Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Rizwan has submitted his response to the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency’s (NCCIA) questionnaire while questioning the basis of the agency’s inquiry against him. In his response, the wicketkeeper-batter also requested details of the allegations against him and questioned why the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit was not tasked with probing the matter.
“As a cricketer, I have served the Pakistan team to the best of my ability,” Rizwan stated in his response, as quoted by Samaa TV.
Rizwan also demanded details of the allegations against him.
“It is incomprehensible why the NCCIA is conducting an inquiry into such a case,” the cricketer said in his response. “I should be provided with full details of the allegations against me so that I can participate in the inquiry,” he said.
Rizwan and Imam were among the seven players released from the squad after the disastrous first two Test matches of the three-match series against England. Imam completed his response to the questionnaire, while Rizwan chose to take the matter to court. The PCB reportedly handed the two players’ mobile phones to the relevant authorities following their removal, along with those of five other players from Pakistan’s squad for the England Test series. Investigators probed the players’ financial dealings before and during the Test series, and their bank account details are also under scrutiny.
The NCCIA examined financial matters and suspected transactions involving the two players, according to a report in Pakistan-based The News International. Those seven players were sent home, and the Pakistan Cricket Board brought seven other players into the squad and later began an “internal disciplinary inquiry.”
A few days ago, Rizwan and Imam-ul-Haq appeared before the NCCIA in Lahore regarding alleged leaks of information from the team’s dressing room.
