Zainab Abbas

Some Lesser Known Facts About Zainab Abbas

• Does Zainab Abbas smoke?: Not known

• Does Zainab Abbas drink alcohol?: Not known

• Abbas belongs to a cricket loving joint family of Pakistan.

• She has been brought up watching cricket with her uncles and cousins.

• In an interview, she revealed that once she had gone for an audition of a World Cup panel show without any experience of broadcasting, but her knowledge about Cricket made her able to get the job for a sports channel.

• Zainab is the anchor of ‘Dunya,’ a Pakistani Urdu news and current affairs TV channel.

• She hosted the Pakistan Super League (PSL), along with a former English county cricketer Alan Wilkins, at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

  

• She has also done interviews with famous cricket personalities like Imran Khan, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Amir, and Rameez Raja.

• Zainab has worked for the channel ‘Ten Sports’ also.

• She hosted events for the cricketer Younis Khan Farewell, Shahid Afridi Foundation, and T10 league in 2017.

• During the Cricket Champions Trophy 2017, Zainab got the title- ‘National Lucky Charm’ of Pakistan. 

• She writes feature stories, and her opinions are acknowledged by the popular cricket websites including ‘ESPNcricinfo.’ 

• Zainab also does fashion shoots and loves to do bridal and party make up. 

• Her work for the Manish Malhotra‘s fashion show- ‘100 years of Bollywood’ had won lots of appreciation to her.

• Zainab considers her mother as a superhero.

  

• Zainab is considered the first Pakistani woman sports presenter on the global level.

  

• She was also invited as the guest of honour by the ‘Young Achievers of Beaconhouse’ to talk about women empowerment.

  

• Abbas has also hosted a Pakistan National Cricket Team web series- ‘Sawal Cricket Ka!’

• During the ICC Champions Trophy 2017, when Zainab took a selfie with Virat Kohli, and AB de Villiers, she was trolled on Twitter.

  

• Zainab became a household name after hosting the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup.

  

• Here is a glance at her favourite personalities: