‘People Thought The Game Was Fixed”: Ex-Pakistan Star Reveals Shocking Detail

Former Pakistan cricketer Mudassar Nazar talked on the match-fixing cloud in cricket, claiming every single time his group shed a video game to India, individuals back home utilized to believe the suit was repaired. Match- repairing has actually haunted Pakistan much more in this component of the 21st century, with gamers like Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif, Salman Butt, Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif offering restrictions for their participation in it. “I think if you look at Pakistan’s team in the 90s, they were, talent-wise, as good as Australia in the 90s. But it was a sheer fear factor of losing the game, and I’m going to be a little bit controversial here. The controversy is behind match fixing. There was a lot of pressure on the Pakistan team because every time they lost a game, people thought the game was dubious, the game was fixed.”

“Nobody was prepared to accept that they actually lost to a better team. So, at some stage in the early 90s, I was part of that team which was fearful of losing the game, and that was entirely due to match fixing or fear of people believing the match was fixed,” stated Nazar on the sidelines of the conclave arranged in Ajman (UAE) to commemorate the 100th episode of International cricket talk program – cricket predicta.

Nazar, that played 76 Tests and 122 ODIs for Pakistan from 1976 to 1989, likewise thinks the match-fixing legend has actually taken its toll on the group’s efficiencies, which have actually seen a sharp dip throughout all styles in the in 2014 and a fifty percent.

“You add another factor there, which is the factor of playing against India. No Pakistani, no Indian, would to lose this game. We’ve seen that in Sharjah and that’s why it was such a big event – India v Pakistan – nobody will lose against each other. That wasn’t the case with the cricket, but with the general public probably.”

“There was a lot of pressure there. Unfortunately, the match fixing saga took its toll on Pakistan team.”

You believe Pakistan could have hired a psycho therapist to deal up with the extra stress?

“I have never seen a psychologist win a cricket match. A lot of the teams have employed psychologists all over the world. But it has never worked.”

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