Former cricketer and now YouTuber, Basit Ali, has endorsed India’s former batter Virender Sehwag’s accusations against selector Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Amir.
Sehwag’s accusation of Wahab came in the wake of Mohammad Amir’s return to international cricket which eventually saw him representing the national team yet another T20 World Cup.
Speaking in ARY News’ program Har Lamha Purjosh, Basit Ali referring to Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Amir said: “A neighbor has said the truth.”
Basit Ali said he supports statement of Virender Sehwag as he said the truth. Basit also confronted another panelist Kamran Akmal, when he said Wahab is not a chief selector.
The former player said he cannot hide the truth and will keep raising his voice on the issue.
Virender Sehwag was irked by the fact that both Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Amir, who previously criticised the team on national television, are now part of the setup.
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“Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Amir, these are two names who criticised the Pakistan team on the same TV channel, giving their comments…Today, one of them is a selector [Riaz] and one is in the playing eleven [Amir],” Sehwag said.
“So the same persons who were criticising, if today they have power, became the selector, what have they done first up? ‘Mohammad Amir was with me, let’s select him’. It’s like if Ajit Agarkar is chairman (of BCCI selection committee) today, he will say ‘come Viru, come Zak (Zaheer Khan)’, I will facilitate your comeback,” Sehwag added.
