The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) dismissed both selectors Wahab Riaz and Abdul Razzaq on Wednesday after the team’s disappointing T20 World Cup tour for USA & West Indies.
“The Pakistan Cricket Board … has notified Abdul Razzaq and Wahab Riaz that their services will no longer be required in the national selection committee setup,” the PCB said in a statement.
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Abdul Razzaq was a member of both the men’s and women’s selection committee.
Wahab Riaz remained the face of the men’s seven-member selection committee even after he was removed as panel chief earlier this year.
Remembr that PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi asked about major changes in the wake of the national team’s poor performances at the ICC T20 World Cup.
Co-hosts United States beat the National Team in the group stage of the 20-team tournament. After which in 2nd match national team loss the match by six-run against arch-rivals India.
After the two games losses PCB Chairman got frustrated on the team management and said the Babar Azam-led side requires “major surgery”.
“I thought the team required minor surgery to start winning matches but now it appears that we have to go for major surgery,” Mohsin was quoted as saying by the Pakistani media in New York at the time.
PCB Chairman Mohsin had also felt that it was time to start looking at players who have been sitting outside the team for some time now.
