Within the wake of Pakistan’s early exit from the T20 World Cup 2024, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has taken important steps to overtake its administration and choice committee. Sources have revealed that star pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi has been discovered misbehaving with coaches and administration workers, elevating considerations about self-discipline throughout the staff.
A probe is at the moment underway to grasp why staff managers didn’t take motion towards Afridi regardless of his misconduct. The investigation’s findings have led to the dismissal of key figures throughout the PCB, together with former choice committee members Wahab Riaz and Abdul Razzaq.
Razzaq, who served on each the boys’s and girls’s choice committees, and Wahab, who was a outstanding face within the males’s choice panel even after being eliminated as panel chief earlier this 12 months, had been each notified that their providers had been now not required. The choice to oust them got here after an investigation revealed that they’d prolonged undue favors to sure gamers, which negatively impacted staff efficiency.
Moreover, the PCB has eliminated staff supervisor Mansoor Rana from his place. The board’s chairman, Mohsin Naqvi, made these modifications following a radical evaluate of the investigation’s outcomes. The probe highlighted that the gamers supported by Wahab and Razzaq had been underperforming and confronted opposition from different choice committee members.
Moreover, the PCB is scrutinizing gamers with influential lobbies and the benefits they’ve gained. Coaches have complained to the PCB chairman about gamers’ non-serious attitudes and disciplinary breaches throughout latest excursions. These complaints included points corresponding to gamers talking towards one another and the detrimental impression of gamers’ households on their focus and efficiency.
Wahab Riaz Denies Pressurizing Choice Committee
Reacting to his elimination, Wahab Riaz has dismissed reviews that he pressured the choice committee. In a submit on his social media account, Wahab said, “I don’t agree with the statements being mentioned about including strain to the members of the choice committee.” He questioned how one vote may dominate six others, emphasizing that each one choices had been documented within the minutes of the conferences.
Wahab introduced that he would concern a proper assertion later within the night to deal with these allegations intimately.
Regardless of the administration shake-up, the PCB has retained Mohammad Yousuf, Asad Shafiq, and Bilal Afzal on the choice panel, which additionally consists of the staff’s captain and head coach. Sources point out {that a} senior official had suggested Wahab to simply accept duty for the staff’s choice and resign, however he was in the end sacked after refusing to step down.
The PCB’s decisive actions sign a significant overhaul geared toward enhancing staff self-discipline and efficiency following a disappointing World Cup marketing campaign.
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