Will Mohammad Amir play international cricket for Pakistan again?

Dixit Bhargav | 05/06/2021
Will Mohammad Amir play international cricket for Pakistan again?

Will Mohammad Amir play international cricket: The former Pakistani speedster had retired from international cricket last year.

It was almost six months ago when former Pakistan speedster Mohammad Amir had hung his boots from international cricket alleging mental torture.

“I don’t think I can play under this management. As far as [international] cricket is concerned, I am leaving it because I am being mentally tortured. I don’t think I can tolerate this anymore. I have already seen a lot of torture from 2010 to 2015,” Amir had told Pakistani journalist Shoaib Jatt in a Twitter video.

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Since then, Amir has been the centre of attraction in the Pakistani media as there have been multiple speculations around him including a possible stint in the Indian Premier League.

Will Mohammad Amir play international cricket for Pakistan again?

Most recently, Pakistan captain Babar Azam had opened up being ready to speak to Amir regarding an international comeback. Azam had laid emphasis on resolving issues between Amir and the team management.

Much like Amir, PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board) CEO Wasim Khan has also spoken about “making all efforts” to bring back Amir to Pakistan’s national team.

“I also made it clear to him [Mohammad Amir] that the path he adopted was not right as a senior player. I think Amir is a valuable player for us even now and we will now make efforts to bring about rapprochement between him and the coaches,” Khan told Cricket Baaz’s YouTube channel.

In 147 matches for Pakistan across formats, 29-year old Amir had picked 259 wickets at an average of 28.14 and a strike rate of 45.2 including five five-wicket hauls.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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