I became confused and agitated when I heard chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Shaharyar Khan telling the media that it was correct that some of the players in the national cricket team don’t want to play with Mohammad Amir as he returns after a long ban. Amir made a colossal mistake and he dearly paid for it. Not only he paid the fine, he also faced and completed the ban and suffered through global insults and degradation. He has repented in public and has come out clean. Five years is not a small amount of period, and he has completed it. With Pakistani Cricket at the lowest ebb, the weakest part is bowling. We don’t have any swinging wicket takers. What else would you expect when still Umar Gul is considered the best bowler.
Amir needs to return to Cricket and the Pakistani team also needs him badly, especially when world cup is around the corner. Mohammad Amir response was apt too. In retaliation to the players reservations on Amir’s inclusion in the team, Amir said that he is not concerned with the players opinions and he will see what needs to be done when the time comes. for him to rejoin the arena. Just because the team has performed well against Australia on dead wickets against a haggard and unaccustomed Aussie team in UAE doesn’t mean that our game has lifted. Just wait for us to play against Sri Lanka or India on same dead wickets or just wait for us to play on bouncy pitches against same Australia or any other team and then see how bad we perform. This is the time when we should welcome all the talent we can. We cannot sustain our game or rely on the old goats like Afridi, Misbah and the rest of fleeting lot.