Muralitharan: Ajmal must be strong
There is one man who would exactly know how Saeed Ajmal would be feeling right now. It is unlikely that the Pakistan off-spinner would have had a single night of decent sleep ever since he was banned from international cricket for an alleged ‘illegal’ action.
The Lankan great, who finished his career with 800 Test wickets, felt that the best way to overcome this phase for Ajmal would be to ‘prove it to people that he isn’t doing anything wrong.’ “In my case, I was naturally upset when the allegations (of chucking the ball) were first made against me. After all, you’re only a human! However, I believed in myself. I wanted to prove it that I wasn’t doing anything wrong. I cleared around six-seven Tests during my almost two-decade old career. Once he proves it that his action is legal, and the ‘bend’ in his arm while delivering the ball is below 15 degrees, he can bowl again,” said Murali, who is ironically now a spin bowling coach with the Australian team for their series against Pakistan in UAE.