Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir has announced that he will be taking an indefinite break from international cricket because of the difference with the management.
In a interview to Samaa TV, he said that he soon will be releasing a detailed statement regarding the issue right when he reaches Pakistan from Sri Lanka (Amir played for Galle Gladiators in the Lanka Premier League). However, he said that he is pretty sure that he cannot continue under this management. He also said that he was being “mentally tortured” by the board.
According to the Dawn-
“If I wasn’t in the plan for those 35 boys, then it is a wake-up call for me to see my future plan [and] how I have to carry on my cricket.
“The kind of environment that has been created, I don’t think I can play cricket under this management […] I am leaving cricket at this time,” he said.
“I have seen a lot of torture between 2010 and 2015 when I was away from cricket, whatever happened and the punishment that I served,” he said.
I am constantly tortured that the PCB invested a lot [in me] … I will give credit to two people who invested in me. First, I came back after serving five years of punishment, I did not come back in a year.
“[Former PCB chairman Najam] Sethi and Shahid Afridi, these two people helped me at the time. The rest of the team [said] they would not play with Mohammad Amir,” he added. “I will always thank these two people for supporting me in that tough time,” he said.
The pacer, who made his debut in 2009, has played in 147 international fixtures in which he took 259 wickets. He was part of the Pakistan squad which won the 2009 World T20I and was also part of the side that won the Champions Trophy title in 2017.
