Saeed Ajmal in trouble again, served show cause notice by PCB: reports
Mumbai: Trouble seems to be discarded Pakistan tweaker Saeed Ajmal’s good friend. After failing to impress national selectors after back-to-back shoddy performances in the domestic T20, add the suspect bowling action which he was pulled up for by the world governing body, Ajmal now is faced with a new conundrum.
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Regarded as one of the best bowlers in the world in all the three formats, the 35-year-old set up the Saeed Ajmal International Cricket Academy, located in the eastern Pakistan city of Faisalabad, and one that will be free of charge to new recruits.
Located inside the premises of the Agricultural University in the city, Ajmal has formally been informed about the seizure of land belonging to him, who announced on Thursday that he is setting up a cricket academy to scout new talent and produce bowlers like himself.
According to reports, the PCB has also issued a show cause notice to Ajmal. But according to the veteran spinner, he cannot give up the land stating that he has already invested a huge sum of money and will protest against the decision on November 11.
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“I want to groom the enormous talent in the country and no fee will be charged in my academy because I don’t want the players to suffer the ordeal I did in coming to this stage,” Ajmal said at the launch according to a report in pakistantoday.com.pk.
Spread over 8 acres, the academy inside the premises of Faisalabad’s Agriculture University, will cost around 70 million rupees ($ 720,000) to set up. Ajmal has provided 30 million rupees and the Pakistan government has also donated 10 million rupees.
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