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- Published: September 25, 2024 10:03
New Delhi: To solve the internal tensions brewing, the Pakistan Cricket Board has agreed to form a two-member independent committee that will act as a buffer for national team players, management, and the board. The decision to settle the scores among the players through a committee was decided behind closed doors.
PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi declared the final result after undergoing a day-long cricket connect conference on Monday attended by the board’s top leadership and foreign coaches Gary Kirsten and Jason Gillespie, assured the players that the committee to look into their grievances would be formed soon.
Internal reports suggest that such an approach was taken only after the players raised their concerns about the inability to communicate properly with top PCB officials. This problem is more glaring in International and domestic circuits where the board remains aloof from the actual cricket requirements.
To address this fractured communication channel, skipper Shan Masood, Babar Azam, Muhammad Rizwan, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Shadab Khan raised concerns about the same and suggested ‘bridging’ the gap in the communication between the players and the board.
The Cricket Board and players play a detrimental role in the smooth functioning of the game. A fractured board means a dilapidated state of affairs of the game.
Pakistan’s dwindling cricket!!
The Pakistan Cricket team which was once the dominant force in Asia has receded into oblivion in recent years. Barring the U19 success and the ICC Champions Trophy success, the Pakistani cricket team has not been able to materialise any significant cricketing glory.
The precarious condition of the state of Pakistani cricket has been pointed out by many former cricketers like Kamran Akmal and Ahmad Shehzad. To add to the misery, the revenue streams have stopped trickling down into Pakistani cricket. In such a precarious condition, the larger question is will Pakistan cricket slip into oblivion like Kenyan cricket?
