Pakistani fans criticize PCB: The Pakistan Cricket Board offered an apology after fans didn’t appreciate post for sacked captain.
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Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed was sacked from the leadership roles across formats after the team’s below par performances in the recent times. In addition to his captaincy, Ahmed was also struggling with the bat in hand which made the selectors drop him from both the Test and T20I squads.
Top-order batsmen Azhar Ali and Babar Azam have been made the captains of the Test and the T20I teams. In a statement, PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board) announced that the ODI captain will be announced in “due course of time”.
Ahmed, 32, was at the receiving end of severe criticism from Pakistani fans and media both during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 and the recently concluded T20I series against Sri Lanka where Pakistan were whitewashed by a fairly inexperienced T20I side.
Pakistani fans criticize PCB
Post Ahmed getting sacked, the criticism got directed towards the PCB for one of their Twitter posts was believed to be derogatory for the Pakistani captain. In a video, Ahmed was seen leaving a group of Pakistani players who were enjoying his exit.
Fans were under the impression that the same was done against Ahmed on purpose. Fans expressed their anger to an extent that the cricket board offering an apology was deemed unacceptable.
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