Pakistan Chief Selector’s “India Example” As PCB Withdraws Salman Butt Appointment | Cricket News

Amid backlash over former captain Salman Butt’s appointment as a marketing consultant to newly-appointed chief selector Wahab Riaz, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) introduced the choice to take away the previous participant his position with instant impact. Butt was one among three former gamers, together with Kamran Akmal and Rao Iftikhar, employed by the board to help Riaz. The uproar was over Butt’s involvement in a match-fixing scandal in 2010 which noticed the participant being banned from cricket for 10 years by the ICC.

After serving his ban, Butt featured within the Pakistan Super League (PSL) and the home circuit, earlier than working as a cricket analyst for numerous media homes throughout the nation.

While the PCB clarified that Butt wouldn’t be instantly concerned within the choice matter, Riaz introduced the choice to sack him from three-member marketing consultant panel.

“People were talking all sorts of stuff about me and Salman Butt. Therefore, I am reverting the decision and I have already spoken to Salman Butt and I have told him that he cannot be part of my team. Some media houses and people are resorting to propaganda. Since we’re working under the chairmanship of Zaka Ashraf in a transparent manner, I am thankful to the board for allowing me to choose the people I want to work with,” Riaz instructed reporters on the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Saturday.

Citing the exampls of former India cricketers Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja, who have been slapped with a five-match ban by the BCCI again in 2000 for his or her alleged connection in a match-fixing scandal, Riaz defined how world cricket has moved on from the incident that befell previously.

“In India, we have examples of Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja. They are working in cricket now and there is no fuss. Azharuddin is president of one of the cricket associations and Jadeja was Afghanistan’s batting consultant in the World Cup,” he added.

Notably, Azharuddin is presently serving because the president of Hyderabad Cricket Association whereas Jadeja was the batting marketing consultant of Afghanistan throughout the recently-concluded World Cup.