Shoaib Akhtar again in the news: threatened PCB about bouncing a lawsuit over World Twenty20 axing

LAHORE - One can not keep controversial Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar away from news, and like earlier occasions, this time too the speedster is in the news for all wrong reasons, as he has threatened to take legal action against the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Akhtar, who is on a PCB central contract, has reportedly said that he reserves the right to sue the board over its decision of not including him in the World Twenty20 Championship squad.

Akhtar, during a television chat show, said he still has many years of cricket left in him and claimed that there has been a conspiracy to malign his image.

He has once again invited trouble by criticizing the board, because players under the central contract are not supposed to challenge its decisions in the media.

The 34 year old speedster was axed from the World T20 Championship squad after a PCB medical panel declared him unfit due to a skin infection.

Following Akhtar’s ouster from the team, chief selector Abdul Qadir also resigned from the post alleging that coach Intikhab Alam and team manager Yawar Saeed were behind the move to drop Akhtar. (ANI)