Haider Ali Suspended by PCB Amid Criminal Investigation

Pakistan batter Haider Ali has been provisionally suspended by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) while he faces a criminal investigation in England. The 24-year-old was arrested by Greater Manchester Police in Hove while representing Pakistan Shaheens in a one-day match at Beckenheim on August 3.

According to Cricbuzz, Haider was released on bail after being arrested in connection with an alleged case of sexual molestation. The PCB issued a statement on the matter, confirming its stance following the developments.

“𝑻𝒉𝒆 π’Šπ’π’—π’†π’”π’•π’Šπ’ˆπ’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’ π’‘π’†π’“π’•π’‚π’Šπ’π’” 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒏 π’Šπ’π’„π’Šπ’…π’†π’π’• 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’“π’†π’‘π’π’“π’•π’†π’…π’π’š 𝒐𝒄𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒅 π’…π’–π’“π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π‘·π’‚π’Œπ’Šπ’”π’•π’‚π’ 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒔’ 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒇 π‘¬π’π’ˆπ’π’‚π’π’…. 𝑰𝒏 π’π’Šπ’π’† π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ π’Šπ’•π’” π’…π’–π’•π’š 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷π‘ͺ𝑩 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 π‘―π’‚π’Šπ’…π’†π’“ π‘¨π’π’Š 𝒉𝒂𝒔 π’“π’†π’„π’†π’Šπ’—π’†π’… π’‚π’‘π’‘π’“π’π’‘π’“π’Šπ’‚π’•π’† π’π’†π’ˆπ’‚π’ 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕 π’‰π’Šπ’” π’“π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’•π’”,” 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅.

PCB Respects UK Legal Process

The PCB emphasized that Haider’s provisional suspension will remain in place until there is a concrete outcome from the investigation.

“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷π‘ͺ𝑩 π’‡π’–π’π’π’š 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’π’†π’ˆπ’‚π’ 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π‘Όπ’π’Šπ’•π’†π’… π‘²π’Šπ’π’ˆπ’…π’π’Ž 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’‚π’„π’Œπ’π’π’˜π’π’†π’…π’ˆπ’†π’” 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’Šπ’Žπ’‘π’π’“π’•π’‚π’π’„π’† 𝒐𝒇 π’‚π’π’π’π’˜π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’Šπ’π’—π’†π’”π’•π’Šπ’ˆπ’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’ 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒖𝒏 π’Šπ’•π’” 𝒅𝒖𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆. π‘¨π’„π’„π’π’“π’…π’Šπ’π’ˆπ’π’š, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷π‘ͺ𝑩 𝒉𝒂𝒔 π’…π’†π’„π’Šπ’…π’†π’… 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 π‘―π’‚π’Šπ’…π’†π’“ π‘¨π’π’Š 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 π’‘π’“π’π’—π’Šπ’”π’Šπ’π’π’‚π’ π’”π’–π’”π’‘π’†π’π’”π’Šπ’π’, π’†π’‡π’‡π’†π’„π’•π’Šπ’—π’† π’Šπ’Žπ’Žπ’†π’…π’Šπ’‚π’•π’†π’π’š,” 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’”π’•π’‚π’•π’†π’Žπ’†π’π’• 𝒇𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅.

Haider’s recent performances for the Shaheens included modest returns in red-ball matches, scoring 0 and 17 against First Class Counties XI, and 1 against MCC Young Cricketers and South Asian Cricket Academy XI. However, he fared better in List A fixtures with scores of 71, 15, and an unbeaten 55.

The right-handed batter has so far represented Pakistan in two ODIs and 35 T20Is, amassing 42 and 505 runs, respectively. His last appearance for the senior national team came in October 2023.

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