{"id":92318,"date":"2024-07-11T02:43:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T02:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/11\/dont-want-to-be-part-of-the-blame-games-former-pcb-chief-selector-wahab-riaz-reacts-to-sacking\/"},"modified":"2024-07-11T02:43:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T02:43:05","slug":"dont-want-to-be-part-of-the-blame-games-former-pcb-chief-selector-wahab-riaz-reacts-to-sacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/11\/dont-want-to-be-part-of-the-blame-games-former-pcb-chief-selector-wahab-riaz-reacts-to-sacking\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Don&#8217;t want to be part of the blame games&#8217;: Former PCB chief selector Wahab Riaz reacts to sacking"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2024\/07\/untitled-design-2024-07-11t071803-1720662498.jpg?resize=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"&#8216;Don&#8217;t want to be part of the blame games&#8217;: Former PCB chief selector Wahab Riaz reacts to sacking\" title=\"&#8216;Don&#8217;t want to be part of the blame games&#8217;: Former PCB chief selector Wahab Riaz reacts to sacking\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"atimgbign\" id=\"story-featured-image\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<figure class=\"artbigimg row\"><figcaption><span class=\"author\">Image Source : GETTY IMAGES<\/span> Wahab Riaz.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artconfp\">Wahab Riaz had a lot to say after being sacked as a member of PCB&#8217;s selection panel on Wednesday (July 11) but abstained from playing &#8220;blame games&#8221;.  <!-- \/8323530\/ITv_Desktop_VDO_1X1 -->\n  <\/p>\n<p>The former left-arm speedster took to &#8216;X&#8217; to release a statement after he was axed in the aftermath of Pakistan&#8217;s group-stage exit from the recently concluded ICC Men&#8217;s T20 World Cup in the USA and Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My time serving as a member of selection committee for PCB comes to an end, I just want my people to know that I have served the game I love with faith and sincerity and have given 100 per cent for the betterment of Pakistan cricket,&#8221; said Wahab.<\/p>\n<p>Wahab was particularly irked by rumours which suggested that he added pressure to the other members of the selection committee and outvoted the other six panelists.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has been an honour to serve as part of the selection panel. To make collaborative decisions as part of the seven man panel to select the national team was a privilege &#8211; everyone&#8217;s vote carried equal weight, we made selection decisions as a team &amp; shared the responsibility of that process equally. It was an honour to contribute my part to that,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>He ended his statement by wishing success to Pakistan&#8217;s newly appointed white-ball head coach Gary Kirsten and the coaching group.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Wahab was appointed as the chief selector and replaced Inzamam-ul-Haq in November last year after the latter tendered his resignation amid conflict-of-interest allegations.<\/p>\n<p>However, he was demoted after Mohsin Naqvi took over as PCB chief replacing Zaka Ashraf as the latter made a host of other changes to the selection panel.<\/p>\n<p>Wahab and Abdul Razzaq&#8217;s exit has reduced the seven-member selection panel to five comprising the captain and the head coach of the respective formats, Asad Shafiq, Mohammad Yousuf and data analyst, Bilal Afzal.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async>\nfunction loadFacebookScript(){\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '529056027274737');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n}\nwindow.addEventListener('load', (event) => {\n\tsetTimeout(function(){\n        loadFacebookScript();\n\t}, 5000);\n});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/sports\/cricket\/dont-want-to-be-part-of-the-blame-games-former-pcb-chief-selector-wahab-riaz-reacts-to-sacking-2024-07-11-941262\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Source : GETTY IMAGES Wahab Riaz. Wahab Riaz had a lot to say after being sacked as a member of PCB&#8217;s selection panel on Wednesday (July 11) but abstained from playing &#8220;blame games&#8221;. 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