The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has withheld No Objection Certificate (NOC) for captain Babar Azam, fast bowler Shaheen Afridi and batsman Muhammad Rizwan for the Global T20 in Canada, Urdu Points has reported.
According to details, PCB has approached the International Cricket Council (ICC) to question the affiliation of the Global T20.
The decision on the NOC will be taken after clarification by the ICC. Seven Pakistanis, including Babar, Rizwan, Shaheen, Asif Ali, Muhammad Amir, Iftikhar Ahmed and Muhammad Nawaz, were selected by the GT20 teams.
On Tuesday, PCB had issued NOCs to 12 players to participate in various leagues around the world. Some of the players on the list are part of Pakistan’s central contract, while others have not played for the green shirts for a long time.
PCB has a policy that centrally contracted players cannot play in more than two leagues. That is why wicketkeeper-batsman Azam Khan withdrew from the Lanka Premier League (LPL) as he could not get NOC from the board.
Saim Ayub and Azam are also part of the Guyana Warriors squad for the upcoming Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2024, but neither of them has yet to receive the NOC from the PCB.
