Imran Khan says guilty players to be punished, not Pakistan Cricket
Former Pakistan World Cup winning captain, Imran Khan, wants drastic measures to be taken into account regarding the current match fixing scandal. The legendary all-rounder feels it has hurt the establishments of cricket in the country quite badly. He also feels that it has been a long term disease, and needs surgery as a whole. It is a great chance for the administrators to punish the culprits, and set an example for the upcoming cricketers. It will discourage the future cricketers from such wrong doings.
He also thinks that if these allegations are proved, not only will it hurt the game but, also the interest of the fans. Now whenever they see the side losing a match, they will doubt the team for match fixing. Fans will not look into the pin points of the game. It will be a real sad story.
The great Pakistani cricketer feels that due to a few bad ones you can’t blame the whole system. There are good or bad people everywhere, but this doesn’t mean that the whole nation should be blamed or the whole country is responsible for the wrong doings of a few bad men.
Why should cricket in Pakistan suffer due to some culprits? It is not the fault of Pakistani cricket. It is not the fault of the fans. Why should a fan suffer? The players who are involved in this heinous crime should be punished and banned. He was mainly concerned with the removal of the spotted players so that no harm to the spirit of the game is caused.
Imran Khan also blames PCB. The administrators who are running the cricket should also be held responsible. They have been incapable of dealing with the players and other administration issues. They haven’t been able to discipline players. Every player thinks that he is bigger than the game. If he does something wrong he will not be punished because there is no one who can take his place. It has been going on for a long time. The results of all their incompetency is in front of everyone. Pakistan cricket has been destroyed.
Imran khan always wanted PCB to focus on the domestic structure of the country. He feels the domestic structure of the country is flawed. The domestic structure is incapable of producing quality players and the structure lacks professionalism. Another problem is that cricketers are not being paid well in First class cricket.
He wants PCB to adopt an Australian kind of a domestic structure. If you look at the Australian cricket structure, it has produced so many great Test teams. It is because of the high level of competition in their domestic cricket, and fans follow it like they do international cricket. They have just 6 teams in the domestic circuit which include all the pool of talented individuals in the country. The standard of the cricket is equal to the standard of international cricket. Whenever a cricketer comes into the National side, he is just ready for it. If the cricketer leaves the side it doesn’t makes much difference to the team, there will be another talented individual to take his place. So they have a system in place that ensures that no one is bigger than the game, play for your country if you want to otherwise there is another talent waiting to replace you. Whenever a player gets a chance to play for his country he does his best to secure his place, he knows there are many other better players to take his place.
They pay their First class cricketers very well. They lead the life of an international cricketer. There is no reason for them to be indulging in these kind of heinous activities.
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If Pakistan cricket and cricketers are to be kept clean then PCB should take drastic measures.
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