From a makeup artist to ICC presenter: Zainab Abbas narrates her cricket journey

Pakistani commentator and sports analyst Zainab Abbas quickly won a place in Pakistan's cricket scene, which is now dominated by men and now rises internationally. Waves.

The 31-year-old cricket enthusiast became the anchor, and the sports analyst became one of the prominent faces of the popular cricket sport worldwide after being selected as one of the hosts of the International Criminal Court by the International Cricket Council (ICC). . The 2019 World Cup.

According to the BBC report, Abbas made a hint for the sport, seeing her father Nasser Abbas join the international team for the same Pakistani captain Ramiz Raja. The school's cricket match even played against Indonesia's Sunil Garvascar. same.

"I remember my father and my brother, not talking about firewood, the weather will only discuss cricket," she said.

On the other hand, her mother, Andleeb Abbas, is a recognized figure in Pakistan's political world and is the senior leader of the country's ruling party, Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

In the interview, she also revealed that she has been playing the sport since she went to school: "I am not a cricket player, but I like to watch cricket. I watched all the games of the 1999 World Cup, even in my exams. Between dates."

She revealed that her father had always supported her in acquiring knowledge in the sport, but went on to say that not many people knew that her mother was also a huge cricket enthusiast and knew more about the sport than she did.

She revealed that she was a cricket host when she first interviewed, just to have fun on the local news channel in 2015, when she was a makeup artist and her own studio.

In addition, she also used the Pakistan Super League (PSL) as one of the key stages in her career to help her build confidence.

She continued to announce that although she received many invitations to host political talk shows, she refused and did not want to follow this path in the future.