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Pakistan parliament summons cricket officials to explain defeat by India KARACHI, May 29 (AFP) - A Pakistani parliamentary committee has summoned top cricket officials to explain the country's first ever home defeat by India, officials said Friday. "The standing committee of the Senate on sports and culture has summoned Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials to tell us the reasons of Pakistan's defeats against India," Senator Enver Baig told AFP. "Every other man is concerned and losing interest in the game after India defeat and wants to know what are the reasons," said Baig, a committee member who belongs to the main opposition Pakistan People's Party (PPP). Sports Minister Raees Munir, PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan, chief executive Ramiz Raja and chief selector Wasim Bari will participate in the open discussion at the upper house committee room. During their first tour across the border since 1989, India won the five-match one-day series 3-2 and the three-match Test series 2-1, their first ever wins on Pakistani soil last month. The Pakistan team came in for severe criticism after losing the decisive third Test by an innings and 131 runs. PCB later formed a medical commission to look into a spate of injuries to key players. Newspaper reports have said Raja may be facing the axe as officials ring the changes in Pakistan's cricket administration. However, Baig said the cricket officials would have been summoned even if Pakistan had not lost to their main rivals. "No, even if we had lost in this manner to a team like Sri Lanka or Bangladesh we would have done the same," he said. |
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