Wasim Akram Breaks Down On National Television While Recalling Final Moments Of Late Wife- WATCH

Publish date: 2024-05-06
Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram was left in tears while speaking about first wife Huma.

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Former Pakistan pacer Wasim Akram was left in tears while recalling his first wife Huma's final moments, on a Pakistani television show. The couple were on an air ambulance, travelling from Lahore to Singapore when the flight had to halt at Chennai for refueling. Huma fell unconscious on the flight and was shifted to a hospital in the city.

Wasim and Huma didn't have Indian visas but the Indian government helped them get into the hospital.

The former Pakistan cricketer said that his former wife was shifted to the ICU but unfortunately, never regained consciousness. Huma later passed away because of heart and kidney-related complications.

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"She was admitted in the ICU but... 5 days we were there and she never regained consciousness," Akram said on ASports.

Akram then went on to describe how he broke the news to his children, Tahmoor and Akbar, who were seven and 10 years old at the time.

"My kids were 7 and 10, and I was a typical Pakistani dude. I knew they were my boys and I have to love them but didn't know much about them," Wasim confessed.

Huma passed away on October 25, 2009, at the Apollo Hospital in Chennai at 42 years of age. In the mid-1990s, during Wasim's second stint as captain of the Pakistan team, she worked with the squad for some time as a psychological counsellor, assisting cricketers such as Saqlain Mushtaq.

Wasim credited Huma for helping him, following the players' revolt against his captaincy in 1993-94. The couple had got married back in 1995. He later married Australian Shaniera Thompson and welcomed daughter Aiyla a year later.

Wasim played 104 Tests and 356 ODIs during his 17-year career, before hanging up his boots in 2002 with 414 and 502 wickets in the respective formats.

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