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Nepotism tag won’t go away: Imam

KARACHI: Opening batsman Imam-ul-Haq believes he may never be accepted by Pakistan fans for what he is as opposed to him being batting great and former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq’s nephew.

Left-handed Imam said he had made it to the Pakistan team through hard work as opposed to the accusations of nepotism levelled at him.

“I don’t think it will change unfortunately,” Imam told The Cricketer. “The people will never accept me. That’s what I think. I will be very pleased if people were to accept me as Imam-ul-Haq and not as someone’s nephew,” the 23-year-old added.

Left-handed Imam made his ODI debut for Pakistan in 2017. He has since played 36 ODIs and maintained an average of 54.58. The Lahore-born batsman has however not been able to replicate that success in his nascent Test career. In 10 matches, he has scored just 483 runs at modest average of 28.41.

Imam insists that he is not in the team due to pressure from Inzamam, who until recently was the chief selector of Pakistan.

“People think he [Inzamam] instructed [head coach] Mickey Arthur to select me,” he said. “People need to realise that we are living in a time where you can’t hide anything from the media. I won’t be in the team without my performance.

“They don’t see that I’ve gone through the process. They only see that I’m a nephew of Inzamam and they believe that they have the right to criticise me. I cry a lot when Pakistan lose. Its hurts me if people criticise Babar Azam or Mohammad Amir,” he said.

“I know what we all go through to give our best for the team,” Imam concluded.

Published in Dawn, September 29th, 2019



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