Sarfaraz
Nawaz S/o Malik Mohammed Nawaz
(Recorded
on 8th September, 1998)
When Imran
Khan was captain, Raj Bagri, who was the biggest bookmaker in India, approached
him and offered Rs 20 lakh for the information whether he would like to
win or lose the toss. This fact was disclosed to me by Imran. In '79 when
Pakistan toured India, Raj Bagri used to live in the same room in which
Asif Iqbal did and behaved as if he was a member of the team. He was allowed
access to all player areas. The brother of Akram and Malik are bookmakers.
Ijaz and Malik are also involved in gambling in the matches of their local
teams. In October '94, in a match between National Bank of Pakistan and
Habeeb Bank, Malik was paid Rs 10 lakh to lose the match. I have been repeatedly
writing about the betting and match-fixing of Pakistani players to the
president of Pakistan, prime minister, the pcb and all concerned but I
was never called or examined. This situation can be remedied by ousting
Malik, Akram, Ijaz and Saqlain from the team. As a matter of fact we should
prepare a new team for the World Cup by inducting youngsters. There is
one more instance. Last year, when the Pakistan team was on the South African
tour we won the first Test in the absence of Akram but after his arrival
and inclusion in the team there was bickering and we lost the second match.
In the presence of Farooq Leghari, then president, Javed Burki disclosed
he had positive and solid proof about match-fixing. At that time Abassi
was also present.
