Pakistan's dismal efficiency on the T20 World Cup within the US has triggered outrage in opposition to the gamers, who’ve confronted criticism for taking their households alongside, whereas their embattled cricket board has thought-about introducing a brand new defamation regulation to take care of “baseless claims and reviews”. Based on an area media report, other than round 34 gamers, assist employees and officers who had been a part of the nationwide workforce within the US, round 26 to twenty-eight members of the family of the gamers had been current on the workforce resort.
These included their wives, kids, dad and mom and in some circumstances siblings. Pakistan had been knocked out of the match after shedding to India and first-timers the US of their group league stage matches held in New York.
The report mentioned that gamers like Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman and Muhammad Amir had been amongst those that had members of the family travelling with them.
Babar, who’s single, has his father, mom and brother staying on the workforce resort.
One other report mentioned, “The extra bills incurred in staying with the household are clearly borne by the gamers, however staying with members of the family additionally distracts the gamers.”
“Round 60 rooms had been booked to accommodate others travelling with the workforce. The ambiance was family-friendly, with take-away dinners and outings frequent for a few of the gamers,” a report mentioned.
Former Check wicketkeeper Atiq-uz-Zaman mentioned he can perceive the necessity for gamers to have their households with them on low-key or bilateral excursions.
However for an occasion as large because the World Cup, the PCB shouldn’t have allowed such a gathering.
Zaman mentioned, “Households shouldn’t be allowed within the World Cup as a result of gamers must deal with their cricket. When you have got households with you, the gamers' consideration and time is diverted from cricket.”
Aamir additionally took his private coach with him to the World Cup at his personal expense, whereas the workforce had overseas trainers, power conditioning coaches, physiotherapists and medical doctors.
A report mentioned that in the course of the coaching classes, the left-arm pacer took permission from the board and skilled individually from others.
PCB contemplating authorized motion in opposition to unverified reviews
The Pakistan Cricket Board will use the brand new defamation regulation enacted by the Punjab authorities in opposition to digital or mainstream media that accuse Pakistani gamers of corruption or make extremely private feedback about them in the course of the World Cup.
A dependable supply within the PCB mentioned that the board's authorized division has began engaged on a attainable discover underneath the brand new defamation regulation.
He mentioned, “These individuals will likely be requested to show their allegations in any other case they are going to face motion underneath the brand new defamation regulation.”
Punjab Meeting has just lately handed a invoice associated to digital media and defamation regulation, underneath which if any digital journalist or media particular person makes baseless allegations or private assaults on any public determine, which places him liable to public backlash, then if discovered responsible, he may be fined closely and even jailed.
The regulation additionally states that the choice must be given inside six months and the case shouldn’t be stored pending.
The incident occurred at a time when skipper Babar Azam was accused by a YouTuber of accepting an costly automobile as a present.
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