What I loved the most about this interview, how he mentioned every single person from first day of his cricketing career with the same respect as he has for the greats🎉 You gotta remember your roots and respect the people along the way.. Proud Pakistani 🇵🇰🤩🙏

No other bowler in the history of cricket gets as much love as Wasim Akram does in India ❤️

"they all used to sit around Imran in a circle. And I used to sit there.. watch everyone watching Imran". Love it.

It takes a lot of courage to tell the world about your addiction. He is right, you tend to hide your dark side from people. Even a common man would hide it, let alone a world famous athlete. This man had all the money, fame and admiration in the world, he could have easily stayed quiet about it. But to still openly talk about his addiction deserves a lot of praise. Massive respect to Wasim Akram.

"They don't think it through, do they?" ^^Summed up ICC in one line! Respect to the GOAT from India.

If you ever pick a world 11, this man has to be in it. There shouldn't be any doubt whatsoever 🔥🔥🔥

Wow! Just got to the bit where he speaks about his addiction...fucking awesome TGC for this sort of content, so much respect for Wasim Akram speaking honestly, especially coming from his background really takes courage...in my eyes he's twice the legend he would have ever been on the pitch for speaking truthfully about this. It will help so many people understand that it's a disease that doesn't discriminate. Well done TGC and thank you Akram for this.

Whether its harsha or a legend like Wasim, TGC manages to stand out with their interview content. Kudos guys. Much love and support.

Favourite ever player, what a legend. Knew cricket was different to soccer when I saw Wasim, Gower, and a few more top players in a charity game at a minor counties ground. All the players walked round chatting to the crowd, even as a kid I realised it would never happen in professional football, let alone with some of the worlds best players. Cricketers are among the most humble athletes. Can you imagine him in T20?!

As an addict myself, I have so much respect for the way he talked about his addiction problems with total honesty. The rehab didn’t work for him at first because he wasn’t doing it for himself. He was doing it to please other people. You can only stop it for yourself. Brilliant interview, one of the best I’ve ever heard and certainly the best on this channel. That’s saying something because there’s been some bloody good ones on here.

Wasim Akram is one of those cricketers who are loved & admired globally. Respect From India.

Growing up as an Indian, I wasn't a fan of him for obvious reasons. Over the years, I became a diehard fan of this legend. A pure class act in all aspects 🙏🏽

I have never seen such a candid interview of Wasim Akram! Legend by all means

Salutations the absolute King of Swing, in my school in Chennai when they said which cricketer is their favorite I proudly said it was Wasim Akram that I would like to bowl like and emulate, great interview Aussie blokes, bring on more legends such as Mr. Wasim Akram

Wasim & McGrath were the only 2 bowlers which used to threaten us. We indians never worried about the spinners our pace bowlers coz majority of the times the bowler who could bowl good line & length won matches, and bowlers like Wasim , McGrath didn't just had control but also swing and smartness. Wasim is awesomely respected in India.

My favourite player growing up as a Lancashire fan. Ridiculously skilful. Love Was.

The greatest left armer and possibly the greatest fast bowler along with Waqar Younis that I have seen being an 80s kid, to have graced the beautiful sport that we all are still in awe of. My idol and in my opinion the greatest there ever will be, we will never have another.

Has an Aussie, he was always an idol of mine. I'd try to replicate his action. Great interview, and I'm glad he's going well.

As someone from the north-east its comedy gold hearing him talk about The Tuxedo Princess, jesus wept that place was an absolute dive 😂 it had a revolving dancefloor!

What a legend! Loved the candid interview. Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis gave my childhood self nightmares during India-Pakistan matches. Sultans of swing, indeed! Love from India ❤

This was so intense, funny and so informative. Mr Wasim Akram sir, you're not just one of the best bowlers, but so inspiring to many. Thank you for opening up about your struggles to the world.

Can we just appreciate that how good a storyteller Wasim is!! It felt like he’s in person talking to us. Thank you bois for this one!🙌🏽🙏🏾

What a player! Watching chats with the likes of Great Wasim Akram, who were the heroes of our time brings back a lot of nostalgia. Love from Sri Lanka.

How awesome it must feel to have such great interviews saved up for release and then just spurting everything out in a short amount of time.

Wasim is one cricketer liked ,loved and adored in India. There is a greater fan following for his openness. What a warm personality,truly the sultan of swing. I wish people like him could have been a great influence to the kids in Pak. What a clean person,love from India. Wishing you joyous life,celebrate life.

Wasim Akram and Chamunda Vaas , the two skillful left handed bowlers of the 90's and early 2000's. Whenever these two were playing against India, I always had doubt on Indian batsman 😄

Absolute Legend. Arguably the Greatest fast bowler of all time. To be in the same room as him is probably the biggest TGC achievement till date 😂

Wasim is a one of a kind. A legend of the game.

A legend who made the world of cricket richer by his presence..

Bless him. He's come a long way. Although I'm not into cricket, it's interesting to hear about his humble beginnings. No idea why I clicked on this video!

Brilliant, watching Wasim getting emotional talking about his hardest time ,one can see how much he regrets that time and how much family meant to him.

