Asif dropped from film over match-fixing controversy
News
oi-Raymond Ronamai
By By Raymond Ronamai
Pakistani
cricketer
Mohammad
Asif
has
been
dropped
from
the
Malayalam
film
Mazhavillilinattamvare
after
the
match-fixing
controversy
hit
him
hard.
Asif
was
supposed
to
play
a
Pakistani
cricketer,
who
comes
to
Kerala
for
a
coaching
camp.
He
was
signed
for
the
film
a
couple
of
months
ago,
but
now,
director
Kaithapram
Damodaran
Namboodiri
has
decided
to
drop
him
after
the
shocking
news
of
match
mixing
surfaced.
Namboodiri
said
that
the
cricketer
was
supposed
to
start
shooting
for
the
film
next
month
but
dropped
following
the
recent
allegations
against
him.
Now,
he
has
started
looking
for
his
replacement.
He
revealed
that
he
has
two
or
three
Pakistani
cricketers
in
mind
for
the
role.
Asif,
one
of
the
top
Pakistani
fast
bowlers,
is
in
trouble
following
match-fixing
allegations
against
him
and
his
team-mates
Salman
Butt,
Mohammad
Amir
and
Kamran
Akmal.