”What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet” - Is the famous quote English poet William Shakespeare.
If the same question is asked to Pakistani Test cricketer Zaheer Abbas (also known as Asian Bradman) or former India wicket keeper Syed Kirmani, they would reveal that there's a lot in the name.
Interestingly, the name of Zaheer Abbas, who turned 73 on Friday has his first and last names are Syed and Kirmani (full name: Syed Zaheer Abbas Kirmani), which mirrors India's World Cup winning keeper Kirmani (full name: Syed Mujtaba Hussein Kirmani).
Accepting the birthday message from his London home, Zaheer Abbas says, ""my father liked me to be called Zaheer and he named me accordingly. I am more comfortable with this name".
Incidentally, Zaheer Abbas married an Indian girl Rita (alias Samina).
"What I am told is that Abbas' family came from Kirman, a place in Tehran and that's how he is Kirmani".
Syed Kirmani, when approached in Bangalore said, "I came to know about Abbas' name only a couple of years ago, when as an ICC president, he visited a few academies in India. I accompanied him to Hyderabad and that's when he revealed this secret".
"I am proud to be sharing my name with a great cricketer", Kirmani said.
"There are many Syed Kirmani in my whatsapp group but none is a cricketer and I would now love to have cricketer Syed Kirmani in my phone book", the 70 year old Kirmani concluded.
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