Wahab Riaz named Punjab Sports activities Minister; no phrase on what it method for PSL involvement

There’s no reliable phrase on what this implies for his involvement with the Pakistan Tremendous League, although he’s nearly sure to take complete section in it.

Wahab performs for Peshawar Zalmi and, till this yr, captained the aspect, sooner than Babar Azam’s transfer to the 2017 champions noticed him take over the captaincy. He used to be retained within the Diamond class by means of Zalmi, a downgrade from his erstwhile Platinum standing.

Wahab, 37, final performed global cricket for Pakistan in 2020, taking part in 27 Checks, 91 ODIs and 36 T20Is in all, taking 237 wickets throughout codecs.

His appointment used to be notified by means of the caretaker Leader Minister of Punjab, Mohsin Naqvi, and he’s set to carry the placement till provincial elections are hosted in Punjab, more likely to happen in April.

In Pakistan, a caretaker executive is established upon the dissolution of assemblies within the lead-up to provincial and nationwide elections. The caretaker executive oversees elections, and ministers keeping caretaker posts are appointed moderately than elected. Wahab does now not have brazenly political affiliations or administrative enjoy, although his past due spouse’s father and Naqvi had been outstanding individuals of Lahore’s trade neighborhood.