Out-of-favour Pakistan cricket group batter Ahmed Shehzad has determined to not play the Champions Cup, the nation’s 50-over home cricket match which can kick off in Faisalabad on September 12. Whereas asserting his choice, Shehzad revealed the rationale behind it. He lashed out on the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for “losing” cash on appointing mentors for the match at excessive value. He additionally accused the PCB of favouritism, making “false guarantees and doing injustice to home gamers”. “With a heavy coronary heart, I’ve determined to not play within the Home Cricket Champions Cup,” wrote Shehzad in a put up on X.
“The PCB’s favoritism, false guarantees, and injustice in direction of home gamers are unacceptable. In a time when Pakistan is battling inflation, poverty, and big electrical energy payments, the PCB is losing 5 million Rs on mentors for doing nothing and rewarding failed gamers within the present group who introduced Pakistan cricket to an All-time Low,” he added.
Former Pakistan cricketer Waqar Younis has been lately recruited as one of many mentors of the 5 Champions Cup sides on a three-year contract. The PCB put out an official assertion earlier this week to substantiate that Younis, alongside Misbah-ul-Haq, Saqlain Mushtaq, Sarfaraz Ahmed and Shoaib Malik, will function mentors within the Champions Cup.
The 5 Champions Cup aspect mentors have performed 1,621 worldwide matches, scoring a complete of 32,780 runs and taking 1,503 wickets between them.
Sarfaraz and Shoaib are two-time ICC Occasion winners, Misbah is a one-time ICC Occasion winner and ACC Asia Cup 2012 profitable captain, whereas Saqlain and Waqar have been members of the aspect that performed within the 1999 World Cup closing.
With a heavy coronary heart, I’ve determined to not play within the Home Cricket Champions Cup. The PCB’s favoritism, false guarantees, and injustice in direction of home gamers are unacceptable. In a time when Pakistan is battling inflation, poverty, and big electrical energy payments, the PCB…
— Ahmad Shahzad (@iamAhmadshahzad) August 30, 2024
“It is much more disrespectful that the PCB claims they do not have ‘devices for surgical procedure’ which is a large disrespect for home gamers. As a Pakistani and true cricket lover, I can not assist a system that has no worth for benefit. I refuse to be part of this failed setup,” Shehzad additional stated.
(With ANI Inputs)
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