Pakistan Cricket Board, in a rather surprising turn of events has taken an exorbitant decision that has not been seen in the cricketing world since the days of Packer Circus.
In one swift move the PCB has scuttled two of the team's best batsmen, disabled a couple of certified hard workers and fined three of its most potent match winners.
We are to assume that Pakistan team's utterly forgetful display in recent times is at the core of this knee jerk reaction; and we are to understand that the PCB has the best intentions for its nation as regards Cricket. But knowing the PCB's tendency towards sensationalism, it could well be another farce for all we know. After all this is a nation whose dictator personally brought a player by the name of Imran Khan out of retirement to lead the team again. It would not take much for the PCB to reverse any or all of what it imposed today and act like nothing ever happened.
While the Pakistani cricketers are undoubtedly some of the most mercurial ones around, it is also common knowledge that the administrators of Cricket in Pakistan are some of the most fickle minded, callous and self contradictory species ever seen. This is a flimsy nation that appoints, sacks, reinstates and manhandles its coaches, captains, managers and players on whim, and turns around administrators like they were meat on a barbeque grill, more often than one can care to remember.
Lets see how this story unfolds in the next few days.
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