Shoaib Akhtar fears more embarrassment in store for PCB in match-fixing scandal

"I don't know but if Sharjeel and Khalid are pleading not guilty now, and if the Board has charge sheeted them and appoint a commission to probe the matter then I get a feeling perhaps the ACU head overreacted and made a mistake by sending the players home," Akhtar told Geo News channel.

"I don't understand, if like the board has been saying if the evidence and material against the two is so strong that they were suspended, then why are they pleading not guilty and have decided to fight the case?" he asked.

"The onus is now on the board to provide evidence and if it is not satisfactory it will be embarrassing for the PCB.."

"If this goes to court I am afraid a pandora's box will be opened and all the old cases and incidents will come out which will not be good for Pakistan cricket."

"When Javed Miandad recently made allegations of fixing against Shahid Afridi on television, that is why I tried to play a role to patch things up between them, because I told them if they went to court a lot of old wounds and matters would come out with regards to fixing."