Pakistan’s cricket presenter Zainab Abbas has many jewels to her crown butrecently the news of her debut with British sports channel Sky Sports thissummer has left the netizens proud.
As the first Pakistani female presenter to achieve this accolade in a fieldhelmed by men for decades, the 33-year-old is thrilled to embark on a newjourney of her life.
Turning to her social media handle, Abbas made the announcement expressingher utmost happiness and content with her recent accomplishment.
“Thrilled to share that I will be making my debut for @SkyCricket@SkySports this summer while working on the England vs Pakistan seriesfollowed by presenting at the all-new exciting tournament @thehundred -looking forward to working with a great team.”
Appearing on Geo Pakistan, Abbas shared that she was approached by SkySports for one of their league’s called ‘The hundred’, in which the Britishchannel wanted to include some global faces.
“I was honoured to receive this opportunity. Apart from achieving apersonal milestone, I see this as a chance to make my country proud oninternational grounds,” Abbas remarked.
Earlier, she revealed the challenges she had to face while marking herpresence as a female sports presenter in Pakistan in a recent TED Talk.
The sportscaster shared that it wasn’t easy to make a place for herself,but passion and interest are what keeps her motivated and makes thingseasy.