Former Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi has admitted to pitch tampering 17 years after the incident and stated that he modified the pitch together with his sneakers throughout the 2005 Test towards England in Faisalabad. The former Pakistani captain was suspended from one Test and two Tests because of the allegations. ODIs in 2005
“I used to be making use of all my energy and nothing was occurring. Then instantly a gasoline cylinder exploded and everybody’s consideration was distracted. I informed Malik (Shoaib Malik). ‘My coronary heart desires me to make a patch right here. Let the ball flip! (I need to patch this pitch so badly. I need the ball to show!), Afridi stated on the Sama TV present.
Afridi continued, “Malik replied, ‘Kar de. koi nai dekh raha’ (Do this, no one is watching). So I did it! And then what happened is history. When I look back , then you realize it was a mistake.”
Afridi, who performed 27 Tests, 398 ODIs and 99 T20 Internationals for Pakistan, was disregarded of two Twenty20 Internationals after being discovered responsible of ball-tampering throughout Pakistan’s two-wicket loss on the WACA in Perth in January 2010. was additionally banned.
Afridi, who was captaining the crew as Mohammad Yousuf, was caught by TV cameras chopping the ball. The TV umpire knowledgeable the on-field umpires and after a dialog with Afridi the umpires modified the ball.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
