Inspiring story of Matiullah Khan: From truck driver to UAE national cricket team

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Matiullah Khan dreamt of being a cricketer since his childhood and made use of every opportunity that came his way as a youngster. But things didn’t go according to the plan in Matiullah’s later life. Chasing his cricketing dream became increasingly difficult, given the financial difficulties his family faced back home in Bannu, a city near Pakistan’s border of Afghanistan.  Read the full story here: https://gulfnews.com/sport/cricket/from-driving-heavy-trucks-to-uae-national-cricket-team-matiullah-khans-inspiring-journey-1.96515362  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  #UAEnews #cricket #pakistan

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00:00Hi, I'm Mateeullah Khan. I'm a national team player.

00:02I came to Dubai in 2011 for a job.

00:05And in 2012, I joined Bilal General Transport.

00:09I was working as a driver in Bilal General Transport.

00:12It was a very tough and hard duty for me.

00:15It was very tough.

00:16And my dream was to play international cricket.

00:19Because I love cricket very much.

00:23So, I struggled a lot for cricket and for a job.

00:27And I worked very hard. I never gave up.

00:29And I believed that I would play international cricket.

00:32So, because of that belief, I played international cricket for the IUE.

00:36And I also played a lot of franchise cricket.

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