Personal Life
Born to a South African Muslim family, Amla's grandparents are originally from Surat, Gujarat. Amla is spiritually inspired by the late Moulana Yunus Patel (RA), a reputed South African Islamic scholar and a Sunni practitioner. His elder brother, Ahmed Amla, is also a professional cricketer, having made his debut two years earlier, and currently captains the Dolphins. He has successfully requested that alcohol-promoting logos should not be shown on his merchandise and playing gear.
During the Test series against England 2012 in which he scored a triple century, he refrained from fasting in the Muslim month of Ramadan for the first time: "Because I'm travelling away from home I don't have to fast," he said. "So I haven't been fasting. ..But I will make it up when I get home."
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