that is a hollow argument.
Malik threw that match because it was a dead rubber for his team. he was angry that his team didn’t go to the next round. it’s not like he lost a game to not progress in the tourney. he was actually mad that his team had been screwed over by the officials. and vented his anger. even then, that was wrong. he should have been more professional. but it does show how much it hurt him to lose that tournament.
and speaking of being hurt at losing a game… did you watch Afridi’s innings in the semifinal? he faced 11 balls and played a shot at every single ball. the runrate was easy. the requirement was to bat 20 overs not played a shot at every ball. and then his comments against his coach Sadiq Mohd? even though Sadiq Mohd said that they sent a message to Afridi that the runrate was under control, so slow down. what did Afridi do? play reckless shots until he got out. and even then Afridi had the gall to say that Karachi lost because the coach had no plan. it was obvious he couldn’t care less about how Karachi did in the match because he was angry at not being captain.
he played irresponsibly and deliberately underperformed. that is also matchfixing in my book. and this is what he did in domestic. God knows what kind of badmaashi he does in the national team.