India, Feb. 13 -- In 2010, Junaid Siddique had been selected in Pakistan's U-19 camp but never made the squad of 15. In the subsequent years he tried playing first class cricket but the result was the same as no team picked him in Pakistan.

As his family's financial burden fell on his shoulders, Siddique decided to move to Dubai in 2014, doing odd jobs, including being an assistant at a grocery store packing bags. But his love for cricket never died, playing cricket whenever and wherever he could during his free time.

That same passion made the 33-year-old clinch career-best figures of 5/35 in his four overs to help the United Arab Emirates beat Canada by five wickets in a Group D clash of the T20 World Cup. Siddique's spell at the Fero...