Times of Islamabad

Pakistan Army Chief gives a big surprise to National Cricket Team in South Africa

Pakistan Army Chief gives a big surprise to National Cricket Team in South Africa

ISLAMABAD – Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, while on aprivate tour of South Africa, paid a surprise visit to Newlands wherePakistan played the fifth and final one-day international against the hosts.

The army chief surprised the national cricketers when he visited the team’sdressing room.

The players were even more pleasantly taken aback when they found out thegeneral knew quite a lot about cricket and past cricketers.

When he met the team’s assistant manager and former cricketer Mansoor Rana,General Bajwa mentioned Mansoor’s late father and famous umpire ShakoorRana.

The army chief told him that he also knew about his uncle Sultan Rana whowas a good cricketer and an exceptionally good fielder.