The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) denied the No Objection Certificates (NOC) to Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Afridi for collaborating within the upcoming International T20 League Canada.
All three of them are thought-about vital pillars of the Pakistan cricket workforce and the PCB made the choice to present them relaxation because the Inexperienced Shirts need to play lots of cricket earlier than the graduation of Champions Trophy 2025, which will probably be hosted within the nation.
Pakistan’s schedule until Might 2025 is jam-packed on account of which the PCB denied the NOCs to gamers. The principle precedence for the Mohsin Naqvi-led board is the gamers’ health and ensuring they continue to be injury-free and are well-rested.
“The PCB has offered the next replace on the participant NOC requests for the International T20 on account of be performed in Canada later this month,” the physique mentioned in a presser.
“The PCB had obtained NOC requests from Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Afridi for the International T20 occasion, amongst different gamers. After bearing in mind Pakistan’s busy and packed cricket calendar within the interval from August 2024 to March 2025, which incorporates 9 ICC World Take a look at Championship matches and subsequent 12 months’s ICC Champions Trophy 2025, and following consultations with the three gamers in addition to the nationwide choice committee, it has been determined to say no their requests,” it mentioned.
The cricket physique added that the three all-format gamers and their companies are anticipated to be required within the upcoming eight months throughout which Pakistan will play 9 Assessments, 14 ODIs, and 9 T20Is
“According to the PCB’s workload administration coverage, it’s in the perfect curiosity of Pakistan cricket and the gamers that they skip the upcoming occasion in Canada in order that they’re of their finest psychological and bodily form for the season, which commences with the two-Take a look at sequence in opposition to Bangladesh,” the assertion added.
It’s value mentioning that the PCB’s coverage is to permit gamers to play two franchise cricket leagues alongside the Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL).
Pakistan’s schedule for the rest of 2024
August: Two-match Take a look at sequence in opposition to Bangladesh at residence as a part of World Take a look at Championship (WTC) 2023-25
October: Three-match Take a look at sequence in opposition to England at residence as a part of World Take a look at Championship (WTC) 2023-25
November 4-18: Journey to Australia to play three ODIs and three T20s
November 20-December 5: Journey to Zimbabwe to play three ODIs and three T20s
December 10-January 03, 2025: Journey to South Africa to play Three T20Is, three ODIs and two Assessments
