“I acquired a letter from Haris Rauf who made his case very properly,” Naqvi mentioned at a press convention in Lahore. “There was a misunderstanding, and an incorrect resolution was taken. His contract has been restored. I used to be apprehensive about him as a result of he is injured, and there have been considerations about who would facilitate his therapy. We’ll now have insurance coverage cowl that as a result of he is our star participant, and it is vital to care for him.”
Naqvi introduced the choice to reinstate his contract with Wahab – Rauf’s strongest critic throughout the PCB – by his aspect on a day Wahab’s time as chairman of the PCB’s choice committee ended. Naqvi introduced a brand new choice committee that may not have a chair in any respect, with Wahab, Mohammad Yousuf, Abdul Razzaq and Asad Shafiq a part of a seven-person panel. The opposite three members of the choice committee will embrace the nationwide group captain, a coach who’s but to be appointed, and Hassan Cheema, an information analyst who has labored with the PCB since 2023.
“What’s completely different about this committee is that there will likely be no chairman of the choice committee, with each member having equal energy,” Naqvi mentioned. “They’ll make a majority resolution primarily based round debate and argument to achieve passable conclusions. We have now checked out each single member of this committee to evaluate their deserves and we’re assured that we have made the proper selections. The chairman shouldn’t have any say within the number of gamers.”
Pakistan’s as-yet unsuccessful quest for a head coach stays probably the most vital hole to plug, and Naqvi mentioned he didn’t have recent data on that entrance. He blamed media hypothesis for Shane Watson’s resolution to drag out of the race after the PCB had made him their greatest goal, although ESPNcricinfo has learnt there have been quite a few different components that performed an element in his resolution.
“There is not any level speculating upfront about our teaching pursuits as a result of the media can blow issues out of proportion. We’ll make sure that we get a dream group of a training panel, with a mix of overseas and Pakistani coaches.”
Pakistan’s subsequent engagement is a five-match T20I collection towards New Zealand in April.
