LAHORE: After a disappointing performance by the national team during the T20 World Cup 2024, Wahab Riaz and Abdul Razzaq have been dropped by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) selection committee, Geo News reported late on Tuesday night.
Mohammad Yousuf, Asad Shafiq and Bilal Asif are still part of the committee.
According to sources, the PCB had lost confidence in Wahab and Razzaq for some time. Their influence was significant in the T20 World Cup squad selection and they showed more support to under-performing players.
Meanwhile, their views had not been considered for some time.
It should be noted that PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi had two important meetings on Tuesday. He met with Pakistan’s white ball coach Gary Kirsten and red ball coach Jason Gillespie to discuss important issues.
He decided to formulate a comprehensive plan to improve the batting, bowling and fielding of the Pakistan cricket team.
Later, he met more than two dozen former and current Pakistani cricketers to discuss the future of cricket in the country.
The meeting started with a presentation by Naqvi titled ‘Pathway to Pakistan Cricket’ which explained the steps a cricketer takes to make it to the national team.
COO, PCB Salman Naseer, Director High performance, Nadeem Khan, Director International, Usman Wahla, Director – Domestic Cricket Operations, Abdullah Khurram Niazi, Member Selection Committee – Bilal Afzal and other PCB officials were also present on this occasion.
Those present in the meeting were Abdur Rauf, Aamer Malik, Asim Kamal, Azhar Khan, Azhar Mahmood, Basit Ali, Haroon Rashid, Ijaz Ahmed, Intikhab Alam, Iqbal Qasim, Mohammad Sami, Rashid Khan, Saleem Altaf, Saleem Yousuf, Salman Butt , Sarfaraz Ahmed, Sadiq Mohammad, Shafiq Ahmad, Shafqat Rana, Sikander Bakht, Wajahatullah Wasti, Yasir Hameed and Yasir Shah.
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