Shadab On Facing India, Player Who Saved His Career & Pakistani Pressure!

and then obviously you mentioned 2017 now you're on top of the world 2017 you become an international cricketer and a champion and then you've had like PSL you've had this breakthrough in this period now how old are you 2017? 18 years of age.

Like that's a lot for, obviously, prior to that you moved cities, you weren't even meant to be a cricketer, you decided to be a cricketer.

Now you're having all of this at one time in Pakistan, where, as we've discussed before, we discussed with Hasan Ali as well, like the media wants you to take you to the stars.

At that point, how do you try and stay

level? I think it's my family.

Because we came from the village and our routine stuff and everything was so simple.

We were so simple people.

When I go back that time as well, 2017, my mom says, if you come in late after nine, door won't open.

So you have to stay outside.

So I knew like, OK, I can't do the different stuff.

So I was maybe that's helped me a lot initially because that time is very difficult time now.

I can see it if I see now because I get everything.

We won PSL, champion trophy and, you know, you beating India in a champion trophy final.

And I didn't know about it because everything's so easy to me.

So when I landed in Pakistan, then I knew it.

Oh, OK, we've done something different.

Because when we landed in Islamabad, the whole airport was full.

All the ministers came to pick us.

And then after that, maybe for 10 or 15 days, it's just events.

Wherever we go, it's events happening.

Then I went back to village because I do Eid there.

So it's 50 to 70 kilometers.

After one or two kilometers, it's a rally going on.

So I have to stop there.

And like I was like a big boss