Pakistan Star Breaks Silence On Backlash Over Controversial Virat Kohli-Babar Azam Take | cricket news

Pakistan cricket staff batsman Fakhar Zaman opened up about his controversial Virat Kohli-Babar Azam put up on social media and the backlash that he confronted over it. Fakhar supported Babar after the previous Pakistan skipper was dropped through the dwelling Test sequence towards England and even namedropped Kohli in his social media put up. However, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was not happy with the response and Fakhar was dropped from the central contracts record. During an interview with PAK TV, Fakhar mentioned that he was not criticizing PCB and added that he was merely expressing his personal opinion.

“I thought about it later and felt that I should not have tweeted. But people got the tweet completely wrong. They thought that I was criticizing the decision of the board, but this is 100 per cent wrong. If you see the timing of the tweet, it was done before the board made its decision. I saw in the news for 2-3 days that journalists and former players were criticizing him. And I thought to myself, Babar has done so much for the team. but they still wanted him to be dropped,” Fakhar mentioned within the interview.

“I saw that and tweeted my opinion out. But I understand that no one is bigger than the board. I will even tell my junior cricketers that however big you become, you are not bigger than the board and you should not be criticizing them during your playing days. But ya, my clarification is that I made my tweet before the team was announced,” he additional added.

While Fakhar was dropped from the central contracts record, PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi made it clear that it was not simply in regards to the social media put up. He added that Fakhar’s performances haven’t been up to speed lately and even identified that his health was one of many principal causes behind the choice.

“Tweet was one issue, but the bigger matter was that of fitness. There is a show-cause notice pending against him, and we will see about that. He would need to prove his fitness, his point of view was valued in the Connection Camp and I am very thankful to him for that but you cannot go around commenting on the selection committee over selection calls. But ya, the bigger issue is of selection,” Mohsin Naqvi mentioned within the press convention whereas saying recent contracts.