September 10, 2007

Twenty20 World Cup Championship 2007: Pakistan has called Sohail Tanvir as Replacement for Shoaib Akter

After being misbehave with the teammate Mohammad Asif during preparations for the inaugural World Twenty20 in South Africa and sent back home. Now another left arm Sohail Tanvir has been confirmed as the replacement for Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar for T20. The International Cricket Council's (ICC) Technical Committee has permitted Sohail Tanvir for T20.

A report was published on World Cricket that Player replacements are usually allowed if players are injured or unavailable due to personal issue, but the ICC confirmed that the exceptional circumstances surrounding Shoiab's unavailability would not mean a replacement was disallowed.

"In this case, the Technical Committee approved Shoaib's replacement on the basis of exceptional circumstances, for the following reasons: the incident and disciplinary action taken by the PCB is not related to the matches in the event; the tournament has not commenced; and there is a precedent to support the replacement," an ICC statement explained.

The incident that happened just nearly one week ago, I think it will be a big misunderstanding with the cricketers who will play on the T20 because Sohail Tanvir is most probably not experienced about Twenty20 Match. It is my opinion but the authority will think more.