Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir has quashed the speculations of retirement from the Test cricket while revealing he has never thought of backing away from the longer format of the game, as far as the 25-year-old would stay fit, he would be raring to go against quality opponents. (Read Here: Sri Lanka Cricket Rejects PCB’s Offer To Play T20 Internationals in Pakistan).
Amir went on to say that his comment was altered after thrusting on ‘fitness’ and managing of the workload of the elite-level game owing to the contemporary cricket
You have to take care of your body and look after your fitness levels and someone altered that statement and quoted me as saying that I wanted to quit playing Test cricket,” Amir told Sky Sports in an interview.
Terming the news as “ridiculous”, the left-arm quick further stated such fabricated comments shouldn’t be paid any heed, as he has vehemently discarded the Test retirements speculations which were doing rounds.
“It’s totally untrue and as long as I am fit I want to play in all formats. I have no idea what the thinking was behind this ridiculous story,” Amir added.
Returning to his best again, Amir added he, in fact, wants to play across all three formats of the gentleman’s game, in a bid to give his hundred percent while donning the national jersey.
“I’m fit, strong and healthy and have no intentions of quitting any format,” Amir maintained.
In a bid to give his quality time to limited-overs cricket, earlier the unconfirmed media information revealed Amir was considering ending his five-day cricket future to excel in white-ball cricket.
In 2016, Amir returned to international set-up after serving the five-year spot-fixing ban when he was charged alongside the then Pakistan skipper Salman Butt and fast bowler Mohammad Asif at Lord’s Test in 2010.
“I was not under any false impressions that my comeback would be easy and that I would hit the ground running,” Amir revealed.
During his ban, Amir has gone through a lot of hardships, before making the return which he didn’t think was improbable, as his fans were eager to see him playing the international cricket after starting with a bang as a rookie bowler from Punjab.
“I never touched a cricket ball during my ban, yet people expected me to come back to international cricket and make an instant impact,” Amir concluded.
In the recently concluded ICC Champions Trophy, Amir has played an imperative role in the grand finale against arch-rival India – to help his side for lifting the maiden title of Champions Trophy held in England and Wales.
Since making his debut in 2009 against England, Amir has played 36 One-day Internationals, 31 Twenty20 Internationals and 28 Tests. Across all three formats, he has bagged 183 wickets.