KARACHI: Former cricketer and renowned commentator Ramiz Raja has suggested the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to take the lie-detecting tests of players before allowing them to play the match.
In a video posted on his YouTube channel, Raja said that random lie-detector tests should be made necessary in order to tackle corruption in sports.
“There should be an equipment to tell if the player is thinking to fix games like the ones being used to take temperature among patients during coronavirus testing,” he said. “Realistically, it can happen through a lie detector test. A random assessment of players should take place when they are playing domestic cricket. It can reveal if they have been fixing games or if they have been approached to do so.”
The cricketer-turned-commentator said that the decision should be made in order to strop the corruption menace in the sports that was bringing defame to Pakistan.
“There is no harm to it. A debate must be held on this matter as the sport is getting a bad reputation,” he added.
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Cricketer-turned-commentator Ramiz Raja had earlier lashed out at Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) after corruption scandal emerged in the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL).
Ramiz, the brand ambassador for PSL, believes allowing the players involved in the 2010 spot-fixing scandal to return gave way to the recent corruption scandal in the PSL, hinting at Mohammad Amir and his co-players Muhammad Asif and Salman Butt.
PCB on Friday suspended two Islamabad United players Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif due to alleged fixing claims, with the cricket board chairman Shaharyar Khan stating that the management has solid proof against them.
The 54-year-old reiterated the claim he earlier made when Amir was included in the national team that players who put the country’s name in disrepute should never be allowed to come back.
