DOT Desk: Mahmudul Hasan Faisal is a name that many might have heard of. After all, the 19-year-old football freestyler has 11 Guinness World records to his name and is working on many more, reports TBS.
What makes his journey unique is how it all started as he was initially a very good cricket player and had aspirations of becoming a professional cricketer. “I was always interested in sports since I was a kid. I used to practice at the Magura Stadium. Like Shakib Al Hasan, I had dreams of becoming the best cricketer in the world but my family never wanted to see me as a player; they have always wanted me to become an engineer.
I am a three-time district champion in the ‘Prime Bank National School Cricket Tournament’ for Magura Technical School,” Faisal said. However, his family did not see it best for him to continue his aspirations as a cricketer and instead wanted him to focus on his education.
“I tried my best to continue cricket but being from a middle-class family brings many obstacles. So my family told me to leave cricket and focus on my SSC. With the option of becoming a professional cricketer not there anymore, I took to doing freestyle football tricks in 2017,” he adds.