Pakistan sees its cricketers as legends, stars who can’t commit errors. As Spiderman’s Uncle Ben broadly said, “With extraordinary power comes incredible obligation” — yet we’re human all things considered. We tend to commit errors, each and every one of us. The players, nonetheless, stay in the spot-light and their mix-ups don’t go unpunished. Pakistani cricketers have been included in various embarrassments, some huge, rest mammoth. Here’s to recollecting few of the darkest crossroads in Pakistan cricket history.
1) Moin Khan arrested for beating his wife (2007)
In January 2007, Pakistan’s ex-skipper Moin Khan was captured by Clifton police in Karachi for whipping his significant other, mother of two, Tasneem Khan. Khan was liberated on safeguard subsequent to presenting a surety security.
He was later brought under the steady gaze of a court and discharged on a certification that he would not rehash the disgraceful demonstration.
2) Ijaz Ahmed jailed for forgery (2009)
Ijaz Ahmed is an ex-individual from the PCB’s national choice board and a previous handling mentor at the National Cricket Academy. Ijaz was captured by Gulberg police in Lahore, in March 2009, for issuing checks worth rupees 1 crore+ that had later skiped.
Ijaz burned through six weeks in prison before being discharged on safeguard. A Lahore court had even charged Ijaz for fraud on a request of documented by two property merchants in a similar case.
(March 26, 2009 reports of the Associated Press, ESPN Cricinfo and Daily Dawn)
3) Four Pakistani cricketers jailed (1993)
In 1993, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Mustaq Ahmed and Aqib Javed— – nation’s knocking down some pins cream—was held up by the Grenada police at a shoreline in Grenada, West Indies.
They were gotten with liquor, medications and potential escorts. The police had held them on charges of pot ownership and the four needed to spend a night in prison as the primary Test was pushed ahead by a day.
4) Salim Malik jailed and banned for match-fixing (2000)
In 2000, ex-cricketer Salim Malik was banned for life from cricket and was the principal universal cricketer to go to prison (Pakistanis setting the benchmark) His boycott for life to play cricket was toppled in 2008 by a nearby court, much to his satisfying.
5) Salman, Amir, Asif jailed for match-fixing (2011)
In November 2011, Muhammad Aamir was sentenced to six months by a British court for favor wagering in an a Test Match against England by means of bookie Mazhar Majeed. He was sent to a Young Offenders’ Institution by Southwark Crown Court, England, for scheme to cheat at betting and intrigue to acknowledge degenerate installments.
Quick bowler Muhammad Asif was sentenced to 12 months in jail and national commander Salman Butt was sentenced to two years and six months in jail for being a part of a similar case.
6) Veena Malik’s allegations on Muhammad Asif (2012)
We as a whole recollect the dishonorable affirmations Pakistan TV star Veena Malik had cruised upon Muhammad Asif. Asserting they had been hitched and she had purchased the quick bowler an auto from her own particular cash, requesting it back.
7) Shoaib Akhtar’s life-time ban for disciplinary issues (2008)
In April 2008, Shoaib Akhtar was sentenced to a lifetime boycott for rehashed disciplinary issues. In September 2007, Pakistan’s arrangements for the ICC World Twenty20 were shaken by a revolting occurrence between Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Included in a changing area spat, Asif was struck by a bat to his left side thigh by Shoaib.
(References: June 3, 2008 edition of Daily Telegraph and an ESPN Cricinfo report)
8) Danish Kaneria banned for match irregularities (2010)
In 2010, spinner Danish Kaneria was captured by British police researching ‘coordinate anomalies when he was playing in for Essex region.
Cleared at first, he was discovered liable by an England and Wales Cricket Board disciplinary board and was banned forever. In 2013, Kaneria requested against the choice yet the boycott was maintained.
(References: various reports of ESPN Cricinfo, and archives of innumerable local and British newspapers)
In April 2010, World Cup tumble, opening batsman Nasir Jamshed was detained subsequent to being discovered conning in a ninth-grade English exam (yes you read that right, NINTH-GRADE ENGLISH EXAM). Enormous Nas was later discharged on safeguard subsequent to presenting a safeguard of Rs20,000.(Reference: ESPN Cricinfo)
9) Shahid Afridi banned for damaging pitch (2005)
In November 2005, Shahid Afridi was banned for a Test match and two One-day Internationals for intentionally harming the contribute a Nat-west arrangement in England.
Television cameras had gotten Afridi scratching his studded boots on the pitch, when play was held up after a gas canister had detonated out of sight. Afridi had later conceded to a level three break of the ICC implicit rules.
10) Shahid Afridi suspended for hitting fan (2007)
In February 2007, Boom Afridi was charged after he was spotted pushing his bat at an onlooker who swore at him on his way up the means after he was rejected. He was given a four-coordinate ODI suspension, the base conceivable boycott.
11) Shahid Afridi suspended for biting cricket ball (2010)
In January 2010, Shahid Afridi was gotten on camera gnawing into the hard-ball towards the end of the ODI arrangement in Australia while Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan was knocking down some pins. Afridi had later conceded to ball altering and he was banned from 2 T20s.
12) Umar Akmal jailed for beating traffic police officer (2014)
In February 2014, Umer Akmal was sent to a bolt up in the wake of having had a fight with a Traffic superintendent in Lahore. A Sessions court of Lahore had issued his capture warrants for not showing up in the court in Traffic Warden Assault case.
13) Umar Akmal faking an injury (2011)
In 2011, Umer Akmal was blamed for faking a damage. In this March 13, 2011 release, this is the thing that a rumored Indian daily paper ‘The Hindustan Times’ had expressed: “Outputs on Umar’s harm have uncovered no real harm. The group administration was allegedly persuaded that Umar was “faking a damage” to spare his senior sibling’s ouster from the group. It isn’t the first occasion when that the Akmal siblings have been included in a fake harm embarrassment. After Kamran dropped three gets and a run-out prompted to Pakistan losing a Test against Australia from an overwhelming position in Sydney in 2009, Umar was tipped to wear the gloves on the off chance that extra gloves man Sarfaraz Ahmed neglected to make it to Hobart in time for the following match. In any case, Umar reported a back fit, supposedly to spare his senior sibling’s place in the side.”
14) Shoaib Malik alleged of marrying twice (2008)
As Pakistan was playing inadequately in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, Chief selector Moin Khan was in the features once more. Moin was seen in a New Zealand clubhouse and later sent back to Pakistan for cluttered lead.
