Spot-fixing wouldn’t have happened had Wasim Akram, Inzamam-Ul-Haq been hanged: Abdul Qadir

New Delhi: After Javed Miandad's rather bizarre call for death penalty for match fixers, another legend Abdul Qadir has claimed that had Wasim Akram and Inzamam-Ul-Haq been hanged, Pakistan would have never seen the scourge of match-fixing.

Qadir made the sensational claim on TV while speaking about the current Pakistan Super League (PSL) spot-fixing scandal, which has once again compromised the sport's existence in Pakistan.

A report in Express Tribune carried Qadir's views.

“Had you hanged Wasim Akram, Inzamam, Mushtaq Ahmed — there’s an entire list — instead of giving them a slap on the wrist, what’s happening now would’ve never happened,” Qadir is quoted as saying.

He went on to reveal that “Ataur Rehman and Salim Malik were made the scapegoats." Both Rehman and Malik were implicated in 2000 for match fixing.

“All of Wasim, Waqar, Inzamam and Mushtaq either currently work or have previously worked within the PCB. Why weren’t the recommendations of Justice Qayyum’s report enforced?," he asked.

The second edition of PSL was rocked by spot-fixing scandal, and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was forced to send back Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif from UAE, where the league games were played.

Later, the PCB suspended the two players along with Mohammad Irfan and Shahzaib Hussain.