PCB has levied PKR 50 lakhs fine on Pakistan squad for failing to make it to T20 WC semis.
Pakistan had qualified for the Super 8s stage with only one loss, against India, in the group stage. Their Super 8s game against New Zealand was washed out, and they lost to England. Pakistan needed to restrict Sri Lanka to 147 in their game after scoring 212/8 in their last Super 8 game.
However, Sri Lanka managed 207/6 instead, losing by only 5 runs, and Pakistan was knocked out of the T20 World Cup with New Zealand going through.
"Former ICC elite panel umpire Dar has sent his resignation, which is yet to be accepted,” a source close to the PCB was quoted as saying by PTI.
Alongside former Test cricketers Asad Shafiq and Aaqib Javed, Dar was a member of the selection committee. According to the PTI report, Dar resigned because he was worried about head coach Mike Hesson's power to choose the team.
The report added that while Dar resisted the inclusion of Babar Azam and Shadab Khan in the Pakistan squad, without any performance. But it also added that Dar wanted Mohammad Rizwan in place of Usman Khan for the wicket-keeper-batter position owing to his experience.
“Aleem is very upset that when the World Cup squad was being selected, he had resisted the inclusion of Babar Azam and Shadab Khan in the squad without any performance, but Hesson insisted on having them.
Aleem had also insisted that when Babar and Shadab could be called in without performance, Muhammad Rizwan should be included in place of Usman Khan because of his experience but no one supported him,” the report stated.
The PCB and government officials have expressed concern about the team's performance, according to the PTI report. Following the team's failure to advance to the semifinals, the PCB reportedly fined each player PKR 50 lakh.