XtraTime Web Desk: India’s defeat against England a couple of days back invited huge criticism across the globe. While the criticism and remarks were all acceptable, what came as a source of amazement was how several known faces came up with conspiracy theories with respect to Indian batsmen’s lack of intent. Since India’s loss affected the qualifying chances of fellow Asian teams, perhaps it was the reason behind the deceptive tales.
A controversial tweet from Waqar Younis’ tweet was followed by him receiving denunciation in return for his remark. Things further went on the other side for him after his fellow fast bowler Wasim Akram’s old interview started surfacing on social media platform Twitter.
Wasim Akram: "Kumble had got nine wickets. Me & Waqar were batting. Waqar came to me and said 'How about getting run out?' so that Kumble does not get his 10th wicket.'' — Rings a bell?
— Shashank Kishore (@captainshanky) July 1, 2019
Question their intent, but to smell a conspiracy is simply ridiculous. https://t.co/JyMgt7J104
In the interview, Akram had talked about how Younis had suggested him to involve in a run-out to deny former India captain Anil Kumble his 10th wicket of the innings during the historic Delhi Test of Pakistan’s tour of India in 1999.