PCB uploads ‘rectified’ version of World Cup video after Imran Khan snub
Multiple important moments were missing from the original video
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday uploaded a “rectified” version of its ICC World Cup 2023 video after it faced severe criticism for omitting legendary all-rounder Imran Khan from the original clip.
In the caption of the video, the PCB clarified that “due to its length, the video was abridged and some important clips were missing. This has been rectified in the complete version of the video”.
Apart from Imran, the new version of the video also included Pakistan’s gold medal triumphs in the Asian Games of 2010 and 2014, Misbah-ul-Haq leading Pakistan to number one in Test rankings for the first time in history and Nida Dar becoming the first Pakistan player to claim 100 T20I wickets.
Imran played 88 Tests and 175 ODIs for Pakistan over the course of his illustrious cricket career.
His averages, 37 with the bat and 22 with the ball, kept him at the top of the quartet of star all-rounders, Ian Botham, Richard Hadlee and Kapil Dev being the others, who impressed one and all in Test cricket in the 1980s.
During Imran's last 10 years of international cricket, he featured in 51 Tests, averaging a remarkable 50 with the bat and 19 with the ball.
Imran also led Pakistan to their first series victory in England in 1987 but the best moment of his career came when the Men in Gren clinched the 1992 World Cup trophy under his inspirational leadership.
The cricketer-turned-politician is currently behind bars on corruption charges after a court convicted him in the Toshakhana case, sentencing him to three years in prison and later, the election commission disqualified him for five years from running for office.
