The former PAK pacer recently threw significant shade towards the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the postponement of 2020 T20 World Cup during an interview over on YouTube.
Former Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Akhtar is widely known for his controversial takes over matters he has once again done the same this time around with the T20 World Cup.
The veteran pacer recently threw significant shade towards the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the postponement of 2020 T20 World Cup during an interview over on YouTube.
Akhtar didn't stop there and even dragged in the 'Monkeygate' controversy to prove his point, hinting that it was BCCI's strong influence which 'saved' Harbhajan Singh from the infamous controversy with former Australian batter Andrew Symonds.
"Sometimes they get easy wickets in Melbourne, at times someone calls another person a monkey but gets saved, the talk goes to boycotting the series."
"I am asking the Australians, where are their ethics?" Shoaib Akhtar said.
"You made kids cry for scratching a cricket ball and they got away by calling someone a monkey. They (BCCI) said to end the series and they (Australian Board) said no such incident happened. Are these your moral grounds, did you not get the sounds on the mic," he added.
Speaking on the topic of the Asia Cup and the T20 World Cup getting postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe, Akhtar claimed that the tournaments could have easily taken place as per schedule.
"Asia Cup could have definitely happened, it would have been a great chance for India and Pakistan to play against each other. There are many reasons behind this. I don’t want to get into that," he said
"T20 World Cup could have also happened, but I had already said this earlier that they won’t let it happen. IPL should not be damaged, let the World Cup go to hell," he further added.
On Monday, ICC had announced that the T20 World Cup has been officially postponed after the board met virtually.
The global event was supposed to be held from October 18 to November 15 but the country’s cricket board expressed its inability to host the massive tournament amid a second surge of COVID-19 cases in the state of Victoria.
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