00:00And now it's time to talk about cricket and to find new talent,
00:03the Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to inaugurate three new domestic tournaments.
00:08To talk about this, we have our sports correspondent, Shahid Hashmi.
00:11Mr. Shahid, greetings.
00:13Greetings.
00:14Mr. Shahid, there will be three new tournaments.
00:16Champions T20, Champions One Day Cup and Champions First Class Tournament.
00:23Do you think this will be beneficial?
00:26Or are these the same old things by changing their names?
00:29No, it shouldn't be. Your domestic tournament performers,
00:33Charuza Cricket, One Day Cup and T20,
00:36their best lot will play in the Champions Tournament.
00:39On paper and in the planning, it looks good,
00:43but to implement it properly is the duty of the PCB.
00:47Waqar Yunus, Nadeem Khan, and Junaid Zia have come.
00:51These people want to implement it properly,
00:54so the results will come.
00:56Whenever the PCB has spoken to domestic cricket,
00:59their best line is that we want to reduce the gap between domestic and international cricket.
01:06Absolutely right.
01:07The total number of matches is 131.
01:10You have already said that this season will be so busy,
01:13and international cricket will also be played in between.
01:16So how will the workload management and the fact that your main players
01:21take your domestic cricket seriously be practical?
01:24We will have to see.
01:25The international commitment is very good.
01:28Pakistan has two test matches in Bangladesh,
01:31England, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and the Champions Tournament.
01:37It is a good tournament with good international commitment.
01:41We will also play a league in between.
01:43Players are allowed to play two leagues as per the central contract.
01:48All these things will have to be managed.
01:51Waqar Yunus has also joined the staff.
01:53He is a big cricketer.
01:54He has been given the post of administration for the first time.
01:57So all these responsibilities are there.
01:59Managing them properly is the biggest thing.
02:03In this press conference,
02:05clearly, Mr. Mohsin Naqvi has said that
02:08if we talk about domestic cricket,
02:10obviously, no one else was able to talk about it.
02:12My question is that all these things are in their place,
02:15but what about the surgery?
02:16There is no update on that.
02:20There was news in the middle that
02:22there will be a disciplinary hearing against 2-3 players.
02:24Exactly, there will be a committee.
02:26The press released a separate press release.
02:29If they don't want the surgery, then it's fine.
02:33They should address it properly.
02:35They should call the players.
02:36We haven't heard from Babar Azam and Gary Kirsten
02:39what happened with Pakistan in the E-20 World Cup.
02:42They should have said something
02:44so that the whole nation would know
02:46why Pakistan lost two matches in a row.
02:48Exactly.
02:49Babar Azam is completely out of the picture.
02:52I don't understand.
02:53After such a big disaster,
02:55there is so much silence.
02:56How is this acceptable?
02:59I don't understand.
03:00There were talks that the surgery will be done
03:03and we will alter it.
03:05We will call each player.
03:06Apparently, nothing happened.
03:08The main thing was that
03:10Gary Kirsten should have said something.
03:12Exactly.
03:13He could have released a podcast.
03:16Babar Azam could have said something.
03:18Babar Azam should have told us
03:20about the groupings, disciplinary breaches,
03:23and the team's performance.
03:25The whole world is saying that
03:27you are going down in the rankings.
03:28You should have at least said something.
03:31Thank you very much, Shahid.
03:33He was updating us about the domestic tournaments.
03:36Obviously, everyone is wondering
03:38if the surgery was meant to be said
03:43or if something will happen.
03:45For now, it seems like nothing will happen.
