Last Update on: November 3rd, 2023 at 10:57 am
Babar Azam's personal Whatsapp chats have been reportedly leaked online
Pakistan need to win their remaining two matches against New Zealand and England by big margins to ma ethe semi-final
Pakistan Cricket team captain Babar Azam’s personal Whatsapp chats have been reportedly leaked online which has created a lot of controversy off late. Even the PCB got into the controversy after leaking the private conversation between Babar and a senior PCB official which was aired on live TV.
The controversy began after former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif said that Babar tried to contact several officials from the PCB such as Zaka Ashraf, Salman Naseer, and Usman Wahla, but received no response for two days.
To counter Latif’s claims PCB Chief Zaka Ashrag shared a screenshot of the Whatsapp conversation between Babar Azam and PCB’s Chief Operating Officer, Salman Naseer, with a sports journalist. Naseer in return questioned Babar on his poor captaincy record in this World Cup so far on which he denied any comment.
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Meanwhile, now the PCB has said that they have no control over the editorial policy of the channel that had aired the rumored conversation between Babar and Naseer.
PCB Denies Taking Responsibility Over Leaked Chats Of Babar Azam
“It is a channel’s discretion and policy to determine what or what not to air. PCB has no say or control on channel’s editorial policy,” PCB was quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo.
The sequence of events indicates to the lack of trust between the players and the officials of the PCB and Babar seems to be a soft target due to his and his team’s performance so far in this World Cup.
Pakistan need to win their remaining two matches against New Zealand and England by big margins and hope for a few other results to go their way if they are to make the semi-finals. The Men in Green are currently placed fifth on the table with three wins and four losses from seven games in the World Cup so far.
They take on New Zealand next in Bengaluru on November 4 followed by England in Kolkata on November 11.
