Drama continues to unfold within the Pakistan Cricket fraternity as the former international player, Basit Ali has openly claimed that a former skipper of the national side deliberately lost a match during his playing days.
In a video uploaded to his YouTube channel, the former Pakistan cricketer slammed a fellow former international, Shoaib Malik, accusing him of match-fixing. He also slammed the PCB for appointing Malik in the role as the mentor of the Stallions; a team led by Mohammed Haris set to compete in the Champions One-Day Cup.
“Those people who cannot think about the country, should not be appointed. Those who have admitted that they deliberately lost a match, should not be the mentor. If you want evidence I will give it. Ramiz Raja Saheb interviewed Shoaib Malik. What did he say?” said the 53-year-old.
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Malik had been recently appointed as the Stallion’s mentor and he suggested that Babar Azam wasn’t his pick as the captain for the squad. He said in a press conference earlier, ” We’ve had discussions. Only those players would be selected as the captain who can be groomed into the role per my point of view and those who have some abilities as well. In my perspective, the skills a captain needs are different to personal performances. I plan on picking my captain who has the skills and can give success to Pakistan in the long run”.
Ali slammed this move made by Malik and deemed Azam a coward for not refusing to play after appointing Mohammed Haris as the captain in place of the senior man.
Basit Ali ️Shoaib Malik ne jaan bhoj k match harwaye hai i have proofUsko mentor nahi banana chahye #PakistanCricket #BabarAzam pic.twitter.com/U4OWRPjmnH— ЅᏦᎽ (@13hamdard) September 11, 2024
“The only regret I have for Babar Azam is that everyone became captain but Shoaib Malik did not make him the captain and went for Haris instead. From Babar Azam’s pocket, you can pick out 10s of Haris’,” Basit shared.
“That is such a big insult to him. Babar is also a coward. He should have done it like Umar Akmal or Ahmed Shehzad refused to play,” he concluded.
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As Pakistan Cricket continues to see its worst period in terms of performance, the nation will hope that the upcoming limited-overs domestic tournament will prove to be a platform for the selectors to rebuild the national team and help them get back up on top.
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