Former Pakistan fast bowler, Shoaib Akhtar has been known for not mincing his words as he always speaks his mind, and recently he did something similar. During a chat on Geo Cricket on a YouTube show, Akhtar expressed that BCCI completely responsible for the postponement of the T20 World Cup and he even dragged in the ‘Monkeygate’ controversy to make his point.

Akhtar indicated that BCCI’s influence was the reason for saving Harbhajan Singh during the controversy surrounding Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds. He said, “Sometimes they get easy wickets in Melbourne, at times someone calls another person a monkey but gets saved, the talk goes to boycotting the series. I am asking the Australians, where are their ethics?” 

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Shoaib Akhtar referred to the in which the veteran Indian spinner, Harbhajan Singh was accused of passing some racial comments at Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds during the Sydney Test during the 2007-08 series. 

Akhtar elaborated, “You made kids cry for scratching a cricket ball and they got away by calling someone a monkey. They [BCCI] said to end the series and they [Australian Board] said no such incident happened. Are these your moral grounds, did you not get the sounds on the mic.”

Talking about the postponement of the Asia Cup and the T20 World Cup due to rising cases of the coronavirus pandemic, Akhtar Said that the tournaments could have taken place as per schedule.

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Explaining his views further, Shoaib Akhtar said, “Asia Cup could have definitely happened, it would have been a great chance for India and Pakistan to play against each other. There are many reasons for this. I don’t want to get into that. T20 World Cup could have also happened, but I had already said this earlier that they won’t let it happen. IPL should not be damaged, let the World Cup go to hell.”