Although the Pakistani cricketers haven’t been to India in a long time but there were times when our neighbors from across the borders were allowed to mingle with the Indian cricketers and Bollywood celebs.

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Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar used to be a part of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) squad. Shoaib has had a friendly relationship with KKR’s owner Shah Rukh Khan and Bollywood star Salman Khan.

While SRK and Akhtar were spotted together on numerous occasions, there’s a rumour about the Pakistani speedster running in the streets of Bandra with Salman Khan shirtless.

In a conversation with Sportskeeda, Akhtar finally revealed the truth.

"We were at this place, myself, Katrina Kaif and Salman... Salman had asked me to eat with him before leaving. So, Salman being Salman, he can't see one thing - if your hands are empty, he'll give you a watch, if your shirt is dirty because of the party, he'll give you a new one. He just gave me one shirt that day, we had a similar size, and we were at his house only. Then we ate and everything and returned to Lahore. Here, in the morning I see the news that 'Salman Khan and Shoaib Akhtar ran shirtless in Bandra.'"

The Pakistani bowler revealed that the rumour spread like wildfire and even SRK asked him if this was true.

"Even Shah Rukh Khan called me and asked if we did it. I told him no and that I was at Salman's house, he gave me his shirt because mine was dirty, we ate and I came back but it was all widespread in Pakistan. So, this was fake news. No such incident happened where we raced shirtless or anything."

Akhtar is still one of the best-known Pakistani cricketers in the country. Known as the Rawalpindi Express during his active days, Akhtar still wishes to visit India someday for cricketing activities like before.