Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali urges the International Cricket Council to organise an India-Pakistan series for the World Test Championship. Ali believes that a neutral venue should be chosen for the series, such as Bangladesh or Sri Lanka, and that both teams should play a two or three-match Test series.
Shreyas Iyer's Duleep Trophy campaign has been a rocky one, with his latest outing adding to the mounting pressure. Terming the 29-year-old batter as ‘lucky’, Basit stated that Iyer doesn't have the “hunger” for red-ball cricket. I'm sorry to Indians who like him, but if I was India's selector, Iyer wouldn't have been in the Duleep Trophy at all. He's …
Controversy continues to swirl around Pakistan cricket as former international Basit Ali has made explosive allegations, seemingly against ex-captain Shoaib Malik, accusing him of deliberately losing a match during his playing career. In a video posted on his YouTube channel, Basit did not hold back, slamming Malik for alleged match-fixing and criticizing the Pakistan Cricket Board for appointing him as …
Muhammad Rahim is one of the two Afghans held in the notorious detention centre, but his lawyer now says he is facing a potentially serious health risk. Rahim’s brother, Abdul Basit, who himself was imprisoned from 2005 to 2010 at the Bagram detention site – known as “Afghanistan’s Guantanamo” – said Rahim needs special medical attention which he cannot get …
