Lahore, July 24: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has clarified that young opener Ahmed Shehzad was not dropped from the national Twenty20 team for the series against Australia and the T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka due to any disciplinary reason.
"There is no disciplinary issue with Shehzad''s selection. Neither has the national team manager, Naved Cheema lodged any report against him," the Daily Times quoted a PCB official, as saying.
The official added that the final decision regarding the squad was with the national selection committee, which also consulted the captain and coach.
"Shehzad has been dropped purely for cricketing reasons as the selectors felt that Imran Nazir deserved a chance to make a comeback after his recent performances," the official said.
However, another source confirmed that Shehzad''s exclusion only came about on the insistence of T20 captain Mohammad Hafeez, who showed more faith in the selection of Nazir.
"It was on Hafeez''s insistence that the selectors agreed to include Nazir instead of Shehzad as Nasir was a automatic choice of both the selectors and the team management," the source said.
© ANI
