Pakistan's Babar Azam, Mohd Rizwan become first cricketers to do this

Pakistan captain Babar Azam and his deputy Mohammad Rizwan will become the first cricketers to join Harvard Business School’s executive education program. The course will be held from May 31 to June 3.

Babar said he wants to join the Harvard course to 'connect, explore, listen, learn, grow, and give back to the community worldwide'.

My inspiration for joining this world-class program at Harvard is to connect, explore, listen, learn, grow, and give back to the community worldwide. I am sure there are scores of things to learn from the amazing athletes and top business executives from the entertainment, media, and sports industries who are coming from corners of the world," Babar said.

Rizwan said that it is a huge honour to represent Pakistan at Harvard. He added that they are going to learn from best in the world and share their learning waith the next generation of cricketers.

'It is a huge honor to represent Pakistan on such a prestigious global stage. We are going to the BEMS program at Harvard to learn from the best of the best in the world – both in terms of faculty and program fellows – and at the same time to share our journey and learnings with everyone. I am certain that this will be an exciting journey, and I look forward to sharing our learning and experiences with the next superstars of the cricket world,'Rizwan said.