New Delhi: Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar said that he was surrounded by match-fixers in the national team during his playing days.
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In comments made on a television show, Shoaib said that he felt he was playing against “21 players — 11 theirs and 10 ours.”
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Akhtar was talking about the 2010 spot fixing scandal which resulted in then Pakistan captain Salman Butt and pacers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir getting lengthy bans.
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“I was always of the belief that I can never cheat Pakistan, no match-fixing. I was surrounded by match-fixers,” Akhtar said on the show Rewind With Samina Peerzada.
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“I was playing against 21 people — 11 theirs and 10 ours. Who knows who was the match-fixer. There was so much match-fixing. (Mohammad) Asif told me which all matches they had fixed and how they did it.”
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The 44-year-old said that he was livid when the matter came to light. “I tried to make Amir and Asif understand. What a waste of talent. When I heard about this, I was so upset that I punched the wall. Pakistan’s two top bowlers, smart, intelligent and the two perfect fast bowlers were wasted. They sold themselves for a little money,” he said.
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Akhtar retired from international cricket in 2011. He was not active in Test cricket when the scandal broke out, having played his last Test match in 2007.
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