My dad wanted me to play cricket: Salman Khan

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan said that his father Salim Khan wanted him to play cricket for the country. Salman, who played a wrestler in his latest film Sultan, said former Indian cricketer, Salim Durani was his coach and he told his father that the actor had a bright future in the field.

“My dad wanted me to play cricket. That could have happened easily but I just didn’t see myself going for cricket practice at 5:30 in the morning. This life is as it is difficult for me, cricket would have been very difficult,” Salman said.

“Salim Durani was hired to be my coach. The first day, he saw me play, I played very well. The second day, I did really well so he called my father the third day and said your son has got a very bright future. That is the day I realised, my father came to see me play. so I should play really badly,” the 50-year-old actor said.

He said that reaching to the school itself was a big problem for him. “Reaching school used to be a big problem itself. At 9, I used to attend my first lecture. So I used to wake up at about 8:30 AM and barely manage to reach school on time.”

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He also revealed that his passion was always to become a director. “Now before school, it was this… I actually wanted to be a director,” he revealed.

The Bajrangi Bhaijaan star said that, on the day when his father came to see him play, he intentionally played badly, despite being a good player. The actor was speaking at the autobiography launch of India’s Tennis ace Sania Mirza – ‘Ace Against Odds’.