{"id":1163231,"date":"2026-02-22T17:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T22:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/?p=1163231"},"modified":"2026-02-22T17:38:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T22:38:00","slug":"dont-think-pcb-chief-has-given-full-freedom-mohsin-naqvi-under-fire-amid-pakistan-cricket-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/dont-think-pcb-chief-has-given-full-freedom-mohsin-naqvi-under-fire-amid-pakistan-cricket-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Don\u2019t think PCB chief has given full freedom&#039;: Mohsin Naqvi under fire amid Pakistan cricket tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"section1\">\n<div class=\"Normal\">NEW DELHI: Former India batter Manoj Tiwary has questioned the leadership of Pakistan Cricket Board chief Mohsin Naqvi, saying a lack of clarity and freedom may be creating tension between Pakistan\u2019s captain and coach. <\/p>\n<p>His comments came after a viral video showed Pakistan captain Salman Agha throwing a bottle in frustration while sitting near head coach Mike Hesson.<\/p>\n<p>Tiwary believes strong leadership is needed for any team to move forward and suggested the current setup may not be giving the coaching staff enough independence. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf any country wants to move ahead, then the leader should be firm in his or her decision-making. There should be clarity, and freedom should be given. I don\u2019t think the PCB chief has given full freedom. Mike Hesson is the current head coach, and he is trying to take the team along,\u201d he told Cricbuzz.<\/p>\n<p>He also felt the bottle-throwing incident reflected deeper issues in the dressing room. \u201cIn the last game, we saw things got a bit frustrated between Hesson and the captain, Salman Ali Agha. Babar Azam was not sent out. Agha threw the bottle. It just proves that trust isn\u2019t there,\u201d Tiwary added.<\/p>\n<p>However, Hesson has dismissed claims of any rift and explained the incident differently. He said Agha was simply upset after getting out, not angry with the coach. \u201cI\u2019ve actually got sent that video, and you guys have really got that wrong. I\u2019ll talk you through what happened. I was going over to talk to Salman about getting (Mohammad) Nawaz to put the pads on as a left-hander, and Agha was upset that he just got out, so he threw the bottle into the ground,\u201d Hesson explained.<\/p>\n<p>He further clarified that the discussion was about batting plans, not an argument. \u201c(It had) nothing to do with the conversation we were having\u2026 So it was a really simple conversation\u2026 So, amazing what people can interpret sometimes,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/don-t-think-pcb-chief-173800378.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/don-t-think-pcb-chief-173800378.html<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Former India batter Manoj Tiwary has questioned the leadership of Pakistan Cricket Board chief Mohsin Naqvi, saying a lack of clarity and freedom&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1163232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1163231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1163231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1163231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1163231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1163232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1163231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1163231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1163231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}