Ahmed Shehzad: “The PCB is wasting 5 million Rs on mentors for doing nothing and rewarding failed players in the current team who brought Pakistan cricket to an all-time low”
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Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad has slammed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for wasting Rs 5 million on mentors for the upcoming Champions One-Day Cup.
Held in Faisalabad from September 12 to 29, the tournament will comprise of five teams – Dolphins, Wolves, Stallions, Panthers and Lions.
Sarfaraz Ahmed will be a player-mentor for the Dolphins, while Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik, Saqlain Mushtaq and Waqar Younis will be the mentors of the Wolves, Stallions, Panthers and Lions respectively.
Shehzad announced that he decided not to play in the Champions One-Day Cup due to the PCB’s “favouritism, false promises, and injustice towards domestic players”.
“With a heavy heart, I’ve decided not to play in the domestic cricket Champions Cup. The PCB’s favouritism, false promises, and injustice towards domestic players are unacceptable. In a time when Pakistan is struggling with inflation, poverty, and massive electricity bills, the PCB is wasting 5 million Rs on mentors for doing nothing and rewarding failed players in the current team who brought Pakistan cricket to an all-time low. It’s even more disrespectful that the PCB claims they don’t have ‘instruments for surgery’ which is a huge disrespect for domestic players. As a Pakistani and true cricket lover, I cannot support a system that has no value for merit. I refuse to be a part of this failed setup,” he said on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The Pakistan team recently faced Bangladesh in a two-match Test series and were surprisingly whitewashed 2-0 even though both games were played in Rawalpindi.
Next up for the men in green will be a three-Test series against England, which will take place from October 7 to 28.
Pakistan Squad for Bangladesh Test Series: Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali, Muhammad Hurraira, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper), Shaheen Shah Afridi
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