PCB chief orders clean-up after reports of player indiscipline during T20 WC.
Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Mohsin Naqvi is furious with team management and senior officials after the national team’s group stage exit from the T20 World Cup in the USA.
Reports of players charging fees as low as $2500 for meet-and-greets and differences in payments at promotional events have emerged. Naqvi is set to analyze these issues as part of a post-mortem of the dismal show.
Sources state the chairman holds officials responsible for the indiscipline plaguing the team. Sweeping changes in PCB’s senior management are expected.
Stricter policies on players taking excessive family members on foreign tours and making commercial appearances are also likely. An inquiry found some officials approved such exemptions out of favoritism.
Dissatisfaction has grown over key officials avoiding performance assessments and sluggish preparations for next year’s Champions Trophy in Pakistan.
Speculation is rife about rifts between skipper Babar Azam and speedster Shaheen Shah Afridi. As Naqvi orders a cleanup operation, Pakistan cricket stares at turmoil after a campaign to forget.
