LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board has elaborated its stance with regard to the unfortunate episode that happened in the ongoing Pakistan Cup at Faisalabad in respect of test batsman Younis Khan abandoning the tournament following his dissent on a couple of umpiring decisions.
"Chairman PCB, Shaharyar M Khan clarified that while we have all regards for Younis who has served the country with honour, he would follow the process dealing with such situation as stipulated in the relevant rules," said a spokesman of PCB here on Tuesday.
Younis had questioned the umpires' decisions in the Pakistan Cup match between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab teams. The umpires reported this matter to the Match Referee who charged Younis under level-II of the code of conduct for players and player support personnel and fined 50% of Younis' match fee.
"Under the code, a notice of charge was handed over to the Team Manager of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mukhtiar Hussain and a hearing was set by the Match Referee. However, the Team Manager informed that Younis had refused to accept the notice of charge and later left the team in protest," he added.
Younis subsequently called Chairman PCB in Dubai and apologized for his behavior and requested the Chairman for permission to join the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa team again for the remaining matches.
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