PCB breaks silence over Rashid Latif's allegation
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A representative of board rejected allegations that PCB is giving Babar Azam the cold shoulder
LAHORE (Web Desk) – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has rejected the allegations made by former wicketkeeper regarding constrained ties between national team skipper Babar Azam and board chairman Zaka Ashraf.
A PCB representative said that Mr Azam lately held a telephonic conversation with Chief Operating Officer Salman Naseer and praised Ashraf for resolving the matters related to central contract of players.
He also said Babar Azam and Zaka Ashraf had held a meeting in India in a “positive environment”.
He also rubbished the reports of giving the cold shoulder to Babar Azam and not responding to his messages baseless.
Last week, Rashid Latif appeared on national television and claimed that top officials of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) were ignoring national team skipper Babar Azam after Green Shirts suffered four consecutive defeats in ongoing World Cup 2023.
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In a television show, Mr Latif said that the captain had been sending messages to PCB Chairman Ashraf Zaka, Chief Operating Officer Salman Naseer and Director for International Cricket Usman Wahla for days but the officials had turned a deaf ear to him.
He also claimed that the PCB had conveyed it to the national players that the central contracts signed shortly before the World Cup will be revised.
The former cricketer said more inside stories would surface once the mega cricket event is over.
It is recalled that Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Shahid Afridi were included in category A and the board had decided to give them Rs6.1 million in per month salary.
