The rise of Aizaz Cheema
Aizaz Cheema, the Pakistan seamer, speaks to Shahid Hashmi in the Dawn about the struggles he faced while trying to make it to international cricket and the mentors who helped him get there.
Siddhartha Talya
25-Feb-2013
Aizaz Cheema, the Pakistan seamer, speaks to Shahid Hashmi in the Dawn about the struggles he faced while trying to make it to international cricket and the mentors who helped him get there.
Born in a small village called 75-FB near Sargodha, he was brought up and educated in Lahore. He was lucky that a proper mentor was at hand at home as his mother, a teacher by profession, guided him in his studies. He studied hard and since most of his family members were in the education sector, he got little support when he picked up a bat and a ball.
Siddhartha Talya is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo