Inzamam blames ousted PCB Interim Committee chairman Zaka for mess in Pakistan cricket

A livid former skipper and chairman of selectors Inzamam ul Haq squarely blamed Pakistan Cricket Board’s outgoing prime boss Zaka Ashraf for being accountable for the nation’s disastrous ODI World Cup efficiency in India final 12 months.

Zaka, who was named head of an Interim Management Committee to run PCB affairs in July, introduced at a gathering of the committee just a few days again that he was resigning instantly as Chairman and as a member of the board.

Inzamam, was actually, eliminated after the tip of the event on allegations of a ‘Conflict of Interest’ that he’s managed by the identical UK-based administration agency that additionally takes care of the enterprise pursuits of a number of the lively gamers.

“Can you imagine the mindset of the players when during an important event like the World Cup in India they hear that the PCB Chairman is saying the team selected was not done by the board but by the captain and chief selector only,” Inzamam stated on a Pakistani tv channel.

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Inzamam was referring to a press launch issued by PCB at Zaka’s behest after Pakistan misplaced just a few video games within the World Cup, utterly disowning any duty concerning the chosen group together with hints that skipper Babar Azam can be sacked after the event.

“Just think what must be going through the players mind when they hear that an inquiry committee has been formed against the chief selector and he has resigned,” he stated.

“Where does this happen?,” the usually cool Inzamam thundered.

Zaka shaped an inquiry committee to look into Conflict of Interest allegations towards the previous skipper.

“I am still waiting for that report of the inquiry committee against me which was formed to probe whether I had committed a conflict of interest while being the chief selector,” he stated sarcastically.

Inzamam stated everybody had a transparent concept of how the PCB administration was below Zaka.

Inzamam additionally felt that the PCB and Pakistan cricket shouldn’t be run on an ad-hoc foundation anymore.

“These changes affected the performance of the team and just imagine when they can put pressure on a world-class performer like Babar Azam what would the other players be thinking. The team was struggling in the World Cup and they needed to be given full confidence but this didn’t happen.” He additionally expressed shock at how shortly PCB removed Babar and head coach Mickey Arthur hours after Pakistan’s exit from the World Cup.

FILE – Zaka Ashraf, head of an Interim Management Committee which runs Pakistan Cricket Board.
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“What does this mean? That the PCB had already decided in advance what they wanted to do? Inzamam said he still believed that the Pakistan team had good players who just needed to be given confidence.

“There is no problem with the team, they just need confidence and backing.” A senior PCB official Mustafa Ramday corroborated Inzamam’s complaints, stating that Zaka’s autocratic methods turned detrimental for the board.

Mustafa, who was named by former PM Shahbaz Sharif as one of many two candidates for the PCBs Board of Governors and Chairmanship, alleged Zaka ran a one-man present/construction and it precipitated lots of injury to Pakistan cricket.

“You can see how the team’s performances have been compromised and this is a failure on our part Interim Management Committee,” Ramday stated on Geo News channel.

“It is unfortunate that cricket has been run on ad-hocism for the last one year and it has affected the performance of the team,” he stated.

Ramday additionally stated that elections for the formation of the Board Of Governors (BOG) might be held in two weeks when the extension of the IMC expires on 4th February.

“I told Zaka he should not resign and hold the elections but for some reason he said he can’t carry on because of governmental interference,” Ramday added.

Ramday stated that maybe this was accomplished deliberately as a result of there was a query mark over Zaka’s qualification.

To a query, Ramday made it clear that the IMC was not concerned within the spate of appointments of latest coaches, selectors or choices which led to Babar Azam stepping down as captain.

“We used to get notifications to give de-facto approval. The inclusive concept was not there in management of cricket and members were not involved. Some members also sent letters, unfortunately it fell on deaf ears.” Ramday stated it was time the ad-hocism was resulted in Pakistan cricket and BOG shaped which might give a way of permanency and optimistic choices might be taken for the betterment of the group and gamers.

“We have already suffered an unbearable loss as far as our cricket is concerned and our cricket fans deserve better than this,” he added.