Pakistan cricketers Mohammad Rizwan and Imam-ul-Haq appeared before Pakistan’s National Cybercrime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) in Lahore over the alleged information leaks from the team’s dressing room.
Rizwan and Imam were among the seven players released from the squad following the disastrous two Test matches against England.
Those seven players were sent home, with the Pakistan Cricket Board injecting seven other players into the squad and later beginning an “internal disciplinary inquiry”. The Pakistan Cricket Board had reportedly handed the two players mobile phones to the relevant authorities in the aftermath of their removal, along with five other players from Pakistan’s squad for the England Test series.
Because of some reasons, consider (Salman) Agha, who is a very good player, but he could not click.
He was spoken to about it,” Naqvi had told Geo Network. It quoted sources saying that the PCB took possession of the players’ mobile phones and sent them to the NCCIA, as the devices will be unlocked and examined during the inquiry. The inquiry, it added, will be focusing on how sensitive team information might have surfaced during the series. Pakistan cricket seems to be in turmoil again after their poor performances in England. Following their heavy defeats in Leeds and Lord’s, PCB removed seven players – Rizwan, Imam, Salman Agha, Ali Usman, Aamer Jamal, Awais Zafar, and Khurram Shahzad from the squad and sent them back home. The PCB also removed Test head coach Sarfaraz Ahmed and bowling coach Umar Gul from the squad. PCB chair Mohsin Naqvi spoke on the removals, stating the board was left with no option other than to remove the players. “Every match of a series is important for us, and we are not left with any option if a player is not performing but to look for his replacement. The purpose behind these changes is not to axe players from contention, but just to replace them.
