Meet Shoaib Akhtar's gorgeous wife, 18 years younger, her name is..., first met during...
Shoaib Akhtar has been without any doubts one of the most successful bowlers ever to play the game of cricket. Although he was known all over the world as an incredibly fast runner, he had an exclusive mix of self-esteem and talent.
Shoaib Akhtar was in a league of his own during the peak of his career in world cricket. He has bowled the fastest at 161.3 km/h (100.23 mph) in the match between Pakistan and England in the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup. Akhtar, called the Rawalpindi Express, is the fastest bowler in the history of the game.
Rubab Khan is the wife of Shoaib Akhtar; she was born in a conservative Muslim family of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. She ended her studies in Abbottabad, and this is how she got married to the cricket icon.
In 2013, Shoaib Akhtar attended Hajj where he met the father of Rubab, Mushtaq. The search of a perfect life partner by Shoaib led to the initiation of their union. Both the families agreed and on June 23, 2014, the two married in a modest ceremony in Mohalla Ramzani, Pakistan.
The age gap, as Rubab Khan was 21 years old, and Shoaib Akhtar was 38 years old, did not stop the couple as they chose to have a private wedding that received enormous media and public attention. The wedding was an intimate, intimate ceremony, with only a few close people.
These days Rubab Khan is concentrated on house management, dedicating all of her time to the family. She has always been there to cheer him up as well as to face the good and bad moments of his life together. On November 7, 2016, Rubab Khan became a mother to a son named Muhammad Mikaeel Ali, which made their bond with Shoaib even stronger. Star pacer Shoaib Akhtar became a father at the age of 41.
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