The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) CEO Wasim Khan has hinted that left-arm pacer Mohammad Amir who had hung his boots from international cricket in December 2020 as he was 'mentally tortured' by the team management might return back to the national side.
"I also made it clear to him that the path he adopted was not right as a senior player," he said on the Cricket Baaz channel on YouTube.
"I think Amir is a valuable player for us even now and we will now make efforts to bring about rapprochement between him and the coaches."
Earlier, captain Babar Azam had also stated that he is ready to speak to the fast bowler and discuss his issues. "When we talk, we'll discuss what his issues [with the national side] are," Azam said. "He's one of the best left-arm bowlers and I really admire him. The way he's performed in the PSL so far, I just hope he performs the same way again, and that's what we are focused on so far."
Amir was one of the three players apart from Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif who was banned from international cricket for being involved in a spot-fixing scandal in England in 2010.
While Butt and Asif were banned for ten years and seven years respectively, Amir was slapped with a five-year ban.
Amir had played 36 Test matches for Pakistan picking up 119 wickets during the course while was capped 61 times in ODIs and 50 times in T20Is respectively before retiring.