{"id":448111,"date":"2024-05-02T08:34:57","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T08:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/05\/02\/watch-former-pakistan-pacer-umar-gul-breaks-down-revealing-retirement-reason-he-didnt-even-tell-his-wife-about-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T08:34:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T08:34:57","slug":"watch-former-pakistan-pacer-umar-gul-breaks-down-revealing-retirement-reason-he-didnt-even-tell-his-wife-about-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/05\/02\/watch-former-pakistan-pacer-umar-gul-breaks-down-revealing-retirement-reason-he-didnt-even-tell-his-wife-about-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Former Pakistan pacer Umar Gul breaks down revealing retirement reason he didn&#8217;t even tell his wife about | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-109780190,imgsize-26226.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Pakistan<!-- -->&#8216;s former fast bowler <!-- -->Umar Gul<!-- --> broke down while appearing on a TV show when the anchor asked him if there was any such instance in his life that tore him apart.<br \/>&#8220;Yes, it has happened,&#8221; said the 41-year-old who played 47 Tests, 130 ODIs and 60 T20Is for Pakistan. <br \/>He retired from all forms of <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cricket<\/a> in October 2020. However, he said that besides being overlooked by the national selectors, there was another reason behind his decision to retire, which he never told even his wife about.<br \/><span class=\"strong\">WATCH VIDEO<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;First reason was that I did not get any contract and the second, (which) honestly I haven&#8217;t even told my wife about, was one of my friends,&#8221; said Gul as his eyes started welling up and voice choked. <br \/>&#8220;We became friends in 2004. (Then) Covid first year (wave), two days before Eid, he was coming from Karachi and had an accident&#8230;When he was longer there, I felt I should take retirement,&#8221; said Gul, breaking into tears.<br \/>Gul was a member of the Pakistan team that won the 2009 T20 World Cup. <br \/>Gul, along with former Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal, serves as the bowling coach of the Pakistan men&#8217;s team.<\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };<\/p>\n<p>    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };<\/p>\n<p>    function loadSurvicateJs(allowedSurvicateSections = []){\n      const section =  window.location.pathname.split('\/')[1]\n      const isHomePageAllowed = window.location.pathname === '\/' && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('homepage')<\/p>\n<p>      if(allowedSurvicateSections.includes(section) || isHomePageAllowed){\n        (function(w) {\n          var s = document.createElement('script');\n          s.src=\"https:\/\/survey.survicate.com\/workspaces\/0be6ae9845d14a7c8ff08a7a00bd9b21\/web_surveys.js\";\n          s.async = true;\n          var e = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];\n          e.parentNode.insertBefore(s, e);\n        })(window);\n      }<\/p>\n<p>    }<\/p>\n<p>    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    var TimesApps = window.TimesApps;\n    TimesApps.toiPlusEvents = function(config) {\n      var isConfigAvailable = \"toiplus_site_settings\" in f && \"isFBCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings && \"isGoogleCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings;\n      var isPrimeUser = window.isPrime;\n      if (isConfigAvailable && !isPrimeUser) {\n        loadGtagEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n        loadFBEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isFBCampaignActive);\n        loadSurvicateJs(f.toiplus_site_settings.allowedSurvicateSections);\n      } else {\n        var JarvisUrl=\"https:\/\/vsp1jarvispvt.indiatimes.com\/v1\/feeds\/toi_plus\/site_settings\/643526e21443833f0c454615?db_env=published\";\n        window.getFromClient(JarvisUrl, function(config){\n          if (config) {\n            loadGtagEvents(config?.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n            loadFBEvents(config?.isFBCampaignActive);\n            loadSurvicateJs(config?.allowedSurvicateSections);\n          }\n        })\n      }\n    };\n  })(\n    window,\n    document,\n    'script',\n  );<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/watch-former-pakistan-pacer-umar-gul-breaks-down-revealing-retirement-reason-he-didnt-even-tell-his-wife-about\/articleshow\/109779840.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Pakistan&#8216;s former fast bowler Umar Gul broke down while appearing on a TV show when the anchor asked him if there was any such instance in his life that tore him apart.&#8220;Yes, it has happened,&#8221; said the 41-year-old who played 47 Tests, 130 ODIs and 60 T20Is for Pakistan. 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