Jammu, Sept. 30 -- As cricket fans continue to debate India's emphatic triumph in the just-concluded Asia Cup, a resurfaced video of former Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal has added an ironic twist to the conversation-exposing how Pakistan's 2009 T20 World Cup-winning team was rewarded with cheques that bounced.
In the now-viral clip from a 2023 podcast with YouTuber Nadir Ali, Ajmal recalled how then-Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani handed each victorious player a celebratory cheque of Rs 25 lakh after the historic T20 win. But the pride quickly turned into humiliation.
"We were given the cheques but they bounced," Ajmal said flatly, adding that he was stunned a government-issued cheque could fail. According to him, the Pakistan Cricket Boa...