ISLAMABAD – Former captain Wasim Akram on Tuesday slammed Pakistan CricketBoard’s decision to call back Sarfraz Ahmed from South Africa after he washanded a four-match ban for breaching the ICC’s Anti-Racism Code.
Wasim said Sarfaraz should have avoided making the comments that he did inthe third One-day International in Durban but it was wrong to speculateabout his future in the Pakistan team.
“It was a wrong decision to call him back from South Africa when he couldhave played in the final T20 on February 6,” said Akram.
“What Sarfaraz did was wrong but it is also a fact that more than anyoneelse, Pakistanis around the world hyped up his comments and created anissue,” said the fast bowling great.
The former skipper, who is also on the PCB’s cricket committee, was clearthat Sarfraz should remain the national team’s captain.
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“There is no need to change the captain before the World Cup. We need along term captain, not a short term one. Shoaib Malik is leading the teamnow and is doing a fine job but even he has said he will retire from ODisafter the World Cup,” he said.
Wasim said the only reason he was backing Sarfaraz was because he was afighter and had led the side with courage in all formats.
