In a stunning claim, Rashid Latif has claimed that Mohammad Rizwan was sacked as Pakistan ODI captain for expressing solidarity with Palestine and for promoting Islamic culture. Rizwan has been replaced by Shaheen Afridi whose first assignment will be a three-match ODI series against South Africa at home next month.

Latif’s remarks were made prior to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officially confirming Afridi as the ODI skipper in a statement which didn’t even mention Rizwan, nor did it explain the reason behind the decision.

“There’s a rumour that Rizwan is no longer the captain. Just because he raised Palestine flag, will you remove him as captain? There’s this mindset that in Islamic country there will be a non-Islamic captain. This is Mike Hesson’s doing. He doesn’t like this culture i

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