Shoaib Malik Bio | Wiki
Shoaib Malik is a noted Pakistani Cricket Player who plays for the Pakistan national cricket team. He is playing for Karachi Kings in the Pakistan Super League. From 2007 to 2009, he worked as the captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. He had his debut in 1999 against the West Indies and his Test debut in 2001 against Bangladesh.
Moreover, he announced his retirement from Test cricket to focus on the 2019 Cricket World Cup. He was a member of the Pakistan team that won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20. Malik received a one-year ban from international cricket from the Pakistan Cricket Board in March 2010 that was overturned two months later. In addition, he is a brand ambassador for Toni & Guy and owns a perfume named “All Rounder”.
Age Of Shoaib Malik
He was born in Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan on February 1, 1982. Malik is 42 years old and celebrates his birthday every year on February 1.
Shoaib Malik Height
He is a man of above-average stature. Malik stands at a height of 5 ft 10 in ( approx. 1.78m ).
Shoaib Malik Family
He was born into a middle-class Punjabi Muslim family in Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan. Malik holds Pakistani nationality. His parents are r Malik Faqueer Hussain, a modest shopkeeper who sold local footwear, and Sultana Malik. His father supported his son’s passion for cricket but died of throat cancer in 2006. He has a brother Adeel Malik also a Cricket Player and his nephew Mohammad Huraira.
Shoaib Malik First Wife | Ayesha Siddiqui
He has been married twice and divorced once. He was first married to Ayesha Siddiqui from 2002 to 2010. The two lived together and shared their cross-border love. The two share a son Izhaan Mirza Malik who they are now co-parenting together.
Shoaib Malik And Sania Mirza | Spouse
He married Indian tennis player Sania Mirza in a traditional Hyderabadi Muslim wedding ceremony at the Taj Krishna Hotel in Hyderabad on April 12, 2010. The two also had their Walima ceremony at Shoaib’s native Sialkot, Pakistan. Sania and Malik’s wedding received media and online attention across the world. They then announced their first pregnancy via social media on April 23, 2018. On October 30, 2018, they welcomed their firstborn a boy.
Shoaib Malik Education
He is an educated man who has yet to share his educational qualifications with the public. However, he used to get in trouble with his family for playing cricket, as they wanted him to focus on his education.
Shoaib Malik Cricket
He began playing cricket in 1994 as he attended one of Imran Khan’s traveling coaching clinics in Sialkot when he was 12. He was a batsman and developed his bowling later. In 1999, he his One-Day International debut against the West Indies and his Test debut in 2001 against Bangladesh. He declared his retirement on November 3, 2015, from Test cricket to focus on the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
He is the first male cricketer to play 100 T20Is. Moreover, he announced his retirement from One Day International cricket on July 5, 2019, after Pakistan won their last group stage game against Bangladesh at Lord’s at the 2019 Cricket World Cup. He was also a member of the Pakistan team that won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20. He has also taken over 150 ODI wickets and has a batting average in the mid-30s in both Test and ODI cricket.
Furthermore, he made 126 runs against India in the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy. During the 2018 Pakistan Cup in April, he was named as the captain of Punjab’s squad. He was the first Asian batsman to score 2,000 runs in T20Is, and third overall and first player to play 100 T20Is in the world. Malik became the first Pakistani batsman to score 10,000 runs in Twenty20 cricket in the 2020–21 National T20 Cup in October. In addition, he played for the Rangpur Riders in the 2022–23 Bangladesh Premier League and became the third cricketer after Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo from the West Indies.
Shoaib Malik Stats
In his professional Cricket career, he made the following stats:
- Competition Test ODI T20I FC
- Matches 35 287 124 126.
- Runs scored 1,898 7,534 2,435 6,559.
- Batting average 35.14 34.50 31.21 37.26.
- Top score 245 143 75 245.
- Balls bowled 2,712 7,928 570 15,149.
- Wickets 32 158 28 260.
- Bowling average 47.46 39.20 24.10 28.61.
Shoaib Malik Retirement | Retired
Malik stated his retirement from One Day International cricket on July 5, 2019, after Pakistan won their last group stage game against Bangladesh at Lord’s at the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
Shoaib Malik Net Worth
He has attained decent fortune from his professional cricket playing career since he was young. His net worth is $40 Million.
How Old Is Shoaib Malik
He is 42 years old born in Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan on February 1, 1982.
How Tall Is Shoaib Malik
He is a man of above-average stature standing at 5 ft 7 in.
Is Shoaib Malik Married
Yes. He has been married to Indian tennis player Sania Mirza in a traditional Hyderabadi Muslim wedding ceremony at the Taj Krishna Hotel in Hyderabad on April 12, 2010. On October 30, 2018, they welcomed their firstborn a boy. Malik was previously married to Ayesha Siddiqui from 2002 to 2010.