London: Usain Bolt, the fastest man on the Earth, is a huge fan of none other than Burewala Express , Pakistan former fast bowler Waqar Younis. Pakistan’s legendary pacer Waqar Younis was his childhood hero.
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt successfully retained his title of fastest man on earth by winning the 100m race in London Olympics 2012 on Sunday. The Jamaican also broke his Beijing Olympic record of the 100m race.
“The person I looked up to was Waqar Younis because he had a great in-swinging yorker. He was wonderful. Pakistan was my team when I was six when I started watching cricket. I enjoyed watching them play,” he had said in an interview in the past.
Olympic 100m champion Usain Bolt also had said that if he would not be an athlete than he would be a fast bowler like Waqar Younis. He further said that he used to be quite handy with the bat and ball before getting into athletics.
Usain is also fan of Indian master blaster, Sachin Tendulkar and West Indies player Chris Gayle.
On Oct 19, 2009, the world’s fastest man Usain Bolt proved that he is a world beater on the cricket pitch when he smashed Chris Gayle for six before clean bowling the West Indies captain in a charity match in Jamaica.
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