Shoaib Akhtar talks about performance enhancing drugs.

ISLAMABAD -- Former Test cricketer Shoaib Akhtar on Monday shared his take on drug usage and said that he always said no to drugs so that he could perform better during matches. Addressing the AntiNarcotics Forces' (ANF) annual drug burning ceremony, Akhtar revealed that some people suggested him to use drugs to bowl better but he never went down that road. 'When I started playing cricket, I was told you can't bowl fast and to achieve a good speed of 100 kmph, I will have to use drugs. But I

have always refused to do so,' he said. Akhtar, who had been nicknamed Rawalpindi Express for his speedy bowling, said that a...

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