Younis praises Shoaib for speaking ‘bitter truth’

KARACHI: Former captain Younis Khan on Thursday endorsed Shoaib Akhtar’s comments regarding the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) legal department and termed them as ‘bitter truth’.

The ex-pacer recently uploaded a video on his YouTube channel in which he criticised the board’s legal department, its legal advisor Taffazul Rizvi in particular.

In his video, Shoaib said that Taffazul had pitted the PCB against its players and complicated things to earn money while dealing with their cases.

Younis termed Shoaib’s remarks as ‘befitting’ and praised him for having a spine to speak the ‘bitter truth’.

“What a befitting and bitter truth spoken by Shoaib Akhtar. It takes a backbone to be simply uncompromisingly forthright.”

“Time for PCB to honestly evaluate his remarks for the betterment of Pakistan cricket and its players. I stand by with Shoaib Akhtar,” Younis said in a tweet.

Meanwhile, the board said that it was disappointed by Shoaib’s outburst against the PCB’s legal department.

‘The PCB is disappointed with Shoaib Akhtar’s poor choice of words, while publicly commenting about the PCB’s legal department and its legal advisor,’ PCB said in a media release.

Taffazul has also sent a legal notice asking Shoaib to retract from his statement and pay Rs 100 million in damages as the former pacer’s statement has questioned and raised fingers on his credibility.