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PCB to revisit players' social media policy after Babar, Shaheen appear on 'X' spaces | Cricket News

PCB to revisit gamers’ social media coverage after Babar, Shaheen seem on ‘X’ areas | Cricket Information

NEW DELHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board expresses discontent with the previous captain Babar Azam and the present nationwide T20 captain Shaheen Shah Afridi for his or her involvement in a fan interplay session on the social media platform ‘X’.
Though the Q&A periods on ‘X,’ beforehand often called Twitter, affirmed Babar’s recognition with over 20,000 followers taking part, and Shaheen’s session drawing round 4000 followers
A supply inside the PCB reveals that the choice by these senior gamers to proceed with the social media periods, evidently organised by their agent, has not been well-received by the cricket board.
“The PCB will look to revisit a number of the clauses that the centrally contracted gamers want to stick to,” the supply mentioned.
“The clauses protecting the social media actions of contracted gamers at the moment are being reviewed once more by the board as a result of it’s involved such public Q and A periods may end in pointless controversies,” he mentioned.
There was ongoing discord between the PCB and gamers relating to the usage of social media and the issuance of NOCs for overseas T20 leagues because the earlier yr.
The truth that the PCB has a fourth Chairman since December 2022 has not helped issues and the supply mentioned this has led to lack of readability between the gamers, their brokers and the board.
“Each PCB chairman has tried to run the board in his personal means and in some instances, even ignored the written clauses of the central contracts and given particular permissions to gamers previously 12 months,” the supply added.
The supply mentioned the brand new chairman Mohsin Naqvi had requested for particulars in regards to the central contracts with the gamers and likewise requested for transcripts of all interviews and social media content material of gamers for the previous few months.
“Naqvi clearly needs a revised media coverage for gamers and for this the PCB may revise some clauses of the central contracts,” the supply mentioned.
(With inputs from PTI)