Shoaib Malik perfectly alright: Pakistan player survives car crash

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.

"It was just a happenstance accident and Almighty has been extremely Benevolent,"Shoaib Malik wrote on Twitter a couple of hours after the crash that had fans worrying for the cricket star.

"Thank you to each one of you who've reached out. I am deeply grateful for all the love and care," he added.

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While the veteran all-rounder cricketer was reportedly safe, his sports car sustained damages to the front side when it hit the truck near a restaurant close to the NHPC.

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.

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