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Canada Global (Web News) PCB has decided not to issue NOC to national cricket team captain Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Afridi for the Global T20 to be held in Canada. A statement issued by the PCB said that the PCB has received NOC applications from Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Afridi for the Global T20. Due to the extraordinary busyness of the team, after consultation with the three players and the selection committee, it has been decided not to issue NOCs to these three cricketers.
According to the board, in the period from August 2024 to March 2025, the Pakistan cricket team will have to play 9 Tests of the ICC World Test Championship, in addition to playing the ICC Champions Trophy next year, which will be held in Pakistan. Is. Similarly, Pakistan will play 9 Tests, 14 One Day Internationals and 9 T20I matches during this period, so the three cricketers are cricketers of all three formats and Pakistan will need their services in the next 8 months.
According to the PCB, in view of the workload management policy of the Pakistan Cricket Board, it is in the best interest of Pakistan Cricket and the players that these players skip the event in Canada so that they are in their best mental and physical condition for the season. . It will start with a two-Test series against Bangladesh. Earlier, PCB had not issued NOC to Naseem Shah for The Hundred on the same basis, according to PCB, Asif Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed. , Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Nawaz have been approved for NOC, all four players are primarily white ball cricketers but Iftikhar Ahmed and Mohammad Nawaz are central contract cricketers.