Should Not Have Reacted To Comments Made By A Person Who Sold His Country: Harbhajan Singh On Twitter War With Mohammad Amir

Mumbai: Just a couple of days after Pakistan’s 10-wicket win over India in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, veteran Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh and Pakistani pacer Mohammad Amir has sparred on Twitter.

In a conversation with Aaj Tak, Harbhajan urged Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to open a school for people like Amir where they can learn the way to talk to senior players.

“I would request Imran Khan to open a school for such children where they can learn how to speak to senior cricketers. In our country, we are taught manners. Even today, we talk with cricketers like Wasim Akram with a lot of respect. And people like him (Amir) don’t know what to talk with whom. I should not have reacted to the comments of a person who sold his country,” Harbhajan said.

Harbhajan has also had plenty of banter with former Pakistani pacer Shoaib Akhtar – but he said the banter between these two was different as they have an understanding after having known each other for a very long time.

“The banter between me and Shoaib is different as we know each other for a very long time having played plenty of cricket together. We have also done many shows together. We have an understanding. Who is Mohammad Amir? Is he the same guy who was guilty of match-fixing at Lord’s? What is his credibility? He would have barely played 10 matches for his country and he betrayed his country as well by accepting money to fix a match,” Harbhajan added.

Amir tried to provoke Harbhajan, after which Harbhajan reminded Amir about his involvement in the 2010 spot-fixing scandal in the Lord’s Test against England.

During Pakistan’s tour of England in 2010, Amir, along with two other Pakistani cricketers, Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt, were involved in a spot-fixing scandal. All three cricketers were banned. Pakistan decided to bring back Amir in international cricket in 2016, but Asif and Butt did not play for Pakistan again.

Amir and Asif were found guilty of deliberately bowling no-balls and they were banned from the sport for some time.

Harbhajan would tweet a couple more times with a picture of Amir’s infamous no-ball in the 2010 Lord’s Test and another video of his winning six in against Pakistan in the 2010 Asia Cup.

Amir too took a few digs at Harbhajan and asked the Indian “how about your illegal bowling action” in a tweet.

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