{"id":19537,"date":"2023-10-30T16:17:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T16:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/inzamamul-haq-steps-down-as-chief-selector-of-mens-cricket-team\/"},"modified":"2023-10-30T16:17:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T16:17:56","slug":"inzamamul-haq-steps-down-as-chief-selector-of-mens-cricket-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/inzamamul-haq-steps-down-as-chief-selector-of-mens-cricket-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Inzamamul Haq steps down as chief selector of men\u2019s cricket team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Inzamamul Haq, the chief selector of the Pakistan men\u2019s cricket team, on Monday announced that he has decided to step down from his post.<\/p>\n<p>The development comes after media reports claimed Haq had a stake in a player\u2019s management company registered with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The reports said several top players including Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan were associated with the company.<\/p>\n<p>The  <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/latest\/516767-pakistan-chief-selector-inzamam-ul-haq-resigns-after-allegations\">reports<\/a>  subsequently raised questions regarding the team selection process.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on <em>SAMAA TV<\/em> programme \u2018Zor Ka Jor\u2019 today, Haq said he went to the PCB after the allegations and asked the board to hold an inquiry.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  w-full  w-full  media--stretch  media--embed  \">\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Inzamam ul Haq Resigns After clash of interest Allegations | Reason Revealed | Samaa TV\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/77WUEMbKaWY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cLater I got a call that they had formed a five-member committee,\u201d Haq said, adding that he subsequently decided to step down from the post until the committee completed the probe and its proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>He added that he was willing to \u201csit with the PCB\u201d once the inquiry concluded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are cricketers and we are available all the time to serve the country. Since I am facing an inquiry, and as is the nature of my job, I should step down and let them conduct the probe,\u201d the former skipper stated.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to say that it was painful when people passed comments without any evidence. \u201cI am a human being and it hurts. I have a 20-year cricket career during which I represented Pakistan. I am not someone who people don\u2019t know. When such allegations are levelled, it hurts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former cricketer also denied having any link with the player\u2019s management company in question, namely Saya Corporation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI must tell you very clearly that such companies are recommended by the ICC and PCB has all their data,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Pakistan Cricket Board, in a post on X (formerly Twitter), said it had formed a five-member fact-finding committee to \u201cinvestigate allegations in respect of conflict of interest reported in the media pertaining to the team selection process\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe committee will submit its report and any recommendations to the PCB management in an expeditious manner,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>In another post, the PCB said it appreciated and acknowledged Haq\u2019s decision to voluntarily step down during the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Haq <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1768887\">assumed<\/a> the role of chief selector on August 7, marking his second stint in this position. He had previously held the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1252316\">same role<\/a> in 2016 but left it at the conclusion of his term in 2019, after serving for three years.<\/p>\n<p>The resignation also coincides with severe criticism of the national team due to its subpar performance in the World Cup, having suffered four consecutive losses against India, Australia, Afghanistan, and South Africa after victories in the first two games against the Netherlands and Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inzamamul Haq, the chief selector of the Pakistan men\u2019s cricket team, on Monday announced that he has decided to step down from his post. The development comes after media reports claimed Haq had a stake in a player\u2019s management company registered with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The reports said several top players including Babar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2023\/10\/301754208641dda.png?r=184855","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}