PCB Issues Show Cause Notice to Fakhar Zaman After His Support for Babar Azam

Fakhar has been requested to present his reply to the show cause notice by 21 October as he was told in a notice by PCB that he has breached his contract by criticizing board policies and selection.

The Pakistan Cricket Board issued a show-cause notice to its centrally contracted player Fakhar Zaman on an alleged breach of the players' code of conduct. Fakhar had questioned the decision of leaving Babar Azam out of the Pakistan squad for the second and third Test against England in a social media post on Sunday.

Fakhar has been requested to present his reply to the show cause notice by 21 October as he was told in a notice by PCB that he has breached his contract by criticizing board policies and selection.

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"It is disturbing hearing Babar Azam should be benched. India didn't bench Virat Kohli during his horrible run between 2020 and 2023, when he averaged 19.33, 28.21, and 26.50, respectively.

If we are thinking about resting our best batsman, arguably the best Pakistan has ever produced, that can send a very bad message to the team. Now we can still avoid hitting the panic button; we should be working on safeguarding our assets rather than devaluing them," Fakhar wrote on X.

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Pakistan lost the first Test by innings and 47 runs in Multan despite scoring 556 in the first innings. The second Test is also to be played in Multan from Tuesday (15 October).

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