Malik celebrates 36th birthday

Monitoring Desk

LAHORE: Pakistan ace all-rounder Shoaib Malik celebrated his 36th birthday on Thursday. Malik was born on February 1, 1982 and started his international career for Pakistan in 1999.

He also served as captain of national team. The right-hander has scored 6975 runs in 261 one-day internationals (ODIs), 1898 runs including a double hundred in 35 Tests, and 1821 runs in 92 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).

Shoaib Malik has played five T20I World Cups, and is also the highest T20I run-scorer for Pakistan in the shortest format. He retired from Test cricket in 2015. The 36-year-old tied nuptial knot with Indian tennis star Sania Mirza in 2010. His wife tweeted on the special day and wished him love, laughter and happiness.