Having been banned in 2014 from bowling in international cricket, Ajmal tried mounting several comebacks but says the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) lukewarm interest in him left him with no option but to end his playing career and embark on a new journey. “I played enough and achieved even more than I had expected at the start of my career,” he said. “When I began playing cricket in 1991 I had never thought I will be representing Pakistan one day,” he said. But after performing in domestic cricket gradually, I realised that I have a decent chance of representing the national team. “I just wanted to do well for the team and just do better and better,” he recalled.

Source: The Express Tribune November 29, 2017 15:00 UTC