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PCB clueless over being denied place in Champions League T20 competition

Karachi, May 26 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is clueless as to why it has been discarded from Champions League Twenty20 competition to be held in India in October.

When enquired about Pakistan's failure to get itself inducted in the multi-million-dollar tournament, all senior officials of the PCB kept on passing the responsibility on each other, and expressed their ignorance about the issue.

When quizzed about the whole issue, the PCB chairman Ijaz Butt said one should contact senior Board officials in Lahore to get more information.

Earlier, the Champions League chief, Lalit Modi had declared that Pakistan would not be able to take part in the seven-nation cricket extravaganza because Pakistan cricketers are prohibited to travel to India due to government restrictions.

"Unfortunately, the Pakistan government won't give them (the players) clearance to come to India, and since Saturday was our cut-off date, it's not possible to have a team from Pakistan this ear," Modi had said. (ANI)

'Pak Cricket board acts like a banana republic'

Lahore, Apr 3: Disappointed over fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar's ban by the PCB disciplinary committee, former skipper Imran Khan has demanded the new Pakistan government to sack the country's cricket board. The PCB announced a five-year ban on Akhtar for repeated violations of discipline and said the temperamental fast bowler would not play for country during this period.''The tragic incident of banning Akhtar reflects how undemocratically cricket is run in this country and I think this is an ideal time for.....
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