Pakistan all-rounder Shadab Khan Monday announced his Nikah with the daughter of Saqlain Mushtaq, the team’s incumbent head coach and veteran cricketer.
Taking the microblogging website, the 24-year-old cricketer shared a tweet updating fans about the major development in his life accompanied by a note.
“Alhamdulilah, today was my Nikkah. It is a big day in my life and start of a new chapter. Please respect my choices and those [of my] wife, and our families. Prayers and love for all,” he tweeted.
Meanwhile, Khan’s note read that he was becoming a part of his “mentor Saqi bhai’s family”.
The young pacer shared about his choice to always keep his family life separate from work highlighting that his family also opted to stay out of public life.
“My wife has asked for the same, she wants her life to remain private. | would kindly request everyone to respect her choice and our family’s choice,” the note further read.
The cricketer jokingly wrote about welcoming salaamis. “| will send an account number,” he wrote in his note.
Shadab’s tweet has garnered 138.5k views, more than 8,000 likes, over 500 quote tweets, and 700 retweets within a span of an hour.
