He was once held up as a symbol of Pakistan's unexpectedly inclusive society - a humble Christian footsoldier and son of a railway platform sweeper, who had overcome his inauspicious origins to cement a berth in his national team's middle order.
Now, however, he sports a beard that rivals Saeed Anwar's as the most fulsome in the game, punctuates his sentences with "Bismillah" and "Insh'allah", and performs the sadja instead of the sign of the cross whenever he reaches a significant landmark. Oh, and he's become quite some batsman as well. Read on
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