The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) apologised after posting an insensitive tweet moments after wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfaraz Ahmed was sacked as captain from all formats, with immediate effect.
The PCB, through their official Twitter account on Friday, tweeted a GIF of batsman Fakhar Zaman dancing along with other players of the national team while Sarfaraz is leaving the scene.
Here is ?@TheRealPCB? tweet moments after Sarfaraz was sacked. Classy. (Background score courtesy my one-year old) pic.twitter.com/QuCqxQTDXJThe tweet was posted as a reply to the Twenty20 (T20) World Cup's official Twitter account with the celebration emojis.
- Osman Samiuddin (@OsmanSamiuddin) October 18, 2019
The PCB apologies for this post and accepts the timing of it was wrong. This was a pre-planned post as part of the one-year to go #T20WorldCup promotional campaign. The timing of this post clashed with the captaincy announcement for which the PCB offers its regrets.Following removal of Ahmed, top-order batsman Azhar Ali is set to take over Pakistan's Test reigns while batsman Babar Azam has been named as captain of the T20 side.
- Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) October 18, 2019
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