I was playing for Lahore Badshahs something in Indian Cricket League (ICL).”

“I asked him his full name and then I was shocked to see his face which I could partially recognize,” Birle said.

“He was avoiding the conversation all the time, but at the same time he couldn’t help but talk about his India connection.”

The off-spinner, made his debut against West Indies in 1997-98, he played nine Tests and 58 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) in between 1997 to 2006.

Arshad last ODI and Test matches came against India in Rawalpindi and Bangalore. He picked up 32 Test wickets and 56 in ODIs.

Met Arshad khan, the Pakistani cricketer in a Sydney uber taxi and he was the taxi driver… #sad

Posted by Ganesh Birle on Monday, August 31, 2015