These days, the 2025 International League T20 is underway. During this tournament, former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar was given tea by India’s famous social media star Dolly Chaiwala. The tea was handed to Akhtar on the grounds, and he highly praised Dolly’s tea, with a video of the encounter becoming increasingly viral on social media.
Shoaib Akhtar shared the video with Dolly Chaiwala on his social media account. At the start of the video, Akhtar says, “Our very good, very dear friends have come from Nagpur, and they are very famous – Dolly.” Akhtar then asks Dolly Chaiwala if she has seen his matches. Dolly responds by saying, “Yes sir, I have seen a lot of your matches. You are a fast bowler. It seems that you are not bowling, but killing someone by throwing a ball.” Akhtar further praises the tea, saying, “The tea was very good.”
Ran Into Dolly Chaiwala at the stadium. What a lovely character with an inspiring story pic.twitter.com/w7lj1usefc
– Shoaib Akhtar (@Shoaib100mph) January 31, 2025
It is worth noting that Dolly Chaiwala has also appeared in Bigg Boss and has given tea to notable individuals like Bill Gates, which brought him significant recognition. Now, he has given his tea to Shoaib Akhtar.
In terms of his international career, Shoaib Akhtar played cricket in all three formats for Pakistan. He played 46 Tests, 163 ODIs, and 15 T20 Internationals. In Tests, Akhtar took 178 wickets in 82 innings. In ODIs, he bowled in 162 innings and took 247 wickets. Additionally, he took 19 wickets in 15 T20 innings.