I've watched the game since 94 or 95. I've watched a lot of bowlers, Walsh, Ambrose, Donald, Cork, McGrath, Pollock, Vaas, Waqar, Wasim, Srinath, Ntini, Flintoff, Bond, Akhtar, Lee, Zaheer, Cummins, Anderson, Steyn and many more. If, I have to pick only two most dangerous bowlers in this list, then it is Akram and McGrath for me. Steyn comes a close third. Now, remember these are the most challenging bowlers in the last 25-30 years. Hands down - these two bowlers were very very threatening. When Wasim Akram bowled, he looked like he would take a wicket with every ball. And that too in those days, when batsmen were very cautious and were not playing rash shots. So, I'd say taking a wicket in those days was more difficult. It is sad to see the game has changed completely now. But, Wasim Akram was the most dangerous bowler that I've seen on television, his skill was out of the world. Love for Qasim from India, great cricketer and also seems like a great person. I remember when we were watching the 2003 world cup Ind vs Pak, we were very scared for Sachin to get out to Akram. Because everything would be the same and one ball will go out and the other will come in, he was a really difficult bowler for even great batsmen like Sachin, Lara and Ponting too. Nevertheless, cricket was great and was shining in glory when Wasim bowled. I just don't feel that the quality of cricket is the same post like 2010s...but those days of cricket was outstanding. May be there is more money now, but not sure if the quality is good still - not for me. And I don't like everybody knowing everybody and hugging and laughing after the game - you cannot laugh after losing the fxxking game with your opponent. Cricket is losing something important - cricket is losing the need for players like Dravid, Root, De Silva, etc. It is becoming a powerplay, which is very very sad. My guess is: in the next decade, cricket will lose the relevance for Test matches and it will lose the its soul. And what will be left is power players playing for money. But, coming back, hats off to Wasim Akram!! A really great bowler!!

Great job by the way, lads. You're absolutely smashing it lately with the T20 WC content, and the longform interviews of international cricketers. Absolutely love your work, and watch everything you do. Would be great if you could get a longer form interview with Wasim at some point, and go into even more depth about some of these issues. I'd love to know what he thought of the late 90s/early 2000s Aussie players, one by one.

Wasim Akram to Sachin Tendulkar... the best Cricket memory of many kids of that generation in India and Pakistan.

What a wise thing to say. "Culture should evolve you." That's incredible.

This guy's a fricking legend! GOAT of swing bowling!

Akram is my all time fav cricketer. Fuck me.. I remember him bowling in a Test to Dravid and Laxman and those legends had no idea which way the ball was going. As an Indian, watching our team playing against Akram was the most stressful thing ever!! Love him to bits! He is so funny, charming, and absolute fucking genius with the ball!! Honestly, it feels like his batting record didnt do justice to his talent. He couldve had a much higher average has his listened more to Imran.

Love u Wasim sir🙏🙏,he is one of the most respected pakistani in India. Never speaks negatively,always tries to calm down people. Wish more and more people were like him. And offcourse my favourite bowler of 90s

The perfect interview. Thank you guys. Hope you can have him back, gonna order the book, hope theres an audio version of it sometime in the future.

Love you Wasim Akram ji, your humbleness and dignity are a lovely quality and for owning your mistakes and for sorting yourself outyou have my admiration- you're truly a great in the cricket world. Much respect from India 🇮🇳

Wasim Akram is a bridge of love between India and Pakistan. Such a humble, rational, open and honest personality. The most loved Pakistani player ever in India.

Epic interview; 36 minutes went by in a flash. Immense thanks to TGC for this incredible treat 👍🏽

Great interview. The boys just let the legend talk. That's how it should be

A man with ZERO haters. Wasim Akram a True Legend

What a legend. Absolutely loved watching Wasim Akram bowl back in the day, caused our Aussie batters a few nightmares!

This guy gave nightmares to batsmen! Absolute Legend ❤️

Just watching this is so emotional, brings back amazing childhood memories of watching these cricketing greats on the tele and how time flew!!! Those were the days 🙂

Such a candid conversation with the legend! Thanks for bringing it to the masses ! LOVE

Woah! What a wonderful interview. Wasim really felt like he was talking from his heart, no inhibitions, sincere and genuine!❤Great job as usual boyz!

What a star 🎉 thanks for having him on Air🙏

Loved the tales of Wasim and Imran..love from india.. entertaining interview ❤️❤️❤️🔥👍🇮🇳

Imran khan lived the dream life, and even now he is the most beloved person in pakistan as a politician....Where did i go wrong

Lovely interview, boys! The questions about his cocaine addiction were very thoughtfully done and asked. TGC just keeps getting better and better.

Thank you guys! Great interview. Would love for you guys to invite him back to the show in the future and talk more. Cheers!

Although Pakistani don't know the class of this man Indians loves him and consider him as the goat of bowlers

Absolutely phenomenal interview lads. incredible impressive amount of research and fantastic questions. Awesome Job!

Wow absolutely amazed with this interview, hearing Wasim speaking in all honesty about his career and his life journey. Eagerly awaiting for the book to be available in Pakistan.

