Former Test cricketers and former board officials criticised the protests held by Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) and said that a few people were trying to achieve their aims by creating controversies in the name of regions and provinces.
Former chief selector PCB Abdul Qadir said that he was unable to understand why the KCCA was creating controversy over the selection of cricketers. He said that present chief selector Mohsin Hassan Khan belongs to Karachi and earlier, Iqbal Qasim and Salahuddin Sallu were from Karachi.
He said that selectors never prefer provincial or any other value of cricketers to their merit and skills. The main focus of selector is always to select those players they perform well and prove their mettle in the team. Talking on this issue, former PCB Chief Lt Gen (retd) Tauqir Zia said that the protest by KCCA was a big mistake for them.
If Karachi players are neglected then they should meet board officials. “They must know that the chief selector, team captain Shahid Afridi and Younus Khan also from Karachi so it is wrong to say that Karachi players are being neglected,” he said.