Shoaib Akhtar had requested PCB for a meeting to discuss the post.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has dismissed the rumors of changes in the selection committee and replacement of chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq, by reappointing him as the head of the selection panel.
Former Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Akhtar had revealed he is in talks with PCB for the chief selector post and there were chances that he might have got the role too. But as per reports in thenews.com.pk, it did not happen.
There was speculation that Akhtar has met CEO Wasim Khan in Islamabad this week. But 'The News' questioned PCB chairman Ehsan Mani over the matter and if Shoaib is going to get replace Misbah.
“These are just rumors and nothing else. We have no plans of making any changes to the selection committee at this point in time. How could we do that? We have yet make evaluation key posts. We have already made it clear that all the key posts would go under thorough evaluation at the completion of a set period. That revives has yet to be conducted, so there is no reason to make any changes in the committee,” a PCB official said.
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It turned out that Akhtar himself had asked PCB for a meeting. “Shoaib had requested for meeting and he was obliged during Mani and Wasim’s stay in Islamabad. There was no other reason for that meeting except that the former Test cricketer wanted to meet the PCB top brass.”
“Iqbal Qasim has recently resigned from the post of cricket committee head and as such the PCB is currently looking for a suitable candidate on the post. At the moment we even did not finalize the name as a new head of the cricket committee,” he said.
Earlier, Shoaib was claiming that Pakistan's cricket body is in discussion with him over the post. But he didn't reveal it was him who asked for a meeting.
“I will not deny it. Yes, I have had some discussions with the board and I am interested in playing a major role in Pakistan cricket. But nothing is decided as yet,” Akhtar said on Thursday during a YouTube show “Cricket Baaz”.
(With 'The News' Inputs)