Nadeem Alam, 46, posing as former batsman Nadeem Abbasi repeatedly connedinto paying him to appear on BBC World News, BBC Asian Network and Radio Five Live.Alam even had a discussion with former Indian batsman Aakash Chopra despite only ever playing for his home town of Huddersfield.NADEEM ALAM ON BBC. PHOTO: BBC SCREENGRABUpon finding this out, Abbasi was furious and lashed out at the corporation for not checking their facts.“If I ever find Nadeem Alam, I will punch him in the face for damaging the country's reputation,” Abbasi toldAbbasi added, “The BBC is a big institution and surely they must check?”NADEEM ABBASI. PHOTO: PCBAlam, who has admitted blagging free sports gear by posing as a squash player, defended his knowledge of the sport, but says he will no longer continue to pretend to be Abbasi.However, not embarrassed Alam said, "I like to think I have been talking good cricket. But I am no longer pretending to be Nadeem Abbasi."Further, Abbasi's Wikipedia page was also tricked by Alam's actions, with part of his biography reading: "Abbasi is now a freelance journalist and appears regularly on the BBC Asian Network and Radio Five Live."However, the BBC apologised and launched an inquiry.“We apologise to the real Mr Abbasi and we will be looking seriously into what has happened,” aspokesperson said.This article originally appeared on The Sun