‘I had to clean his shoes and clothes’- Wasim Akram makes startling revelation on Saleem Malik, latter reacts

Wasim Akram: (Image Source: Twitter)

Legendary Pakistan cricketer, Wasim Akram has, once again, made headlines with regard to a controversial remark he made on his former teammate Saleem Malik in his autobiography called ‘Sultan: A Memoir’.

In his book, he revealed that during the early days of his career, his senior ally, Saleem Malik would treat him like a servant. Akram had to clean his clothes and boots and also labeled Malik as ‘negative and selfish’.

“He would take advantage of my junior status. He was negative, and selfish and treated me like a servant. He demanded I massage him, he ordered me to clean his clothes and boots,” read an excerpt from the biography.

“I was angry when some of the younger team members in Ramiz, Tahir, Mohsin, and Shoaib Mohammad invited me to nightclubs.”

Notably, Wasim Akram played under the captaincy of Saleem Malik from 1992 and 1995. Pakistan had won 7 out of 12 Tests and 21 out of 34 ODIs during that time. Akram’s remark didn’t go down well with Malik, who has also hit back at him heavily.

The former Pakistan skipper has denied all such allegations and said that Akram made all those false allegations only to promote his book.

“I was trying to call him but he did not answer. I will ask him what was the reason for writing what he did,” Malik was quoted as saying by the Pakistani media.

“If I was narrow-minded, I would not have given him the chance to bowl. I will ask him why he wrote such remarks about me.”

Both Wasim Akram and Saleem Malik are veteran Pakistan cricketers. Akram served the nation in 356 ODIs and 104 Tests, picking 502 and 414 wickets respectively. On the other hand, Saleem Malik played 103 Tests and 283 ODIs for Pakistan, amassing 5768 and 7170 runs respectively.

In 2000, Malik was banned from the sport after he found guilty of match-fixing.