The Ex-Pakistan pacer turned 48 on Sunday, August 13.
Shoaib was born in Rawalpindi in 1975 and is popularly known as 'Rawalpindi Express'.
He bowled the fastest delivery in international cricket and he was also also a magnet to controversies. Get to know some of them here.
In his autobiography, Akhtar mentioned that Tendulkar was 'scared' to face his 'scorching pace'. Tendulkar fans got angry on him for such a statement.
Akhtar tampered with cricket ball twice and was justifiably suspended by ICC on both the occasions.
Akhtar was considered a 'chucker' of the ball by many critics. 'Chucking' means not delivering the ball by rotating the arm, as per ruled of the game.
Akhtar had disciplinary issues. Once, he had allegedly hit teammate Asif with the bat.
PCB had imposed a five-year ban on him for disciplinary issues which was later revoked.
Akhtar was allegedly consuming banned anabolic steroid nandrolone. They were removed from Pakistan squad in 2006 ahead of opening match of Champions Trophy.