Shoaib Malik 'perfectly all right' as sports car crashes into truck after PSL draft

 

LAHORE: Shoaib Malik is "perfectly all right" after his car on Sunday crashed into a truck parked outside the city's National High-Performance Centre (NHPC) when the former cricket captain departed the Pakistan Super League (PSL) draft. 

"I am perfectly all right everybody. It was just a happenstance accident and Almighty has been extremely Benevolent. Thank you to each one of you who've reached out. I am deeply grateful for all the love and care..." Shoaib Malik wrote on Twitter a couple of hours after the crash that had fans worrying for the cricket star.

- "I am perfectly all right everybody. It was just a happenstance accident and Almighty has been extremely Benevolent. Thank you to each one of you who've reached out. I am deeply grateful for all the love and care..." ~ Shoaib Malik

— Shoaib Malik 🇵🇰 (@realshoaibmalik) January 10, 2021

Eye-witnesses confirmed that the cricketer was driving at high speed. He was in good spirits after the accident, they said. 

A local media outlet quoted an eyewitness as saying the former cricket captain "requested me to not make" a video while he was sitting in the car after the crash.