Former Pakistan pace bowler Mohammed Amir has said that if he discloses the circumstances under which he had to quit international cricket, it will get 'very ugly'.
Amir - who was banned for five years for spot-fixing early in his career - said on Monday, "Retiring from playing for your beloved country isn't an easy step to take. I thought a lot about this decision, I spoke to those close to me, and only then did I reach this decision."
"If I go into all of the details and re-open all those chapters then it will get very ugly. I hope that our players, especially the youngsters in the future don't have to face what I had to face as I don't want our younger players to get disheartened and sacrifice their careers as I did," said Amir, who retired from Test cricket in 2019 and bid goodbye to all formats in late 2020, leaving the cricketing fraternity baffled.
