After the tour of India in 2007, the ICC’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit questioned Salman, Umar Gul and Danish Kaneria and warned them over the pitfalls involved in associating with certain businessmen.
Salman’s role again came under question during the team’s surprising defeat in the Sydney Test against Australia in January last year and later in the World Twenty20 held in the West Indies.
“There was no doubt about his huge talent,” said former captain Aamir Sohail.
“Over the years he really improved and was supposed to bring a lot to Pakistan cricket before these unfortunate events unfolded.”
Salman’s brilliant match-winning hundred in a one-day match against India at Calcutta in late 2004 set his career on the right track and although he remained in and out of the squad, his talent was never in doubt.
Former captain Ramiz Raja, who had always praised Salman’s talents, was furious at seeing the captain caught up in the latest scandal. “I felt he had the potential to play a long innings for Pakistan,” Raja told AFP. “When you pin hopes on someone and he disappoints you then you yell out a scream.”
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