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Last Updated: March 25, 2024, 00:00 IST
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The Pakistan Cricket Board has reinstated the central contract of quick bowler Haris Rauf lower than six weeks after terminating it for his refusal to tour Australia.
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board has reinstated the central contract of quick bowler Haris Rauf lower than six weeks after terminating it for his refusal to tour Australia.
“There was a misunderstanding and an incorrect decision was taken,” PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi stated on Sunday.
“His contract has been restored. I was worried about him because he’s injured, and there were concerns about who would facilitate his treatment. We will now have insurance cover… because he’s our star player, and it’s important to take care of him.”
The PCB terminated Rauf’s central contract simply two days forward of the beginning of the Pakistan Super League final month for making himself unavailable for the check tour of Australia final yr. The PCB had stated it discovered Rauf’s clarification unsatisfactory when it terminated the quick bowler’s contract.
Rauf struggled at the beginning of his PSL marketing campaign earlier than he was dominated out of the rest of the occasion when he dislocated his shoulder whereas taking a catch. Former chief selector Wahab Riaz had criticized Rauf whereas naming the check squad for the three-check tour of Australia that Pakistan misplaced 3-0.
But Naqvi stated he obtained a letter from Rauf after his contract was terminated and the tempo bowler “made his case very nicely” which prompted him to reinstate the contract.
In one other improvement, Naqvi introduced a brand new choice committee that will not have a boss of selectors.
Former Pakistan internationals Riaz, Mohammad Yousuf, Abdul Razzaq and Asad Shafiq shall be among the many seven-member committee. The nationwide workforce captain and head coach, who’re each but to be named and a knowledge analyst would be the different members of the choice panel.
“What’s different about this committee is that there will be no chairman of the selection committee, with every member having equal power,” Naqvi stated.
“They will make a majority decision based around debate and argument to reach satisfactory conclusions. We have looked at every single member of this committee to assess their merits and we are confident that we’ve made the right choices.”
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