Pakistani bowling sensation Mohammed Amir retired from International cricket abruptly on 20 December 2020. He had problems with the Pakistan’s team management. Amir was speaking in an interview with Cricket Pakistan where he explained the importance of team management’s support. Recently, Bumrah got married in a private ceremony in Goa. Jasprit Bumrah was allowed by the Indian team management to discontinue with the tour of England. Amir feels that’s the right way to go about in cricket.
“I think it is not the right mindset to look at performance of only four or five matches. If you remember, Jasprit Bumrah had only one wicket in 16 matches when he was playing Australia series but nobody questioned him because they knew that he is a match-winning bowler. That was the time they (Indian team management) should have supported him and they did that,” Amir said while talking about how Bumrah was supported.
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Amir was distraught at the behavior of the team management. He said, “You are given the job to help the player when he is not performing and not just discard him from the side. If it’s like this, then we should give you an entire team made up of players like Cristiano Ronaldo so that you can sit back and relax and do nothing.”
“If it was only about my performance, I would have never taken the decision about retirement. But their (team management) statements about me regarding my retirement from Test cricket really hurt me. I have no personal issue with them as they are my elders and legends of the game,” Amir concluded.