Mohammad Rizwan snubs National T20 Championship, opts to play club cricket instead

After Babar Azam and Naseem Shah, Pakistan's white-ball skipper Mohammad Rizwan is next to snub the ongoing National T20 Championship in Faisalabad. The wicketkeeper-batter instead opted to play club cricket in Peshawar. The images went viral on Sunday, wherein Rizwan can be seen playing no-look shots like Hardik Pandya.

For the unversed, Rizwan skippingNational T20 Championship comes as a surprise as he always prioritizes playing domestic cricket whenever there is no international matches. The skipper, who performed Umrah in Mecca, wants to unwind before heading to New Zealand for the upcoming three-match ODI series. Rizwan, Babar and Naseem were dropped from the ongoing five-match T20 series against New Zealand.

Pakistan Cricket looking in a mess, as players avoid domestic matches despite poor form

If Pakistan cricketers are winning all the matches, then the rest from National T20 Championship would have made sense. However, with the Men in Green crashing out of the two ICC events in group stage itself, the players skipping domestic commitments does not make sense at all. Also, PCB has told clearly to all the players to play the T20 tournament if they are fully fit and not playing international matches. The tournament will run until March 27.

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Meanwhile, Pakistan have already lost two matches against New Zealand in the five-match T20 series. Yet another loss and the Kiwis will seal the series.