This reporter thinks Sohail Khan should work on his English, not cricket

32-year-old perfect day celebration was marred by a Pakistani journalist

Pakistan are currently visiting England, which is where cricket's most notorious spot-fixing scandal took place six years back, and therefore the team members are observing a strict code of conduct to avoid any controversy.

Even under intense scrutiny, players like Sohail Khan, who is playing a Test match after years of struggle, became the hero on the third Test's first day by grabbing his maiden five-wicket haul at Edgbaston.

However, one Pakistani journalist made sure that Sohail's near-perfect comeback was marred.

The 32-year-old attended a press conference at the end of the day, where he was accompanied by bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed, who was acting as the translator to communicate with the media.

At the end of the press talk, the last question came from a Pakistani journalist, who felt the need to adopt a holier-than-thou attitude while asking Sohail why he doesn't learn English to communicate with international media.

Sohail was clearly shocked by the question, and all he could reply was that it was his first media talk, and he knows how to speak English as well.

Watch from 12:30 - 12:50. Disgraceful and disrespectful. Sighhttps://t.co/ApFQXub8nP @Bluemagicboxes

— Owais (@RightArmFastt) August 3, 2016

For that journalist in particular, and for people like him, there needs to be a strict code of conduct to avoid insulting or humiliating a national hero on the basis of their language.

The journalist should also realise that not every superstar in the world speaks English, and it is the responsibility of the media to translate whatever he or she says at the press talk rather than the sportsperson learning a new language just for the press conference.

Players like Lionel Messi, Antoine Griezmann and Neymar never talk in English at any press conference. Proof may be seen below.




As far as Sohail is concerned, the audience and media need to tell him that Pakistan will remember him for all the hard work he put on the field for the team and for the country, and not for the number of languages he's fluent in.