"Saleem Malik Treated Me Like Servant, Ordered Me To Massage Him, Clean His Clothes" - Wasim Akram

Published - 28 Nov 2022, 05:22 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:15 AM

Wasim Akram. Photo- Twitter
Wasim Akram. Photo- Getty

Legendary Pacer Wasim Akram has been making headlines because of his biography Sultan: A Memoir. The Cricketer was a part of the 1992 triumph where Pakistan had won against all odds. Akram had taken 18 wickets in the tournament and was the leading wicket-taker of the tourney and played a pivotal role in the campaign.

Wasim Akram had played 104 Test Matches and took 414 Wickets in his career where he took 25 five-wicket hauls. The left-arm pacer played 356 ODIs and took 502 wickets where he had taken 6 five-wicket hauls. The speedster was famous for his in-swinging deliveries which disturbed the batters a lot.

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Wasim Akram
Wasim Akram. Image-PTI

Wasim Akram on Saleem Malik

Wasim Akram mentioned Saleem Malik in his biography Sultan : ‘A Memoir’. “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. I was angry when some of the younger team members in Ramiz, Tahir, Mohsin, Shoaib Mohammad invited me to nightclubs,” said Wasim Akram.

Saleem Malik on Wasim Akram

Earlier this year, Saleem Malik made some interesting comments about Wasim Akram on a local news channel.

“When I would go to Wasim to hand him the ball, he would snatch it from me, because he wasn’t talking to me. There was anger because I had become captain, whereas Wasim and Waqar wanted it.

“Both of them weren’t speaking to me, and yet we won the series. Wasim would snatch the ball from me and walk away, and I would walk along with him. Waz wasn’t talking to me,” said Saleem Malik.

Saleem Malik
Saleem Malik (Image Credits: Twitter)

“I would tell him: ‘Waz, you’re the No.1 bowler in the world.’ I am saying it to him while he’s walking to his run-up in anger. I said ‘You’re the No.1 bowler, you dismiss him, you don’t, it doesn’t matter to me. You have your own reputation,” he added.

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