Rizwan’s phone was taken away from him on August 31, a day after Pakistan’s 194-run defeat to England at Lord’s, as the visitors kept misfiring with the bat.
He claimed that he was told that the device would be returned to him after three hours, which has not been the case so far. Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Rizwan has written a letter to the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA), seeking the return of his phone and specifying the nature of the inquiry against him in the fallout of Pakistan’s defeat to England in the Lord’s Test.
Rizwan and Imam were among the seven players released from the squad after the disastrous first two Test matches of the three-match series against England.
The NCCIA examined financial matters and suspected transactions involving the two players, according to a report in Pakistan-based The News International . Those seven players were sent home, and the Pakistan Cricket Board brought in seven other players to the squad before later beginning an “internal disciplinary inquiry.” Imam completed his response to the questionnaire, while Rizwan chose to take the matter to court. The PCB reportedly handed the mobile phones of the two players, along with those of five other players from Pakistan’s squad for the England Test series, to the relevant authorities following their removal from the squad. Investigators probed the players’ financial dealings before and during the ongoing Test series, and their bank account details are also under scrutiny.
Earlier this month, Rizwan and Imam-ul-Haq appeared before the NCCIA in Lahore regarding alleged leaks of information from the team’s dressing room.
