{"id":396552,"date":"2023-12-03T03:06:55","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T03:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/12\/03\/spot-fixing-accused-salman-butts-consultancy-role-abruptly-withdrawn-by-pcb-chief-selector-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-12-03T03:06:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T03:06:55","slug":"spot-fixing-accused-salman-butts-consultancy-role-abruptly-withdrawn-by-pcb-chief-selector-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/12\/03\/spot-fixing-accused-salman-butts-consultancy-role-abruptly-withdrawn-by-pcb-chief-selector-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Spot-fixing accused Salman Butt&#8217;s consultancy role abruptly withdrawn by PCB chief selector &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-105691618,imgsize-53544.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: Former international cricketer <!-- -->Salman Butt<!-- -->&#8216;s appointment as a consultant to chief selector <!-- -->Wahab Riaz<!-- --> by the <!-- -->Pakistan Cricket Board<!-- --> (<!-- -->PCB<!-- -->) was abruptly revoked a day after the announcement, as reported by ESPNcricinfo.<br \/>Chief selector Riaz called an urgent press conference on Saturday to officially declare the immediate withdrawal of Butt&#8217;s name from the consultancy panel. <br \/>Butt, who had represented Pakistan in both red-ball and white-ball formats, had recently been appointed to provide consulting insights to the selection panel.<br \/>However, Butt&#8217;s past involvement in a spot-fixing incident during a Test against England at Lord&#8217;s in 2010 had stirred controversy around his appointment. <br \/>Reportedly, there was internal resistance within the PCB regarding Butt&#8217;s consultancy role, with an unnamed employee expressing discomfort and even threatening resignation.<br \/>Facing mounting internal pressure and criticism, Riaz decided to clarify the situation through a press conference, confirming Butt&#8217;s prompt removal from the selection panel.<br \/>On Friday, the PCB had initially named former players <!-- -->Kamran Akmal, Rao Iftikhar Anjum, and Salman Butt as consultants to the chief selector. The appointments were to take effect immediately, with their first assignment being the upcoming five-match T20I series against New Zealand, scheduled to begin on January 12 after the ongoing overseas tour of Australia.<br \/>The consultants were brought on board with the aim of leveraging their experience to help the team replicate the success achieved in the last T20 World Cup. 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