The Pakistan Cricket Board has reportedly issued a show cause notice to all-rounder Abdul Razzaq for his media outburst after returning home from Sri Lanka, following a semi-final exit in the latest edition of the ICC World T20 championship.





Razzaq, the 32-year-old pace bowling all-rounder, was rested for Thursday’s World T20 semi-final against Sri Lanka, in favour of left-arm seamer Sohail Tanvir. After restricting the hosts to 139 for 4, the Pakistan cricket team fell short by 16 runs in the end.

Former cricketers and the Pakistan media criticised skipper Hafeez for not playing match-winning all-rounderAbdul Razzaq in the crunch game. Hafeez told the media reporters on his return home that the decision to drop Razzaq was taken by the team management.

But the all-rounder blamed his skipper only for his exclusion from the playing XI for Sri Lanka semi-final. Taking a jab on Hafeez, Razzaq urged him to own up to his decision and tell the Pakistan fans the truth, signalling signs of discontent in the dressing room.

Sources close to Razzaq have claimed that the all-rounder received a show cause notice from the PCB on Sunday, seeking an explanation over his contentious remarks to the media. In the notice, the right-arm medium pacer has also been reminded that being a centrally contracted player, he was bound to follow PCB’s code of conduct.

The sources have also claimed that the PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf, taking the notice of the incident, has asked both Razzaq and Hafeez to see him in his office on Monday.

"The comments made by Razzaq and Hafeez have ignited another controversy in Pakistan cricket and clearly the board chairman wants to snuff this out before it gets worse," the source said.

"The board chairman is also expected to meet with the coach and manager," added the source.

Meanwhile, Hafeez has said that the truth about the selection issues would come out soon. Hafeez also denied to blame anyone for Pakistan’s defeat to Sri Lanka in the semi-final but himself.

The 31-year-old right-handed opener also took a jab at media for passing on unfair judgements on his batting and captaincy.

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He has nothing to lose, I support him. whatever he said was correct. He is almost at the end of his career even if they let him go now won't make much of a diffrence to him since they don't play him anyways! Hafeez suck as a captain!

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Herath was dropped after match winning performance against Pakistan but he was not crying like a sissy girl like Razzak.

whenever shoaib malik is in the team....controversies have been on the high. This guy malik needs to be banned from pakistan entirely

i support razzaq 100%. he has not gotten the respect he deserves from his captains, his selectors, and his chairmen over the years. if razzaq was british or australian, he'd be hailed as one of the greatest cricketers they have produced. but in pakistan, talent alone is not enough to get you anywhere. you need controversy, glamor, glitz, and divaness. simply being good gets you nowhere, and that is the tragedy of our nation. go on razzaq, we stand behind you!

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such double standards you have

Afridi did the exact samething after coming back from west indies tour, and he blasted the team management for not respecting him and not getting respect and you said he should be removed and now razzaq comes and points a direct finger at mohammad hafeez and you are saying he is correct??? what bullcrap

Afridi didn't even name anyone in that interview

Some People really have double standards

I agree with you.

Coming back to razzaq matter :-
dressing room politics with dodge characters in Management plus shoaib maliks presence does not help as well.

Malik needs to be flown to india with one-way ticket and visa. So he can stir up all the phadda in indian cricket and not Pakistan cricket

yes he is correct. afridi is a spoiled child who has gotten everything handed to him on a plate. razzaq has gotten no favors from anyone. he quietly goes about his business and gets ignored and disrespected for it. divas like afridi are the reason hardworkers like razzaq get overlooked. i have no double standards, i consistently prioritize hard work and sacrifice over glitz, glamor, and show-offs.

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things handed in a plate? LOL what are you smoking dude

Quietly goes about his business???? thats why hes barking right now and is that the reason why he joined ICL? is that what you call quietly going about his business?

Razzaq is nothing but a cry baby and hafeez thought tanvir was a better option and he chose him, don't know whats the big deal, he should shut up.... zaka ashraf should fine him

Do you even know how the PCB disrespected Afridi? after coming back from world cup where he was the highest wicket taker and led the team to semi finals when no one gave us a chance, is that how you treat your players??? so next time before talking, make sure you are not being biased, as you clearly are here... expected much better from you

now i agree with you about attitudes maybe...but if you look at stats afridi and razzaq are neck and neck....afridi's test bat avg 37, bowl avg. 35, razzaq's 29, and 37, ODIs afridi is 23 and 33, razzaq 29 and 32....so...just on the basis of performance....there isn't much to pick from between the two..

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Man, you are the Admin. Use your powers and ban him for a month.

had he hai :S

of course you will do whatever it takes to protect your golden boy and hero. i have no need to defend afridi, he has enough worshippers in pakistan. the point of my post was talking about cricketers like razzaq, like fawad alam, like rao iftikhar, people like that who don't make a scene and stand up for themselves even though they have been wronged. on the flip side we have guys like afridi, yousuf, younis, shoaib, etc who even if they feel upset about something they take matters completely into their own hands and start crying like children until they get what they want, regardless of whether they were right or wrong. in pakistan, being part of the former group of people gets you nowhere because those in the latter group dominate public discourse. that is what i was taking offense with. why should these guys have to cry and moan before justice is served and they are treated fairly?

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Although many were disappointed for his non-inclusion, it is not professional that the concerned person talk for his defence on the medias, rather retired players should have done so.

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