PCB removes captain, head coach from selection committee

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has updated a section pertaining to members of its selection committees on its official website.

Only five members are included in the selection committee, with the captain and head coach excluded from it.

Conversation with PCB official:

A PCB official, in conversation with The Current, also elaborated on the update.

“Before this, the captain and the head coach also used to be voting members of the selection committee,” they said.

Now, the official added, the head coach and captain will only give their suggestions, whereas only the members of the selection committee will have the final vote on who makes it to the team.

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On the other hand, the women’s cricket team selection committee include both a captain and a coach.

The committee includes Aqib Javed, Aleem Dar, Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali and Hasan Cheema, while PCB has also removed non-voting members.

Selectors will announce the team after consulting the coach and captain and will finalize the playing eleven.

Earlier, PCB decided to include Aleem Dar, Azhar Ali, and Aqib Javed in the National Selection Committee, while Hasan Cheema was added as data analyst.

Muhammad Yusuf’s resignation from the post:

Muhammad Yusuf resigned from the post of selector two weeks ago.

According to sources, a disagreement arose between Muhammad Yusuf and a coach over giving cricketers opportunities despite their poor performances. The coach had been against making changes and preferred to maintain the status quo, while Yusuf insisted on giving new players a chance.

The coach had emphasized the importance of consistent policies and avoiding haste, but Yusuf had been keen on including Kamran Ghulam, Zahid Mehmood, and Muhammad Ali in the squad for the series against England.

Yusuf himself cited personal reasons for resigning.