<p>Superstar Salman Khan says his father Salim Khan wanted to see him play cricket for the country.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Salman, who played a wrestler in his latest film "Sultan", said former Indian cricketer Salim Durani was hired as his coach and he told his father that the actor had a bright future in the field.<br /><br />"My dad wanted me to play cricket. That could have happened easily but I just didn't see myself going for cricket practice at 5:30 in the morning. This life is as it is difficult for me, cricket would have been very difficult," Salman said.<br /><br />The actor was speaking at the launch of tennis star Sania Mirza's autobiography "Ace Against Odds", last evening.<br /><br />The "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" star said he used to play cricket fairly well but the day his father came to see him, he intentionally gave a bad performance.<br /><br />"Salim Durani was hired to be my coach. First day, he saw me play, I played very well. Second day, I did really well so he called my father the third day and said your son has got a very bright future. That is the day I realised, my father came to see me play.. so I should play really badly," the 50-year-old actor said.<br /><br />Salman said it was tough for him to even reach school on time, so waking up early for cricket practice was next to impossible.<br /><br />"Reaching school used to be a big problem itself. At 9 I used to attend my first lecture. So I used to wake up at about 8:30 AM and barely manage to reach school on time. Now before school, it was this... I actually wanted to be a director."</p>
<p>Superstar Salman Khan says his father Salim Khan wanted to see him play cricket for the country.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Salman, who played a wrestler in his latest film "Sultan", said former Indian cricketer Salim Durani was hired as his coach and he told his father that the actor had a bright future in the field.<br /><br />"My dad wanted me to play cricket. That could have happened easily but I just didn't see myself going for cricket practice at 5:30 in the morning. This life is as it is difficult for me, cricket would have been very difficult," Salman said.<br /><br />The actor was speaking at the launch of tennis star Sania Mirza's autobiography "Ace Against Odds", last evening.<br /><br />The "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" star said he used to play cricket fairly well but the day his father came to see him, he intentionally gave a bad performance.<br /><br />"Salim Durani was hired to be my coach. First day, he saw me play, I played very well. Second day, I did really well so he called my father the third day and said your son has got a very bright future. That is the day I realised, my father came to see me play.. so I should play really badly," the 50-year-old actor said.<br /><br />Salman said it was tough for him to even reach school on time, so waking up early for cricket practice was next to impossible.<br /><br />"Reaching school used to be a big problem itself. At 9 I used to attend my first lecture. So I used to wake up at about 8:30 AM and barely manage to reach school on time. Now before school, it was this... I actually wanted to be a director."</p>