The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has corrected its mistake of not including several important achievements in a recent video following the backlash for ignoring former captain Imran Khan.
The cricket board has come under fire for the past 72 hours after it not only Khan – a cricketer-turned-politician – but other players who have made the nation proud in the game.
Not only the fans, but several notables – including Wahab Riaz, Arooj Mumtaz, and Wasim Akram – also took exception to the board’s move and demanded an apology.
In the latest video, the board said it has launched a promotional campaign leading up to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.
“One of the videos was uploaded on August 14, 2023. Due to its length, the video was shortened and some important clips were missing. This has been corrected in the full version of the video,” he said. mentioned
The PCB has launched a promotional campaign leading up to the CWC 2023. One of the videos was uploaded on 14th August 2023. Due to its length, the video was abridged and some important clips were missing. This has been rectified in the complete version of the video ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/Rz2OBDyI9i
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) August 16, 2023
Apart from Khan, the new version of the video features Pakistan’s gold medal wins at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games, Misbah-ul-Haq becoming Pakistan’s first-ever Test ranking number one and Nida Dar. First Pakistani player to take 100 wickets in T20.
Imran Khan’s Cricket Journey
Khan played 88 Tests and 175 ODIs for Pakistan during his illustrious cricket career.
His averages, 37 with the bat and 22 with the ball, placed him at the top of the star all-rounders, Ian Botham, Richard Headley and Kapil Dev being the others, who impressed everyone in Test cricket in the 1980s. .
During Khan’s last 10 years of international cricket, he featured in 51 Tests, averaging 50 with the bat and 19 with the ball.
Khan led Pakistan to victory in the first series in England in 1987, but the best moment of his career came when the men in green lifted the 1992 World Cup trophy under his impressive leadership.
The cricketer-turned-politician is currently behind bars on corruption charges after a court convicted him in the Tosha Khana case, sentenced him to three years in prison and was later suspended for five years by the Election Commission. Declared ineligible.
