Usman Khan: 'My dream is not to play for Pakistan - it's to play for UAE'
thenationalnews.comRepresenting the UAE national team is not a dream universally held by all aspiring young cricketers in the Emirates, let alone Pakistan.
The lure of a player’s country of origin often supersedes that of the one in which they reside. Not least because the opportunities afforded to players in cricket’s mainstream are so much greater than those – such as UAE – who are vying for attention from the game’s elite.
All of which makes the case of Usman Khan a curious one. The 28-year-old opener grabbed the limelight on one of cricket’s most significant stages earlier this year when he blazed the fastest century in Pakistan Super League history.
His 36-ball showpiece for Multan Sultans against Quetta Gladiators led to speculation that he might be on the brink of a call up for Pakistan.
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