A joke called PCB

PCB appointed review committee advised PCB to cancel/reduce the ban/penalty handed out on a mass scale to seven of its players. It has withdrawn/reduced drastically the punishment from 5 of them. One other player has retired from international cricket, for now. We all know what this means in Pakistan Cricket. Another player’s ban will be lifted in a couple of days. There was no doubt when the bans were handed out so generously that it will be reverted back. Some intelligent ‘banned’ players used it efficiently to get married, amidst high publicity. Some of them ‘wasted’ by practicing or playing county cricket. What appalls is that the PCB CEO defended saying it has sent the message to the players that no wrongdoing will be tolerated. I believe it is the other way around. Some of the rumored allegations were of very serious nature like match fixing. Others include toned down version of the same like feigning injury because his elder brother was dropped from the team. One report suggests that about 8 players were opposed to play under their leader. This magnitude of unity in a Pakistan team has never been seen, except when they played under Imran Khan or when they played against India. These serious allegations were examined and only then they were handed the bans. This total reversal of bans means that the earlier enquiry commission was grossly incorrect and should be penalized heavily. On the other hand, the players are now eligible to claim damages from the PCB because the reasons they were banned were quite derogatory to them, in the first place. We see none of the two happening, which clearly shows that there has been something which has been kept under wraps.