Sohail pays the price for spat with Mahmood
karachi — Pakistan’s speedster Sohail Khan has been dropped from all formats for the tour of the West Indies because of his spat with the team’s bowling coach, Azhar Mahmood.
Although chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq and the national team head coach Mickey Arthur have claimed that Sohail has been dropped for the West Indies tour because of fitness issues, the daily Jang reported on Monday that the pacer had been dropped on disciplinary grounds.
The newspaper reported that the argument took place during the Pakistan Super League when Sohail played for Karachi Kings franchise which also had Arthur and Azhar as the franchise’s head coach and bowling coach.
“Sohail at one point during the playoff against Peshawar Zalmi flatly refused to listen to what advice the bowling coach gave him.
He also accused Azhar of always favoring and being soft on his two favourite bowlers, Wahab Riaz and Muhammad Aamir,” the report said.
“Sohail told Azhar that he was always targeting him for criticism in the Pakistan team and that he couldn’t tolerate this any longer.”
The report said that Azhar, a former Pakistan allrounder, was extremely upset after the outburst by Sohail and reported the matter to Arthur and also gave Sohail a piece of his mind in the Karachi Kings dressing room in Dubai. —