Lahore, March 3 Senior selection committee member Aleem Dar has tendered his resignation to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) following the national team’s poor performance in the T20 World Cup, according to sources.
"Former ICC elite panel umpire Dar has submitted his resignation, which is yet to be accepted," a well-informed source close to the PCB said on Tuesday.
Dar and former Test players Asad Shafiq and Aaqib Javed are members of the selection committee.
A source close to Dar said that he resigned because he was unhappy with the excessive authority given to the team's head coach, Mike Hesson, in selection matters.
"Aleem is very upset that when the World Cup squad was being selected, he resisted the inclusion of Babar Azam and Shadab Khan in the squad without any performance, but Hesson insisted on having them," the source said.
He said that Dar was surprised to see that neither captain Salman Agha nor the other selectors resisted Hesson's authority.
"Aleem had also insisted that since Babar and Shadab could be called in without performance, Muhammad Rizwan should be included in place of Usman Khan due to his experience, but no one supported him."
Pakistan failed to qualify for the semifinals and lost to strong teams like India and England, while their Super Eight game against New Zealand was washed out.
They beat Sri Lanka in their final Super Eight game, but could not qualify for the semi-finals.
According to sources, the performance of the players has not only upset the PCB but also influential figures in the government.
