Amir, 22, who is serving a five year ban for spot fixing admitted he didn't see any realistic chances of playing in the World Cup despite efforts from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to convince the International Cricket Council (ICC) to reduce the ban and allow him to resume playing cricket later this year.
A three-member sub committee of the ICC is due to meet in October to submit its final report on new anti-corruption laws which could allow Amir the chance to resume training and play first class cricket before his ban ends officially in September, 2015.
"I don't see myself playing in the World Cup. It is not realistic. Because all these things have to go through a process. I am just grateful to the cricket board for taking up my case. I will be ready whenever I am given the chance to resume training or playing," the youngster said on Geo Super channel on a talk show.
"I would suggest to the PCB to appoint a committee of senior players who can be tasked with keeping a watch on young players in domestic cricket and also in the national team and who can groom and educate these players on how to avoid the pitfalls of world cricket," Amir said.
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