{"id":82341,"date":"2024-07-10T21:16:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T21:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pcb-sacks-selectors-wahab-riaz-abdul-razzaq-after-disappointing-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T21:16:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T21:16:11","slug":"pcb-sacks-selectors-wahab-riaz-abdul-razzaq-after-disappointing-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pcb-sacks-selectors-wahab-riaz-abdul-razzaq-after-disappointing-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"PCB sacks selectors Wahab Riaz, Abdul Razzaq after disappointing World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) sacked selectors Wahab Riaz and Abdul Razzaq on Wednesday following the team\u2019s disappointing T20 World Cup campaign last month.<\/p>\n

The 2009 champions lost to tournament debutants and co-hosts United States before crashing out in the group stage of the 20-team tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Pakistan Cricket Board \u2026 has notified Abdul Razzaq and Wahab Riaz that their services will no longer be required in the national selection committee setup,\u201d the PCB said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Razzaq was a member of both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s selection committee.<\/p>\n

Wahab remained the face of the men\u2019s seven-member selection committee even after he was removed as panel chief earlier this year.<\/p>\n

PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi had promised<\/a> major changes in the wake of the team\u2019s performances at the World Cup.<\/p>\n

Following the team\u2019s six-run loss against arch-rivals India in the T20 World Cup last month, he came down heavily on the team management and said the Babar Azam-led side requires \u201cmajor surgery\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought the team required minor surgery to start winning matches but now it appears that we have to go for major surgery,\u201d Mohsin was quoted as saying by the Pakistani media in New York at the time.<\/p>\n

Mohsin had also felt that it was time to start looking at players who have been sitting outside the team for some time now.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is very disappointing the way we lost to the USA and now this loss to India. We need to now start looking at players beyond those in the team right now,\u201d he had said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, rejecting the reports circulating in the media about him exerting \u201cpressure\u201d on the selection committee members, Riaz said: \u201cHow can one vote dominate six? Everything is documented on record in the meeting minutes. I will be issuing my statement today evening.\u201d<\/p>\n

Razzaq similarly asked: \u201cIf all were given equal power how can one vote overpower the other six in the selection committee?\u201d<\/p>\n

Riaz later said that there was a lot he could say but he did not want to be \u201cpart of the blame games\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) sacked selectors Wahab Riaz and Abdul Razzaq on Wednesday following the team\u2019s disappointing T20 World Cup campaign last month. The 2009 champions lost to tournament debutants and co-hosts United States before crashing out in the group stage of the 20-team tournament. \u201cThe Pakistan Cricket Board \u2026 has notified Abdul Razzaq […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82342,"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\/2024\/07\/10134359431844f.png?r=134415","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t