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Pak kid who impressed Akram gets trained by the legend himself

The former cricketer was all praise for the talented Hasan

akram-file (File) Wasim Akram

In February this year, a video of a young Pakistani boy bowling his heart out at a single stump with impressive accuracy, in the backyard of his house, went viral. After seeing the video, legendary Pakistan pacer Wasim Akram showered praises on the kid on Twitter and called him a 'serious talent'.

It seems the child, six-and-half-year-old Hasan Akhtar, is in safe hands now. And it is none other than that of Akram himself. One of the finest exponents of pace bowling, Akram tweeted a couple of pics today, where he is seen giving tips to the young lad from Chichawatni in Pakistan.

The former cricketer was all praise for the talented Hasan, who, in Akram's words, “already knows how to grip the ball for out swing and in swing”.

It would have been a dream come true for Hasan who had expressed the desire to be trained by Akram, his icon.

Left-arm pacer Akram was the first bowler to reach the 500-wicket mark in ODI cricket during the 2003 World Cup.

The 51-year-old has taken 23 four-wicket hauls in ODI in 356 matches he played. He claimed 414 Test wickets at an average of 23.62 and a further 502 ODI scalps.