Wahab Riaz and Abdul Razzaq on Thursday rubbished allegations of favouring sure Pakistan gamers and forcing different selectors to toe the road within the T20 World Cup. Each the previous Take a look at cricketers, Wahab and Razzaq, had been on Wednesday sacked as selectors by the Pakistan Cricket Board. The choice to take away Wahab got here as a shock since he’s perceived to be very near the incumbent PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi. Wahab had additionally labored as an advisor on sports activities with large ranging powers within the caretaker authorities in Punjab ran by Naqvi, till the elections had been held earlier this yr.
Since final yr, Wahab has additionally labored within the PCB in varied roles such because the chief selector and senior group supervisor.
Shortly after Wahab and Razzaq had been axed, it was alleged that the previous, in capability of senior group supervisor, had ignored uncooperative and dangerous behaviour from tempo spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi within the T20 World Cup.
Wahab and Razzaq had been additionally alleged to have insisted on deciding on some gamers who weren’t in kind or absolutely match.
Wahab mentioned in a press release, “To make collaborative choices as a part of the seven-man panel to pick out the nationwide group was a privilege — everybody’s vote carries equal weight, we made choice choices as a group and shared the accountability of that course of equally,” mentioned Wahab in a press release.
“I do not need to be in any blame sport. However I do not agree with claims that I put stress on different members of the choice committee. How is it potential that one vote prevailed over six others,” mentioned Wahab, including that every part is documented on file within the ‘minutes of the assembly’.
Razzaq mentioned the selectors took collective choices which had been decided by the bulk votes. “So how can I sway the opposite selectors whereas deciding on the group?” he mentioned.
The PCB had appointed a seven-member choice committee in March with out a chief selector in place, quickly after Naqvi took over as chairman.
The committee additionally included former cricketers resembling Mohammad Yousuf and Asad Shafiq, Wahab, Razzaq together with the top coach, captain and information analyst Bilal Afzal.
The board’s analyst Hasan Cheema and director of worldwide cricket operations Usman Wahla additionally attended choice committee conferences.
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