Misbah ul Haq and Azhar Ali's meeting with Pak PM Imran Khan infuriates PCB and here's why

Recently, Pakistan cricket team's he coach Misbah ul Haq, Test skipper Azhar Ali and veteran batsman Mohamm Hafeez met Pakistan premier Imran Khan to discuss revival of departmental cricket in country. departmental cricket in country was scrapped by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Imran Khan's directives. However, Misbah ul Haq, Azhar Ali and Mohamm Hafeez's decision to meet with Pakistan cricket's patron-in-chief has t gone down well with board.

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Pakistan cricket board chief unhappy with Misbah ul Haq for meeting Imran Khan without board's consent

PCB was unhappy with Misbah ul Haq, Azhar Ali and Mohamm Hafeez for meeting Imran Khan without seeking ir consent. According to arysports.tv, sources said that top PCB officials are set to meet Misbah ul Haq and Azhar Ali next week, where y will question m about meeting with Imran Khan. Besides Misbah ul Haq, Pakistan cricket board chief Ehsan Mani and CEO Wasim Khan also met Imran Khan to discuss cricket-related matters.

three icons of Pakistan cricket tried to change Pakistan premier's mind about new structure, which has left more than 400 cricketers jobless. However, Misbah ul Haq, Mohamm Hafeez and Azhar Ali couldn't do so as 67-year-old insisted that new model was right way to go ahe.

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Imran Khan said that he h to convince Misbah ul Haq, Mohamm Hafeez and Azhar Ali that new cricket structure must be allowed to grow and become stronger. He ded that every new system has its teething problems and it takes some time. However, he assured that once new system is established, it will ensure that raw talent y have in cricket will come through polished and groomed for international cricket.

In fact, PCB is said to be infuriated with Misbah and Azhar as it was on Imran Khan's instructions itself that board is implementing new system, making consent necessary in such a case. As a result, it is likely that board could slap showcause tices to duo, warning m of t repeating this in future.

Imran Khan sensationally claimed that whatever success Pakistan h so far was t because of system. PCB patron in chief reckoned that despite this system y won because of immense raw talent y have. He stated that where does a player gruate straight into national team from junior or club level cricket. Khan is hopeful that Pakistan will be in a position to field a very strong team for 2023 World Cup and do well at it due to his new system.

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Under revamped domestic cricket structure introduced by PCB as guided by Imran Khan, only six regional teams will w compete in first-class cricket and or ODI and T20 tournaments, while departmental teams were eliminated from system.  new structure is based on a three-tiered bottom-up approach according to which cricketers have a clear pathway ahe of m to progress to top level. re have also been major changes like an increase in players' earnings, change of ball (from Dukes to Kookaburra) and upgration of facilities.

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