by Deivarayan Muthu

Saad Bin Zafar was born in Gujranwala in Pakistan’s Punjab and dreamt of becoming the next Wasim Akram. He even modelled his action on the left-arm swing king, but cricket took a back seat once he emigrated to Canada along with his family for his studies. A back injury then ended his fast-bowling dream altogether.

Saad, though, refashioned himself into a left-arm spinner, and was good enough to be nicknamed “Vettori” in Canada’s club circuit. That’s when he realised that he was good enough to play professional cricket as a left-arm spinner.

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