Pakistan cricket has witnessed a turbulent time just lately when former Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ramiz Raja was faraway from the highest position. The staff additionally had the coaches getting modified and Babar Azam was additionally allegedly caught in an issue of sexual abuse. Meanwhile, there’s a recent occasion of one other shocking revelation from one of its former gamers.Â
Former Pakistani cricketer Imran Nazir has now revealed that he was given poison throughout the peak time of his career and that he was combating to not get bedridden. “When I got treated recently, including MRI and everything, a statement was issued that I was given poison – Mercury. It is a slow poison; it goes to your joint and damages them. For about 8-10 years, all my joints were treated. All my joints had gotten damaged and this is why I suffered for almost 6-7 years. But even at that time, I prayed to God, ‘Please don’t make me bedridden’. And thankfully, that never happened,” Nazir mentioned.
Nazir said that he tried to know what is going on to him however he couldn’t determine it out as a result of poison reacting slowly. “I used to walk around and people used to ask ‘You’re looking fine’. I doubted on a lot of people but what and when did I eat, I cannot figure it out. Because the poison doesn’t react immediately. It kills you for years. I still never wished bad for whoever did this to me. The person saving is better than the one who wants to kill,” he added.
Nazir might play 8 Test matches and 79 ODIs for Pakistan between 1999 and 2012 in a yr full of comebacks. Nazir mentioned that he spent his complete life financial savings on therapy and revealed Shahid Afridi helped him in want of the hour. “I have spent my complete life’s savings on my treatment. At last, there was a final treatment, in which Shahid Afridi aided me a lot. He helped me in my time of need. I did not had anything left when I met Shahid bhai. Within a day, my doctor received the money in his account. He said ‘No matter how much money is needed, my brother should get well’. He spent around 40-50 lakh on my treatment. I was happy to know that he had told his manager ‘Don’t even ask about him. Keep sending the money he needs’. The credit even goes to my doctor, who never tried to cheat me. He stuck to the amount that was required,” added the previous Pakistan opener.
