Pakistan pace great Wasim Akram has revealed he developed a cocaine addiction after his retirement from the game but quit following the death of his first wife in 2009. The 1992 World Cup winner, who took more than 900 international wickets before retiring in 2003, began using cocaine while working as a TV expert around the world. In an interview with the Times, the 56-year-old revealed he has mentioned about the addiction in his new autobiography. “The culture of fame in South Asia is all-consuming, seductive and corrupting. You can go to 10 parties a night, and some do. And it took its toll on me,” Akram said. “It made me volatile. It made me deceptive. Huma (wife) was often lonely in this time... she would talk of her desire to move to Karachi, to be nearer her parents.”
Former Pakistan captain and fast bowling legend Wasim Akram admitted to his struggles with cocaine addiction after the end of his playing career in his upcoming autobiography – Sultan: A Memoir.
This story is from the October 30, 2022 edition of The Times of India Hyderabad.
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