Pakistan cricket legend Shoaib Akhtar’s YouTube channel couldn’t be accessed in India on Monday morning.
This comes shortly after India banned several Pakistani accounts. Though Akhtar’s account isn’t in the official list, fans couldn’t find his channel on YouTube while searching on the website or app.
Though old videos from the account could still be viewed on YouTube, the channel itself is no longer accessible. Shoaib Akhtar remains one of the most followed Pakistan cricket celebrities in India. He has often been a part of cricketing discussions on different sports and media outlets over the last few years.
The former Pakistan pacer’s account isn’t the only one to have been restricted in India, with fans unable to access the YouTube channels of the country’s former cricketers like Rashid Latif and Basit Ali too. These accounts are also not part of the official list, yet, their visibility in India has been restricted. (NDTV)