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Abbas Afridi Umar Gul relation: How are Abbas Afridi and Umar Gul related to each other?

Gurpreet Singh
|PublishedMar 01, 2023

Abbas Afridi Umar Gul relation: How are Abbas Afridi and Umar Gul related to each other?

Abbas Afridi and Umar Gul are presently part of the PSL, although in different roles.

Emerging Pakistan pacer Abbas Afridi has come up with some fine performances so far in the ongoing Pakistan Super League 2022 for the previous season runners-up Multan Sultans, and is presently placed at the third spot in the leading wicket-takers list, with 10 wickets across five innings.

Hailing from Peshawar, the 21-year-old is in fact the nephew of former Pakistan national team pacer Umar Gul, who has played an important part in teaching him the nuances of fast bowling since his teenage years.

He was in fact the leading wicket-taker for Pakistan during the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2019/20, scalping nine wickets across 5 innings at an average of 20.22.

Abbas Afridi Umar Gul relation

Just the following year, ahead of the sixth season of PSL, he was roped in by the Karachi Kings in their squad. He went on to make a successful PSL debut against the Peshawar Zalmi, returning with bowling figures of 4-0-27-2.

Gul had even wished his nephew the best of luck, and hoped he would improve as a cricketer under the guidance of Karachi Kings’ bowling coach Wasim Akram.

While Afridi has been part of the Multan Sultans since the previous season, Gul is presently the bowling coach of Quetta Gladiators.

Umar Gul enters in an argument with Rashid Latif over allegations of favoritism and nepotism

Ahead of the second season of the Kashmir Premier League (KPL) last year, Umar Gul had accused former Pakistan cricketer Rashid Latif with allegations of nepotism in the tournament.

“Its totally fine to give chance to deserving players but making it a Family Premier league instead of Kashmir Premier league is actually interesting,” tweeted Umar Gul while tagging Latif, the director of KPL.

Latif then gave it back to Gul by stating that it was he who had recommended his nephew’s name to the Karachi Kings’ squad ahead of PSL 6, and even went on to pick him a year later to represent the Multan Sultans.

Gul then, perhaps became a bit defensive and remarked that he had nothing against him, but had only tagged him as he is the league director.

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Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.