Pakistan cricket is already facing an embarrassing situation. Ball Tampering Controversy Included Fakhr ZamanShaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf during A Pakistan Super League (PSL) match. Now another problem has added to their problems. Lahore Qalandars captain Shaheen Afridi and overseas players Sikandar Raza He has been accused of violating team security protocol at his hotel.What exactly happened?According to police officials, despite prior warnings and denials, Shaheen and Sikandar were allegedly found hosting four guests in Raza’s room on the eighth floor till 1:25 am.The team owner also approached PSL CEO Salman Naseer with the same request, which was again rejected on security grounds.Muhammad Faisal, DIG (Operations, Lahore) reportedly informed the CEO of PSL about the serious breach of security measures.Two requests were made by the Liaison Officer of Lahore Qalandars to allow visitors to Raza’s room – the first at around 10:35 pm and the second at 11:00 pm on Saturday – but both were rejected. Despite this, Shaheen and Raza were seen hosting guests in the Zimbabwean cricketer’s room where they stayed till 1:25 am.Reportedly, at around 11:05 pm, PCB and security personnel noted that Shaheen and Raza went ahead and took the four guests into the room despite resistance from the on-site security personnel. The guests were there until 1:25 p.m.A senior police official has informed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) that the incident is a violation of the board’s security protocol and code of conduct, which are designed to ensure the safety and integrity of players, officials and related personnel.What is Reza saying?Raza spoke about the issue during the post-match press conference and denied the allegations.“Shaheen did not do anything arbitrarily. It was my request, I wanted to say that my family and friends have come. There was nothing like that in the first 4 years, I had the honor of meeting my family and relatives, now if you do not show the SOPs, then there is nothing. tha[Hedidnotforceanyonebecauseitwasmyfamilyandfriendstherewasneveranyrestrictiononmeetingmyfamilyandrelatives[HedidnotforceanyoneInfactitwasmyrequestasitwasmyfamilyandfrieendsInpreviousfouryearstherewasneverarerestrictiononmeetingmyfamilyandrelatives[اسنےکسیکومجبورنہیںکیاتھاکیونکہیہمیریفیملیاوردوستوںکیتھی،میرےخانداناوررشتہداروںسےملنےپرکبھیپابندینہیںتھی۔[HedidnotforceanyoneInfactitwasmyrequestasitwasmyfamilyandfrieendsInpreviousfouryearstherewasneverarestrictiononmeetingmyfamilyandrelatives Raza said in a press conference that if the SOPs have changed, Shaheen to some extent even I was not aware of it.
