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The cricketing world rallied against the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on the country's Independence Day i.e. August 14, because they forgot to add any mention of former prime minister Imran Khan, who captained the side to their one and only ODI World Cup victory.
However, the board have now done a U-Turn and shared a second video with a glimpse of the skipper after he led the team to a trophy in 1992.
"The PCB has launched a promotional campaign leading up to the CWC 2023. One of the videos was uploaded on 14th August 2023. 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," the PCB wrote on Twitter.
The video, shared by PCB on August 14, highlighted the memorable achievements of Pakistani cricket, with the pinnacle being their World Cup victory 31 years ago. However, the clip, lasting two minutes and 21 seconds, noticeably omitted any footage of Imran Khan, the captain who steered the team to that very victory.
The new clip is now 2 minutes and 35 seconds long.
Wasim Akram, an instrumental figure in the 1992 triumph and a renowned fast bowler himself, did not hold back in expressing his disappointment over this glaring omission. Imran Khan, in addition to being his captain, was also Akram's fast-bowling mentor.
Akram voiced his concern on Twitter, stating, “After long flights and hours of transit before reaching Sri Lanka, I got the shock of my life when I watched PCB’s short clip on the history of Pakistan cricket minus the great Imran Khan." He further stressed, “Political differences apart but Imran Khan is an icon of world cricket and developed Pakistan into a strong unit in his time and gave us a pathway…PCB should delete the video and apologise.”
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