Will Mohammad Amir take back his retirement?
Former Pakistani pacer Mohammad Amir stated that, God willing, he will continue to play for the national team and has no plans to retire.Amir left international cricket in 2020, claiming that bowling coach Waqar Younis and then-head coach Misbah-ul-Haq had treated him unfairly.
The Pakistan Cricket Board's newly appointed Chairman of the Board, Najam Sethi, gave the left-handed pacer permission to practise at the National High Performance Center (NHPC) in Lahore (PCB).
"I requested permission from Najam Sethi to train at NHPC since I want to prepare for the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), and he graciously allowed me to play here," Amir stated.
Added him: "I wasn't considering retirement right now because I was only considering the Pakistan Super League (PSL). Mohammad Amir will play for Pakistan once more, God willing."Amir is anticipated to leave retirement if former PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja steps down, sources have told Geo News.
Raja's firm position and discriminatory attitude towards mechanics led to Amir's determination to remove him.
When Waqar Younis and Misbah-ul-Haq, his managers at the time, left their positions, Pacer announced that he would follow suit.
Amir's promising young career came to an abrupt end on August 28, 2010, when he was discovered consciously bowling without the ball in Lord's, a British newspaper.
Mohammad Asif, the new ball partner, and Salman Butt, the captain of Pakistan, both 18 years old, received prison sentences in addition to a five-year cricket playing ban.
Amir, who was by far the youngest of the three, received a lot of compassion and was permitted to play cricket internationally once more in 2016.
In 26 Tests, 61 ODIs, and 50 T20Is, Amir played for Pakistan.
The 30-year-old pacer can join the national squad once Raja has been fired and their friendship has improved.
A government declaration states that Ramiz Raja, the head of Pakistan's cricket team, was fired just days after the country's team suffered its first-ever devastating 3-0 home loss to England.
But since Imran Khan, a former national captain, was replaced as prime minister by Shehbaz Sharif in April, a shift has been on the horizon.
Raja, who played on the team that won the 1992 World Cup for Khan, was named chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in September of last year.
According to a government notification viewed by AFP, Raja had been fired by Sharif's cabinet, and the PCB would henceforth be run by a 14-member committee under the direction of Najam Sethi, who previously served as chairman twice.
Legendary all-arounder Shahid Afridi, a former captain of the men's squad, is also a member of the committee.
The government statement added that the 2014 constitution was reinstated and the existing junta constitution was scrapped.
It will take the committee 120 days to revise the constitution and choose a new president.
Khan has been under fire for changing the PCB constitution in 2019 and, in particular, for eliminating the involvement of public agencies and for-profit businesses in elite cricket, which resulted in the loss of hundreds of jobs.
The tweet from Sethi, however, stated that "thousands of cricketers will be re-signed."