Former cricketers slammed Pakistan Cricket Board after Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif were provisionally suspended on charges of corruption, saying that the latest development arose due to the wrong example set by the PCB by way of recalling tainted pacer Mohammad Amir to the national team.
Both Sharjeel and Khalid, who were representing Islamabad United in Pakistan Super League second edition in Dubai, were being sent back home by the Pakistan Cricket Board.
The Board said that the two players has been suspended as part of an ongoing investigation into an international syndicate which is believed to be attempting to corrupt the PSL which started on Thursday.
Former Pakistan Test captain and batting great Javed Miandad said the latest corruption scandal has again damaged the image of Pakistan cricket.
Aamir was among three players, the other two being former captain Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif, who were all banned for five years in 2010 for spot-fixing while touring England.
While the Board is yet to recall Butt and Asif after they completed their five year bans in September 2015, it fast tracked the return of Aamir to the Pakistan team early last year insisting he had completed his punishment and was very young when banned for the spot-fixing scandal.
Miandad said that any cricketer could take one look at the dismissal of Sharjeel Khan in the first match for Islamabad United and make out he had deliberately thrown his wicket.
Sharjeel was caught in front of the stumps in the second over of the Islamabad innings.
Former Test captain Aamir Sohail and former Test opener Shoaib Mohammad also slammed the board for showing their weakness on dealing with corrupt players by allowing Aamir back into the national fold.
Shoaib Mohammad said that this controversy would badly hit the credibility of the PSL.
(With inputs from PTI)
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