On Monday, veteran cricketer and current head coach of the Pakistan team Saqlain Mushtaq’s daughter and all-rounder Shadab Khan made their Nikah announcement.
The 24-year-old cricket player updated supporters on a significant change in his life via Twitter and included a note with the post.
“Thank God, I performed my Nikkah today. It’s a significant day for me and the beginning of a new chapter. Please respect my choices and those my my wife’s 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 special note.