Former Pakistan cricketer Mudassar Nazar spoke on the match-fixing cloud in cricket, saying each time his workforce misplaced a recreation to India, folks again residence used to assume the match was fastened. Match-fixing has haunted Pakistan extra on this a part of the twenty first century, with gamers like Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif, Salman Butt, Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif serving bans for his or her involvement in it. “I feel if you happen to have a look at Pakistan’s workforce within the 90s, they have been, talent-wise, nearly as good as Australia within the 90s. Nevertheless it was a sheer concern issue of shedding the sport, and I’ll be slightly bit controversial right here. The controversy is behind match fixing. There was quite a lot of strain on the Pakistan workforce as a result of each time they misplaced a recreation, folks thought the sport was doubtful, the sport was fastened.”
“No one was ready to just accept that they really misplaced to a greater workforce. So, during the early 90s, I used to be a part of that workforce which was scared of shedding the sport, and that was totally on account of match fixing or concern of individuals believing the match was fastened,” stated Nazar on the sidelines of the conclave organised in Ajman (UAE) to rejoice the one hundredth episode of Worldwide cricket speak present – cricket predicta.
Nazar, who performed 76 Exams and 122 ODIs for Pakistan from 1976 to 1989, additionally believes the match-fixing saga has taken its toll on the workforce’s performances, which have seen a pointy dip throughout all codecs within the final 12 months and a half.
“You add one other issue there, which is the issue of enjoying in opposition to India. No Pakistani, no Indian, would to lose this recreation. We have seen that in Sharjah and that is why it was such an enormous occasion – India v Pakistan – no one will lose in opposition to one another. That wasn’t the case with the cricket, however with most of the people in all probability.”
“There was quite a lot of strain there. Sadly, the match fixing saga took its toll on Pakistan workforce.”
You assume Pakistan might have recruited a psychologist to manage up with the extra strain?
“I’ve by no means seen a psychologist win a cricket match. Quite a lot of the groups have employed psychologists all around the world. Nevertheless it has by no means labored.”
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