Wasim Akram makes explosive revelations about 'lobbyist' Rashid Latif and 'zombie' Aamir Sohail

Rashid Latif, Wasim Akram and Amir Sohail (Source: Twitter)

Wasim Akram, the former Pakistan legend has opened up a can of worms as he is inching closer to the launch date of his biography, 'Sultan: A Memoir. There are more and more hard-hitting revelations coming out. The book has already hit the shelves in Australia and some other countries. The incidents that happened throughout his career are written about in the book and it has helped unearth some explosive revelations.

One unsavoury incident that happened in the Pakistani Legends career was when Ata-ur- Rehman claimed in the 1990s that Akram had allegedly offered him 3-4 Lakh Pakistani Rupee. Akram was given a clean chit against all the allegations in 1999 but that will be one phase in his life which will leave a big black mark against his name.

In his book, Akram spoke about the allegations, and he termed former Pakistan wicketkeeper Rashid Latif as a lobbyist. "The lobbyists were at work. In July 2000, Rashid Latif gave an interview to The Sunday Telegraph in which he claimed to have been offered £15,000 to ensure Pakistan were bowled out for under 300 in the 1996 Lord's Test. And who knows? Maybe he had. But had he told me, his captain, at the time? No. Had he reported it to his coach or manager? No. Had he told Qayyum? No. Amazingly, these stories only ever came out when he wanted attention," Akram wrote in his book.

There was a lot of lobbying - Wasim Akram

"I was publicly reinstated as captain for the DMC Trophy in Toronto. The clamour for change was satisfied by a new coach, Wasim Raja, and new selectors: Wasim's brother Ramiz, Naushad Ali and Abdur Raquib. They recalled, after his tireless lobbying, the zombie figure of Aamir Sohail," An excerpt read. Sohail had earlier claimed that Akram did not put in full efforts to help Pakistan win in the 1996 and 1999 World Cups to which Wasim wrote a mouth-shutting response in the above excerpt.

In another big revelation, Akram did not spare his fast-bowling partner Waqar Younis either as he said "Waqar, by then (2003) was not in our best XI. He was made captain because of Tauqir, and Tauqir was a nuisance. Shoaib, for example, took it into his head to contact Tauqir directly with a request that he be joined by his own doctor, Tauseef Razzaq," another excerpt stated.