Imran Khan throws weight behind Amir

Says if criminals can run the nation why can't Amir play cricket 

Incredible Pakistan all-rounder Imran Khan on Monday said he backs indicted spot-fixer Muhammad Amir's arrival to universal cricket, encouraging distrustful players and fans to bolster the corrupted paceman. 

The 23-year-old Amir, who finished his five-year boycott not long ago, drummed up a buzz a week ago when he turned up for wellness camp for planned national players, with previous Twenty20 skipper Mohammad Hafeez and current one-day commander Azhar Ali boycotting preparing on Friday. 

Left-armer Amir is tipped to be chosen for one month from now's constrained overs voyage through New Zealand, right around six years after he and two others were banned and sentenced to six months in prison for orchestrating ponder no-balls amid a Test against England in return for cash. 

Khan, who drove Pakistan to its just World Cup triumph and is worshipped among the nation's cricketing clique, said Amir had pled liable under the watchful eye of a court and merited another possibility. 

"A 19-year-old kid submits a misstep and after that did not lie in the court, admits his blame and finishes his discipline, he ought to play once more," Khan said in a meeting on Pakistan's ARY channel. Amir was really 18 at the time. 

"He has apologized to everybody so I engage each one of the individuals who are restricting his arrival to stop their moves against him," he included. 

Khan, a previous Pakistan chief turned resistance party pioneer, did not miss a chance to swing a punch at Pakistan's pioneers in the meeting. 

"Lawbreakers are running the nation, so it is nonsensical that somebody who has finished his sentence is restricted on his arrival," he said. 

Prior to Amir's boycott, Khan had portrayed him as "the most smoking property in worldwide cricket", while another fabulous paceman, Wasim Akram, said Amir was superior to anything him at age 18. 

The Pakistan Cricket Board in the interim has asked previous commander Shoaib Malik to take Amir under his wing in the expected Pakistan Super League (PSL), a Twenty20 association where both will play for the Karachi Kings. 

The association is set to highlight universal stars like Chris Gayle and Kevin Pietersen and will be held in the UAE in February.