Pakistan Player Snubs PCB Order To Meet King Charles In Protest Over Treatment: Report

Four of the seven dropped players — Ali Usman, Aamer Jamal, Khurram Shahzad and Awais Zafar — attended the event despite reportedly expressing their preference not to do so.

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Dropped Pakistani players refused PCB order to meet King Charles in protest. (Picture Credit: X/@RoyalFamily)

Pakistan men’s cricket team players, members of the support staff and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials, including chairman Mohsin Naqvi, met King Charles at Clarence House in London on Wednesday (September 2). During the meeting, the PCB reportedly ordered players who had been dropped from the Test squad for the third match in Birmingham to also attend the event.

According to a report in The Telegraph on Thursday, the PCB feared that a low turnout of players could cause embarrassment, prompting the board to ask the axed players to join the meeting.

Four of the seven dropped players — Ali Usman, Aamer Jamal, Khurram Shahzad and Muhammad Awais Zafar — attended the event despite reportedly expressing their preference not to do so in light of recent events. However, one of the seven players is reported to have refused to attend in protest against his treatment.

The players who did not attend were opening batter Imam-ul-Haq, wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan and all-rounder Salman Ali Agha, who captained Pakistan in the first Test at Headingley in Leeds.

Pakistan have made seven changes to their Test squad following back-to-back defeats in Leeds and Lord’s. However, the full quota of replacement players has yet to arrive in England. With concerns over a low turnout at the meeting, the PCB reportedly asked the dropped players to attend.

During the meeting, King Charles encouraged the Pakistani players. Pakistan’s Test captain Babar Azam presented the King with a signed cricket bat, while PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi, who is also a minister in the Pakistan government, presented him with a gift.

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