evidence: Twenty-six years after his absence from the 1996 World Cup quarter-final against India caused massive public outrage, Wasim Akram cleared the air on his controversial no-show in Bangalore, explaining in detail the nature of the injury that led to his pulling out. Wasim led Pakistan’s at the Wills World Cup, hosted by India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. He was a last-minute withdrawal from the quarter-final against India, touted to be the most-anticipated clash of the tournament. He had suffered a side strain during his team’s 46-run win over New Zealand, did not bowl in the match, but was expected to recover in time and feature in a bowling attack that kept their combination of three seamers and one spinner throughout. [...] Wasim Akram has had enough of people blaming him for faking injury before the 1996 WC Quarter Final against India pic.twitter.com/jMuWOM3FOO — Ghumman (@emclub77) October 18, 2022