Wasim Akram's claims that Saleem Malik acted selfishly and treated him like a servant during his early years of international cricket have been refuted by the former captain. Akram claimed in his autobiography Sultan: A Memoir that Malik took advantage of his junior status on the team and asked him to clean his clothes and boots.
Malik, who played 103 Tests and 293 ODIs for Pakistan, denied the allegations in an interview, adding that he won't comment until he reads the book or speaks with Akram. "I want to ask him for his view on his comments and in what sense did he write those. We used to go on tour for Pakistan tours, there used to be laundry machines there. We didn’t have to use our hands," Malik told 24 News.
"Till I don’t talk to him or I don’t check his book. I don’t want to comment on it. We are colleagues and spent good time together. So I don’t want to create any controversy," he added.
Notably, Akram made his debut under Malik's captaincy and went on to become one of the game's greatest bowlers, arguably the greatest left-arm pacer in history. "If I was selfish, then how did he play his first match under me? So why would I let him bowl," Malik said.
He claims Akram is insulting himself by making such remarks. "The way he is talking about clothes and massage, he is insulting himself. Till I don’t talk to him, I won’t know in what sense he wrote it," he said.
He would take advantage of my junior status: Wasim Akram on Saleem Malik
In his book, Akram described Malik as "selfish" and "negative". "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," reads an excerpt from the biography.
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Saleem Malik opens up on Wasim Akram's 'Treated me Like Servant' comments
Wasim Akram's claims that Saleem Malik acted selfishly and treated him like a servant during his early years have been refuted
Saleem Malik-Wasim Akram (source: Twitter)
Wasim Akram's claims that Saleem Malik acted selfishly and treated him like a servant during his early years of international cricket have been refuted by the former captain. Akram claimed in his autobiography Sultan: A Memoir that Malik took advantage of his junior status on the team and asked him to clean his clothes and boots.
Malik, who played 103 Tests and 293 ODIs for Pakistan, denied the allegations in an interview, adding that he won't comment until he reads the book or speaks with Akram. "I want to ask him for his view on his comments and in what sense did he write those. We used to go on tour for Pakistan tours, there used to be laundry machines there. We didn’t have to use our hands," Malik told 24 News.
"Till I don’t talk to him or I don’t check his book. I don’t want to comment on it. We are colleagues and spent good time together. So I don’t want to create any controversy," he added.
Notably, Akram made his debut under Malik's captaincy and went on to become one of the game's greatest bowlers, arguably the greatest left-arm pacer in history. "If I was selfish, then how did he play his first match under me? So why would I let him bowl," Malik said.
He claims Akram is insulting himself by making such remarks. "The way he is talking about clothes and massage, he is insulting himself. Till I don’t talk to him, I won’t know in what sense he wrote it," he said.
He would take advantage of my junior status: Wasim Akram on Saleem Malik
In his book, Akram described Malik as "selfish" and "negative". "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," reads an excerpt from the biography.