Pakistan batter Ahmed Shehzad has decided to skip Pakistan’s domestic cricket tournament Champions Cup due to PCB’s favoritism, false promises, and injustice against cricketers. He slammed the PCB for appointing five mentors despite poverty in the country.

Waqar Younis, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik, Saqlain Mushtaq, and Sarfaraz Ahmed will be working with the five sides in the new tournaments on three-year contracts. PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi is working to improve cricket in the country.

“With a heavy heart, I’ve decided not to play in the Domestic Cricket Champions Cup,” Shahzad wrote on X. “The PCB’s favoritism, false promises, and injustice towards domestic players are unacceptable. In a time when Pakistan is struggling with inflation, poverty, and massive electricity bills, the PCB is wasting 5 million Rs on mentors for doing nothing and rewarding failed players in the current team who brought Pakistan cricket to an All-time Low,” Ahmed Shehzad on X.

Shahzad also took a dig at Naqvi for his surgery comment after Pakistan’s elimination from the ICC T20 World Cup 2024.

“It’s even more disrespectful that the PCB claims they don’t have ‘instruments for surgery,’ which is a huge disrespect for domestic players. As a Pakistani and true cricket lover, I cannot support a system that has no value for merit. I refuse to be a part of this failed setup.”

He played 153 games for Pakistan but was dropped from the team after failing to score consistently across formats.