ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Former leggie star Abdul Qadir on Monday urged the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to treat the tainted trio equally rather than thinking about giving an international recall just to pacer Muhammad Amir.
Last week the PCB hinted about Amir’s return to the international cricket saying his performances in the domestic matches and the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) have impressed the team management.
Talking to media, Qadir said PCB must treat the tainted trio Amir, Salman Butt and Muhammad Asif equally as all three was involved in the menace of spot-fixing. “Now as all three have completed their punishments and are also cleared by the International Cricket Council (ICC) so all of them should be treated the same way,” he said adding he feels PCB has made up its mind to recall only Amir and not the other two.
He said if PCB only allows Amir to play international cricket then it would be injustice to the other two players.
“When a player has completed punishment for his wrongdoings then there is no reason of stopping him back,” he said.
Speaking about some players might not be happy if Amir gets a place in the team and particularly Muhammad Hafeez who turned down an offer for a franchise in the BPL since it also included Amir, Qadir said some players will accept Amir and some will not it will go just like that.
“PCB should not have served a notice to Hafeez for making statement against Amir. It was only his personal opinion and Amir is not PCB’s centrally contracted player,” he said.
Talking about the much-anticipated Pak-India series, he said I do not understand why PCB is going after India again and again.
“Even a blind can see that India is bluffing with us but the PCB can’t sense it,” he said advising PCB to forget it and move on.
He said the ICC must intervene in such type of matters as their existence seems to be gloomy when it comes to India.
When asked about the Twenty-20 World Cup next year in India, Qadir said Skipper Shahid Afridi must be given full say in selection of the team for the mega event.
“The selectors will be able to pick a better team with Afridi’s say in the selection,” he said.
Source: APP
