The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) faced a severe backlash from experts and fans on Monday when it released a 2.21-minute short documentary on 76th Independence Day featuring Pakistan’s achievements in the game but it omitted the Country’s greatest ever Captain and 1992 World Cup Winner Imran Khan from the video.
Making history isn’t just about one day, it’s about the legends we create and the tales we script 💫
🏆 Pakistan Cricket Team – a legacy that echoes through time 🌟#BeyondJustOneDay pic.twitter.com/grC0YVC5Xi
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) August 14, 2023
Enriched with abundance of talent, Pakistan owns a glorious legacy in cricket as from 1952 first ever Test victory against India to 2017 ICC Champions Trophy title, the Country has bagged numerous successes.
When it comes to ICC Cricket World, Pakistan sealed the title just once in 1992 under the captaincy of Imran Khan. However, in its video, the PCB – which now is run by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) nominee Zaka Ashraf – seems to have intentionally erased him, an evident of the fact how even the cricketing body has badly been politicized or being influenced for vested interests.
Reacting to the PCB’s disgraceful and biased treatment of Iman Khan – who is currently imprisoned in Attock Jail – cricket experts and fans lambasted the premier cricket governing body in the Country for operating at such a low level.
76 saal ki cricket history @ImranKhanPTI kay baghair kaisi likhi jaa sakti hai? Khan ko delete kar k aap nai apna qad kam kar liya hai, history tu apni jaga rahay gee.🤷♀️🤷♀️ https://t.co/HiaMuUlxyU
— Aalia Rasheed (@aaliaaaliya) August 14, 2023
Reminiscing in Pakistan crickets history, 11 images of the 1992 World Cup win and not one pic or mention of the greatest that ever played the game for the country!
Imran Khan will go down in history as one of the greats of the global game!#PakistanCricket https://t.co/wKsvBgNZ3u
— Urooj Mumtaz Khan (@uroojmumtazkhan) August 14, 2023
In 1980s, Imran Khan took 256 wickets in Tests at an average of 19.12 and scored 2430 runs at an average of 44.18. A GOAT sportsman.
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) August 14, 2023
PCB claims to be a big advocate of not mixing sports with politics and then doesn’t bothers to include the only ICC WorldCup winning captain of Pakistan – The great Imran Khan in the special video of independence day. Such a hypocritical act by PCB!✋Shame! https://t.co/ma75BuIxBm
— Arfa Feroz Zake (@ArfaSays_) August 14, 2023
1992 World Cup winner Imran Khan missing from this, no mention of him in the trophy/celebration pics too! Liked the video and then pressed the undo button. Not cool, guys 👎
— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) August 14, 2023
Not that it matters much, but I’m going to call out for an all-out boycott of the @TheRealPCB‘s unreal editorial team unless somebody in charge bothers explaining why Imran Khan has been eradicated from the annals of Pakistan’s cricket history.
Remember, boys. This the… https://t.co/vNibFBtN9d
— Wajahat S. Khan (@WajSKhan) August 14, 2023
Your bias can blind you, you can attempt …. but you can’t erase @ImranKhanPTI from the history of Pakistan Cricket !!!
In an attempt of doing so you have just erased this idiotic attempt itself from history of Pakistan Cricket. https://t.co/1vEVPj8r7P
— Kamran Muzaffer (@krick3r) August 14, 2023
Btw .. how well has mr Zaka Ashraf managed to ve skipped the skipper.. how can you dear ??
کیسے کر لیتے ہو ایسے ؟؟ https://t.co/pyQZDArKrb— Qasim Shah (@AlphaGulsher) August 14, 2023
Epic PR Disaster! https://t.co/ARrRvdYHql pic.twitter.com/KBdgh44TjT
— Maria Memon (@Maria_Memon) August 15, 2023
