Mohammad Amir has been in information ever since he introduced his retirement in December 2020. He has additionally expressed his want to play within the IPL. The 29-year-old pacer revealed that he would attempt to get British citizenship and attempt to play within the cash-rich league. Meanwhile, Shoaib Akhtar has reacted to those statements by Amir.
He went on to say that Amir mustn’t rely on ‘papa’ Mickey Arthur.
“Sometimes you have good days and sometimes you have bad days. Amir should have realised that papa Mickey Arthur will not always be there to safeguard him. Sometimes you have to grow up. I am saying this for Amir. Sometimes you have to grow up. You don’t let it go but you mature enough to realise that the management is not according to my wishes, now I have to raise my performance and level of hard work,” Akhtar mentioned whereas talking on PTV.
Akhtar cited the instance of Hafeez, who silenced his critics by scoring essential runs. “The management was also against Hafeez. What did Hafeez do that was different? He just made runs and nothing else. He didn’t give the management an envelope full of cash. Amir should have learned from Hafeez,” Akhtar opined.
Earlier, Danish Kaneria too had spoken on Amir. “I am taking nothing away from Mohammad Amir,” Kaneria mentioned on his YouTube channel. “Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I feel he is trying to blackmail others with his statements so that he can make a return to the side. From his comments on moving to England and getting citizenship and playing the IPL, you can understand his head space.”
“Mohammad Amir should realize that Pakistan were really kind to bring him back after his spot-fixing scandal. But his performance over the last 1.5 years has been absolutely zero. Agreed he bowled really well in the ICC Champions Trophy, but since then he has been on a steep decline,” Kaneria mentioned.
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