KARACHI: Sri Lanka Women’s National Cricket Team Head Coach Hashan Tillakaratne’s wish to meet legendary Pakistani batsman Javed Miandad was fulfilled when he met the latter at his residence here.
Hashan, in a press conference scheduled earlier this month ahead of his team’s T20I series against the local Pakistan team, expressed his desire to meet with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Hall of Famer. ), Javed.
PCB officials fulfilled Hashan’s wish when the cricket board arranged a meeting between the two former cricketers at Javed’s residence here.
A wish fulfilled! ✨
Former 🇱🇰 Test captain and current head coach of the country’s women’s team, Hashan Tillakaratne meets the legendary Javed Miandad, having played against him in the 1990s 🤩🤝 pic.twitter.com/daAEkYZkc1
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) May 30, 2022
The assistant coach and head coach of the Sri Lankan women’s team also accompanied Hashan at the meeting, while Pakistani Test cricketer and Javed’s nephew, Faisal Iqbal, was also present at the meeting.
It is timely to mention here that Hashan called Javed his favorite cricketer and idol in a press conference scheduled before his team’s T20I series against the Greenshirts.
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