'Stick to your own business', Shahid Afridi calls out Zaka Ashraf

Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi has called out Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Management Committee Chairman Zaka Ashraf, urging him to "stick to his own business".

Speaking on a private news channel, the ex-skipper reprimanded the PCB chief for treating the board like "a club" and questioned why the management committee chairman is "calling media house owners about people who are talking against him?”

"You [Ashraf] are the chairman of the PCB and not of some [random] club. You are supposed to handle a lot of things [but you are] calling owners of media houses and complaining about people saying this and that [on their respective channel] about you."

"You are the PCB chairman. People are saying things because you are giving them the opportunity [to do so]," Afridi added.

The former cricketer stressed that the PCB chief should stick to his own business and said: "You are giving others opportunities [to come after you]. You should not heed what anybody is saying about you."

"You are giving [unnecessary] statements about Babar and other players [at a time] when the [Pakistan] team is playing the World Cup," he said.

It is pertinent to know that the PCB, in recent days, has been engulfed in controversies following the resignation of now-former chief selector Inzamam ul Haq, and Green Shirts' skipper Babar Azam's private chat with a senior PCB official being leaked.

For days, rumours were circulating in the media that the PCB chief and senior board officials were not returning calls from Azam.

However, the controversy arose after a private news channel aired the screenshot of the skipper's chat with a senior PCB official, showing the former denying calling Asraf in the first place.

Former cricketers, including Afridi, had lambasted the host and journalist for leaking Azam's chat.

"We are defaming our own country and players ourselves. How can you show someone's private messages? Did the chairman tell the journalist? If the chairman did so, it's a very disgraceful act," Afridi said.