Such a great interview, you guys always make your guests comfortable so they can share openly, always a pleasure boys!!! welldone done. Love wasim, absaloute legend, seems like an authentic guy , just class , soo many great stories.

“Akram on a hat-trick” every time this clip would play right before WWE RAW on Mondays. What an interview! Lovely stuff!

Im glad you guys got him on the show what an absolute legend, shame the interview wasnt long enough couldve watched it for hours.. for me hands down the best bowler, his iconic short runup, his numbers, master of swing honestly dont think we’ll ever see a left arm bowler as good as him. Thankyou TGC you guys are on fire too brilliant 👍

Easily one of my favorite bowlers of all time. Also what a wonderful chat! This made my day.

This is a most genuine interview I have ever seen!! Amazing work TGC. Not a fan of people being "Good Boys" in such interviews. But this feels real. Legend Wasim!! Credit to TGC

He is one of the best person from Pakistan to ever play this game ..respect from India 🇮🇳

Wow !! 3 great interviews from the last 2 days 👌🏻👏🏻

That was riveting! Wasim can be great inspiration to people with diabetes to live a normal life. He can also be of great help to drug addicts. You guys were awesome and I really like how you extend cricket content to various aspects of life itself! Keep going ! More strength to TGC!!

What a beautiful brilliant interview- you chaps are amazing interviewers - great listeners with astute questions and gave Wasim space to expound yet kept it classy. Delightful work chaps!

Great interview boys!! Wazzy was my 1st pick every time in the old backyard test matches. Honestly the best memories of my life those days

You guys are on a roll. These interviews are Gold!

Back to Back Blockbusters! Cheers TGC, good going!

Awesome to see The Wasim Akram on TGC!! Probably the best fast bowler to have played the game, Loved the interview.

What a pleasure to meet him in ok signing and now watching this interview. Really needed a 2 hour podcast

I never knew Wasim Akrams addiction was that deep rooted, amazing how he got out of it & considering Wasim Bhai was lucky to bypass the addiction. That is why drugs must be abolished all over the world. Wasim Akram the Great. Great interview by both Hosts Ian & Sam :)

Awesome job guys, very anticipated interview i guess. Wasim Akram has mentioned every single person from first day of his cricketing career with the same respect they all deserve. Always a class player.

Amazing boyz. Thank you so much for this. Best interview ever 🙌

3 amazing interviews. One of the all time greats. Loved it Boyz.

What a brave man off the field, kudos Wasim bhai...we always looked up to you on the field, but now can do so off the field as well!

What a great interview of the legend. Love from California. Thanks for the great memories Wasim bhai :)

you guys are the best thing to happen to cricket since cricket...great content

Big fan of Wasim. Would love to hear more from him. Lots of Love from India❤. Really Good Interaction.

Great chat! Wasim was a magician with the ball and a very handy bat. Would have been bossed the T20 circuit.

I have no interest in cricket but this was great to listen to. Growing up in the 90s, Imran Khan seemed to always make the tabloid headlines, so it's interesting to get this kind of insight into his friends circle now.

Great interview guys, Wasim Akram was the best bowler I have seen till date, just his ability to outsmart batsmen was second to none 🙌🏻

What a beautiful interview! Thanks Wasim, and to the interviewers. Frank and uplifting.

That's the best interview i have ever seen of wasim Akram well done guy's. I wish this video never ends so much fun to watch. Brilliant stuff

A man who seems to have mastered the art of life and not just cricket. Great interview guys!

Wonderful interview, especially the part where you discussed cocaine addiction, rehab, and cultural stigma. Hearing all of it from a great sportsman is eye-opening. I wish you had dedicated more time to it. Still, worth watching👍

Fantastic interview...Love the way the hosts are just directing the way the conversation goes and letting the great Wasim Akram speak!

Brave. A word that comes to mind when you hear this Interview. A splendid conversation. Go TGC

Loved the interview. Keep up the good work guys. 👏

A LEGEND INDEED ……. MANY RESPECTS FOR THIS GUY ….. it’s true the older you get the wiser and humble it makes you ….cheer up Ian ….where’s your bad side ….ur so quite 😊

wow how much this channel has grown to be able to get interviews from all these legends. At this point all the cricketers might want to attend tgc because its getting popular all of a sudden.

top stuff, thanks for this interview!

Superb episode! Wasim is unlike any other cricketer in the world. Both on & off field. Love his candidness

Wasim was the best ever. I had no clue about his cocaine addiction - cannot wait to read the book. I love his candidness about his addiction and appreciate his comments on culture and the need for it to evolve. A wonderful cricketer and more than that a wonderful human

another killer TGC interview 🙏 looking forward to the next interview with discussion of "other things"!

Guys this was an excellent interview. Thanks for this!

This guy knew how to bowl and live. Great interview. Well informed hosts too. Well done ❤

TGC going from strength to strength here! Loving all these interviews and now the great Wasim Akram!

what a genuine interview. so much fun to watch. great insight. awesome job in conducting this interview

I agree he mentioned every single person in his cricket life who coached or selected him., which shows his class. One of the greatest bowlers in the cricket world and a treat to watch :)