Amir should not have compared himself with Bumrah: Ramiz Raja

Pakistan’s former cricketer-turned-commentator Ramiz Raja, in a video on the YouTube channel Cricket Bazz on Thursday, claimed that pacer Mohammad Amir should not have compared himself with India’s pacer Jasprit Bumrah as he had done in a recent interview with CricketPakistan.com.pk.

The 58-year-old believed that Amir’s retirement gave the impression that he was bigger than the sport itself.

“I think Amir giving this reference is a bit wrong because he left the field himself at the age of 26 or 27. Whatever the problems he had but I think the impression that is given is that I am bigger than this sport and if you will not change this I will not come back,” Raja said.

“Secondly, I think it might be right the talent you have should be better than the previous 7 to 8 months. I cannot see that progress. If a bowler’s line and direction are not correct so the same problem is in the next season as well. Those who have temperament issues will have those issues going ahead as well. I think your skill improvement should be better in every next season,” he added.

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The former cricketer also talked about the postponed Pakistan Super League (PSL) season six and how difficult it was to carry out the tournament during a pandemic.

“It was difficult to handle this tournament amid Covid-19. They will learn from their mistakes and I thought they got complacent because the bilateral series went well. They had to gather a huge number of people and everyone had to follow the protocols. Self-policing has been talked about and I completely agree with it because if you will survive then the other will survive,” he said.

“There were 70 to 80 people in our television crew but not a single case came positive. Most of them were foreigners and for security reasons and covid reasons they were not allowed to leave the hotel. I just wanted one thing that if the cricket board set aside 2 to 3 million dollars. This could have been used to book the entire hotel and quarantine could have been better so I think this was the slip from the cricket board,” he added.