Left-arm pacer Mohammad Amir is anticipated to come out of retirement before the ICC World Cup 2023 and has reportedly received encouragement from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to “get ready for international cricket”.
According to reports, the Pakistani team’s selection committee got in touch with Amir’s adviser and requested that he advise the cricketer to refrain from making pointless comments in the media.
The player has also received indications that he will participate in this year’s ICC World Cup, which will be held in India from October to November. Amir had complained about problems with the squad administration at the time of his retirement in 2020, which was headed by Misbah-ul-Haq.
In 36 Tests, 61 ODIs, and 50 T20 Internationals, Amir has played for Pakistan. In 2020, he last participated in a competitive game. The speedster also competed for Pakistan in their victories at the ICC T20 World Cup in 2009 and the ICC Champions Trophy in 2017.
Pakistan won the inaugural event in an eight-team tournament thanks to his closing spell in the Champions Trophy 2017.
Amir, his new-ball partner Mohammad Asif, and former Pakistan skipper Salman Butt were all found guilty of match-fixing during the Test series against England in 2010 and received five-year cricket bans as well as prison terms.
Amir, the youngest of the three, got a lot of support and was allowed to play international cricket again in 2016 when Najam Sethi, who is now the de facto leader of the PCB, was in control of the sport in the nation.
After abruptly leaving international cricket in 2020, Amir sparked debate once more. The cricketer charged the bowling instructor Waqar Younis and the then-head coach Misbah of showing favouritism in his remarks.
After Misbah and Waqar left, the speedster said he would reconsider his decision to quit.
Misbah and Waqar were forced to leave their positions during the tenure of former PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja, but Amir’s anticipated comeback was prevented by Raja’s stern attitude and zero-tolerance fixer policy.