PCB to remove Ijaz Ahmed due to poor U19 team’s performance: Sources

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is likely to release junior head coach – Ijaz Ahmed along with other supporting staff, following the poor performance of the national side in the ongoing ICC U19 World Cup.

As per the sources, Chairman PCB Ramiz Raja and other board officials are unhappy with the team’s performance in the mega event.

Following this, the cricket board may start ‘operation clean-up’ to remove head coach Ijaz and other supporting staff from their positions.

Reports also suggest that the cricket board’s authorities are also unhappy with the performance of the selection committee.

It is worth mentioning here that the green shirts suffered a humiliating defeat against Australia in the U19 World Cup quarter-final; losing the contest by a massive margin of 119 runs.

The men in green, however, topped Group C by defeating Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, and Papa New Guinea in an emphatic manner.

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Shaheens’ coach Ijaz confident of winning in Sri Lanka

Karachi: Pakistan Shaheens’ head coach Ijaz Ahmed is confident of winning in Sri Lanka as the side starts preparing under him for the tour at the National Stadium.

Pakistan Shaheens will play two four-day and three fifty-over games. They will leave for Sri Lanka on October 21.

“Our job is to develop players for the highest level, the players are being trained for the long form of cricket. We will make all-out efforts to win in Sri Lanka,” Ijaz said.

Batter Usman Salahuddin is looking forward to perform in the series. “Being a player, it is an important tour for me and the Shaheens. Whoever plays for the team, his performance is counted,” he added.

Meanwhile, pacer Naseem Shah opined that he is practicing for four-day cricket and is trying to bowl as much as possible in the camp.

Squad: Saud Shakeel (c), Mohammad Taha, Abdullah Shafiq, Abrar Ahmed, Abbas Afridi, Ahmed Safi Abdullah, Akif Javed, Arshad Iqbal, Irfanullah Shah, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shehzad, Muhammad Haris, Naseem Shah, Omair bin Yusuf, Qasim Akram, Salman Ali Agha, Salman Khan, Usman Salahuddin and Zahid Mahmood

Tour schedule:

21 Oct – departure for Kandy
28-31 Oct – 1st four-day match, Kandy
4-7 Nov – 2nd four-day match, Kandy
10 Nov – 1st 50-over match, Colombo
12 Nov – 2nd 50-over match, Colombo
14 Nov – 3rd 50-over match, Colombo

Read: Saud Shakeel to lead Pakistan Shaheens on Sri Lanka’s tour

U19 coach Ijaz Ahmed puts a cricketer’s future in danger

KARACHI: U19 coach Ijaz Ahmed forced a cricketer Zeeshan Zameer to play a match during the junior players’ training camp despite having a fracture in his left ankle.

According to the details, Zeeshan’s injury was put at risk by the training camp’s coach Ijaz and the doctor after he played the practice match, as result, his ankle bone got broken which now needs surgery.

Zeeshan is a son of labour who can’t afford surgery expenses, hence the young cricketer is seeking help to get it done for the sake of his future.

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