Within the wake of Pakistan’s disastrous marketing campaign within the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is reportedly set to take various massive steps that would see gamers shedding central contracts as nicely.
The Babar Azam-led facet was one of many contenders for the title. Nevertheless, they might not even progress forward of the group stage after shedding two of the 4 video games. Pakistan, who had completed runners-up within the final version of the T20 World Cup, started their marketing campaign with losses in opposition to USA and India. They managed to beat Canada and Eire however couldn’t discover a spot within the Tremendous 8s.
The poor show within the T20 World Cup has solely prolonged Pakistan’s poor run in worldwide cricket in latest months. Nothing a lot has gone proper for them on the sector in latest instances. The PCB had made various adjustments final yr as nicely after Pakistan did not progress forward of the league stage within the ODI World Cup.
Babar Azam had stepped down because the captain whereas all the backroom workers was sacked. A brand new choice panel was fashioned as nicely. Nevertheless, the brand new PCB administration reversed various selections. Babar was reinstated because the captain nevertheless it has not yielded the specified consequence to date.
The PCB is now set to take motion in opposition to the gamers as nicely for the poor show within the T20 World Cup. In keeping with a report in PTI, the board is actively wanting on the central contracts given by former Chairman Zaka Ashraf to the gamers underneath which their tenure is for 3 years. The gamers may face demotion and even lose their central contracts.
“More than likely gamers, who’ve central contracts, can be demoted and even dropped due to poor performances and different perks awarded to the gamers can be appeared into,” a PCB supply advised the information outlet.
PCB to reverse resolution on choice committee:
In one other massive name, the PCB can be set to revert to its previous choice committee system after its latest experiment of getting no chief selector. Earlier than the brand new system was launched, Wahab Riaz was the chief selector. Whereas Wahab was not faraway from the choice panel, he misplaced his submit because the chief selector. Every member of the panel had the identical energy.
“The board is more likely to return to the previous system of getting a chief selector with two or three selectors and the captain and head coach not sitting in choice conferences with the selectors,” stated the supply.