Pakistan's legendary pacer Wasim Akram has made a shocking accusation in his biography 'Sultan: A Memoir'. Akram has accused former Pakistan skipper Saleem Malik of treating him like a servant when the pacer was new to the team.
"He would take advantage of my junior status. He was negative, selfish and treated me like a servant. He demanded I massage him, he ordered me to clean his clothes and boots," read an excerpt from the biography.
"I was angry when some of the younger team members in Ramiz, Tahir, Mohsin, Shoaib Mohammad invited me to nightclubs."
Malik captained Pakistan's ODI side from 1992-1995 where he led the team to victory in 21 out of 34 games. In the Test format, he led Pakistan in 12 games out of which they ended up winning seven. There were reports of rift between the two. They were also members of Pakistan’s 1992 World Cup-winning squad.
The 59-year-old has denied all allegations and called it as Akram's ploy to promote his autobiography. He also revealed that he tried to contact Akram regarding the allegations.
"I was trying to call him but he did not answer. I will ask him what was the reason for writing what he did," Malik was quoted as saying by the Pakistani media.
"If I was narrow minded, I would not have given him the chance to bowl. I will ask him why he wrote such remarks about me."
Akram went down as one of the best pacers in history of Pakistan cricket with 414 Test wickets and 502 ODI wickets. He was handy down the order as well scoring 2,898 Test runs and 3,717 ODI runs. His highest Test score is 257 not out.
On the other hand, Malik is considered one of the top batters as well. he scored 5,768 runs from 103 Tests including 15 centuries and 29 half-centuries. In ODI format, he scored 7,170 runs from 256 innings including five centuries and 47 fifties.
