All is not well for Mohsin in PCB

A group of top officials in the Pakistan Cricket Board have started their efforts to stop Mohsin Hasan Khan from continuing as head coach of the national cricket team, a source revealed Monday. The top PCB officials including the selection committee are pushing top cricketers in the national team to come out in the media against Mohsin Khan in a bid to make the PCB authorities to discontinue him as head coach, reports quoting sources said. The Sports Encounter had reported on December 8 that some senior players who were against Dav Whatmore had put their weight behind Mohsin Khan but now the top PCB men are luring some other cricketers to speak against Mohsin in the media.
“Some of officials especially a influential figure in the National Cricket Academy have grouped up in a bid to dislodge Mohsin Khan who thinks that Pakistan team’s recent victories were the result of his coaching”, sources stated.
“Mohsin dodged the authorities when he talked to new PCB chairman Chaudhry Zaka Ashraf directly and this is not the first time Mohsin has done that as he used to do this in previous set up as well”, the sources added. Mohsin Khan has recently claimed in the media that he had a fruitful meeting with the PCB chief and he was confident he could be confirmed as head coach. Sources claimed that the anti-Mohsin group has devised a two-pronged strategy. “A part of the group has poisoned Zaka Ashraf through giving him negative reports against Mohsin Khan and the PCB will soon send a show cause notice to Mohsin because of his media statements,” sources said. They added that Zaka Ashraf is not happy with Mohsin Khan after his media interaction over the key issues and is using strong language about the overture. The source revealed that the group is using some players to show their lack of confidence in Mohsin Khan. “They are pushing players to come out against Mohsin Khan, and have urged them to give media statements against him,” the sources said. “As a reward, these players will get support their place in the team remains ensured,” he added.