Former Pakistan bowler Saeed Ajmal, who was once considered as one of the best spinners in the world cricket having proved his mettle in all three formats of the game, has recently made some shocking claims against the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Ajmal’s successful international career was cut short due to legalities of his bowling action and the mystery spinner blamed the apex cricket body for ruining his international career when he was at his peak of a career as the ICC banned him from bowling in 2015 and he eventually retired from the game in 2017.
Read Also: PCB made "mockery of merit" by appointing Misbah as Head coach, says Mohammad Yousuf
His bowling action was first reported in 2009 but he was cleared but he was suspected again in 2014 and he was banned, despite there was no change in his action, but it was a change in the rule that the ICC made after the retirement of Sri Lanka legend Muttiah Muralitharan, slamming the ICC by claiming that his action was banned because he was a Pakistani bowler.
Speaking in a Youtube video, the 42-year-old said that the board could show him leniency due to a medical condition that he suffered in his arm after an accident, but the ICC refused to consider the medical conditions as ICC thought PCB couldn’t do anything to defend the spinner.
Ajmal said: “The test in 2009 and 2014 was the same but the only difference was they had removed the medical conditions which they considered in 2009. When Muralitharan left cricket then ICC thought there is this guy Saeed Ajmal and he is from Pakistan and they can’t do anything against our decision,”
Noteworthy, Ajmal represented Pakistan in 35 Tests, 113 ODIs and 65 T20Is in which he claimed 178, 184 and 85 wickets respectively.
(With The Statesman Inputs)
