The PCB’s new central contract just removed Pakistan’s left-handed batsman, Fakhar Zaman. Also, he has not been added to the T20 or ODI teams. Fakhar had actually objected to Babar Azam’s removal from the Test team. This action was then taken by the PCB.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has gone through a lot of significant changes recently. A new captain has been appointed for Pakistan’s white-ball team. Gary Kirsten resigned from his position as head coach at the same time. Also, the PCB’s new central contract includes 25 players. In addition, the teams have been chosen for the tour to Zimbabwe and Australia. But one of these lists has the name of a star player. In reality, this player had argued against Babar Azam’s exclusion from the Test team. This player is now accepting his mistake.
Before PCB, this Pakistani player bowed down.
Fakhar Zaman, a lefthanded batter for Pakistan, has received news. In the reports, Fakhar Zaman claimed sorry in the PCB’s show cause notice for challenging the board’s choice to keep Babar Azam out of the second and third Test matches against England.
In reality, Fakhar Zaman posted Babar’s removal from the team on social media. The choice to leave Babar Azam off the list is very concerning, he said. Virat Kohli has never dropped by India during challenging times. Virat Kohli’s averages from 2020 to 2023 were 19.33, 28.21, and 26.50. The team will get the wrong message if we opt to bench our top hitter. It is possible to avoid pressing the panic button. We ought to preserve our main players.
Fakhar Zaman apologised.
As to a Pakistan Cricket Board source who talked to PTI, a committee will be formed soon to look into Fakhar’s reply to the show-cause notice he sent in on his tweet about Babar Azam. To the source, Fakhar bowed in his reply. Meanwhile, Fakhar has benefitted from internal talks between selectors, PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi, and new captain Muhammad Rizwan. Prior to the December limitedovers series in South Africa, the selectors asked for Fakharto to get some rest from his knee problem and work on his recovery from it.
Let us tell you that the PCB has excluded Fakhar Zaman in the new central contract. Up to the final central contract, he had been identified as a B. Also, Fakhar Zaman has been unable to get a spot on the Pakistani team. So the Zimbabwe tour and the Australia tour will not have Fakhar Zaman in the team. But it has now been confirmed that he will be added to the central contract list after being selected for Africa’s limited-overs matches.