Windies cricketer Daren Sammy receives Pakistan's third-highest civilian award - here's why
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Sammy, who is a two-time T20 World Cup winner with the West Indies national team, decided to play in the PSL in 2016 and represented Peshawar Zalmi till 2020.
West Indies captain Daren Sammy has been bestowed with the Sitara-I-Pakistan, country's third-highest civilian award, for his part in bringing back international cricket to Pakistan. Sammy received the award on Monday and tweeted photographs of the ceremony on his official social media accounts. The announcement was first made on May 23.
Sammy, one of the very few foreign cricketers who played in the Pakistan Super League (PSL), the country's T20 League, braved threats to his life and security as he played cricket in Pakistan, which had not had many foreign teams visiting it after the Sri Lanka cricket team was attacked in 2009. Though Sri Lanka and Australia teams are among the prominent teams that have visited the country this year.
Sammy, who is a two-time T20 World Cup winner with the West Indies national team, decided to play in the PSL in 2016 and represented Peshawar Zalmi till 2020.
"There it is (emoticon finger pointing down), me collecting the Sitara-I-Pakistan award. Such a proud moment," Sammy tweeted on Monday with a picture of him receiving the award.
There it is me collecting the Sitara-I-Pakistan award . Such a proud moment https://t.co/Dv82dZ9fMC pic.twitter.com/W9FZjBQxaF
