Saeed Ajmal loses his cool over Pakistan Cup snub

KARACHI: Pakistani off-spinner Saeed Ajmal lost his cool at being not included in the draft for the Pakistan Cup and said that he was ready to quit cricket tomorrow if he was told to, on Tuesday.

Speaking to media personnel, Ajmal stated that if the main objective was to promote cricket in Pakistan, then senior players should be selected with junior player.

"If the PCB won't include me in matches, then how will improvement come about?" he asked. "You should include young players gradually."

Ajmal said that it was due to these reasons that Pakistan was dropping in international rankings. He wished the national cricket team would improve in rankings. He also voiced his opinion that those players found guilty in spot-fixing should be punished severely.

He disclosed that he had spoken to Chief Selector Inzamam-ul-Haq at the time of the draft.

"I spoke to Inzamam at the time of the draft and informed him that my name had not been included in it," he said.

He said that if it were the case then the board should send him a letter stating that they do not want him to play cricket.