In a startling revelation, tempo legend Wasim Akram has accused his former Pakistan teammate Saleem Malik of treating him like a servant within the early a part of his profession.
Akram, who made his worldwide debut in 1984, mentioned that senior teammate Malik made him give therapeutic massage and clear his garments and boots.
Akram made the revelations in his biography ‘Sultan: A Memoir’.
“He would take advantage of my junior status. He was negative, selfish and treated me like a servant. He demanded I massage him, he ordered me to clean his clothes and boots,” learn an excerpt from the biography, in line with reviews in Pakistan media.
“I was angry when some of the younger team members in Ramiz, Tahir, Mohsin, Shoaib Mohammad invited me to nightclubs.”
Akram performed below Malik’s captaincy from 1992 to 1995 and there have been reviews that the 2 gamers weren’t on good phrases.
Malik, nonetheless, denied the allegations, saying Akram wrote all these to advertise his e book.
“I was trying to call him but he did not answer. I will ask him what was the reason for writing what he did,” Malik was quoted as saying by the Pakistani media.
“If I was narrow minded, I would not have given him the chance to bowl. I will ask him why he wrote such remarks about me.”