Pakistan’s cybercrime agency has begun an inquiry into former national captain Rashid Latif after he criticised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and its chairman, Mohsin Naqvi, for the national team’s frequent leadership changes.
Najeebullah Hasan, a spokeswoman for the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA), said that Rashid Latif came on Wednesday,
November 19, to record his statement in two separate enquiries in Islamabad and Lahore. Hasan added that the investigation began after Syed Ali Naqvi, the PCB’s senior legal manager, filed an official complaint. The investigations began soon after the complaint was lodged.
“Former wicket keeper Rashid Latif has recorded his statement in two inquiries against him in Islamabad and Lahore,” Hasan said in a statement as quoted by India Today.
“Shaheen Shah Afridi named ODI captain. Divide and rule policy is a political strategy to gain and maintain power by creating and exploiting divisions within a population, such as religious, ethnic, cricket teams or class differences,” Latif wrote on X.
He also stated that, in his view, Pakistan remained the only major cricketing nation unable to produce a reliable captain. Latif has been outspoken on various cricketing issues in recent months. During the Asia Cup 2025, he told The Times of India that the pressure surrounding the India-Pakistan fixture had intensified and that tensions between the two countries were now evident on the field as well.
He further suggested that off-field developments during the tournament were also contributing to a sense of unease, indicating that he himself was unsure about what was unfolding. Latif additionally commented on what he perceived as a widening cricketing gap between the two sides, arguing that while T20 cricket could produce unpredictable outcomes, India remained the stronger team overall.
He pointed to India’s domestic cricket structure and the scale of the IPL, which he believed created a significant disparity when compared with the PSL. In a separate development, another complaint has been filed against former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram for allegedly promoting a betting app. The NCCIA has not yet issued him a notice.
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