Pakistan cricket coach and 1992 World Cup winner Aaqib Javed recently made unbelievably shocking claims about its neighbors, saying all the match-fixing in cricket has its roots in India.
Aaqib told a television channel on Wednesday (May 6): “Questions have been raised about the IPL (in the past) and I think the den of this match-fixing mafia is India.”
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Former UAE head coach Javed, who is currently serving as Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Lahore Qalandars’ head coach and director cricket, has also lashed out at the system, saying the whistle-blowers are often victimized and their careers suffer because they voice against the match-fixers.
The 47-year-old, who also served as Pakistan’s bowling coach previously, was also critical at the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for paving the way for the cricketers who involved his match-fixing like Mohammad Amir to return to cricket again after serving punishment.
He further added, “These things encourage those who have been involved with match-fixing. Those who blow the whistle against match-fixers hurt their own careers.”
The former right-arm pacer, who played 22 Tests and 163 ODIs for Pakistan between 1989 to 1998, has recently revealed that he was given death threats for his previous accusations against players including the likes Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, and Saleem Malik.
Aaqib had alleged that Akram had kept him out of the Pakistan squad during the 1990s after he had declined an offer to fix matches while claiming that match-fixing was not a difficult task in the 1990s.
(With AFP Inputs)
