Sources close to the team said the off spinner was reported by umpires Simon Taufel and Aleem Dar after Pakistan lost the triangular tournament final to Sri Lanka.
Star Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal was cleared to resume international cricket on Saturday after his bowling action was found to be legal during a retest at an ICC-accredited facility in Chennai.
The Pakistan wicketkeeper has started training with the squad after recovering from a viral infection.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) sought to end the controversy surrounding the captaincy of the national team when it released a statement on behalf of all-rounder Shahid Afridi, in which he pledged full support to Misbah-ul-Haq declaring him best man to lead in World Cup.
Shaharyar Khan ordered the fast bowler to explain his conduct on the tour of Australia in writing by Monday.
Waseem Ahmed replaces Mohammad Nadeem as the capatin of the Pakistan hockey team in the forthcoming Test series against India.
With 35 matches spread over 27 days, World T20 looks set to illustrate once again just how skewed the 20-overs game is against bowlers.
The much-awaited India-Pakistan World Twenty20 clash is in jeopardy after the Himachal Pradesh government expressed its inability to provide security for the match, leaving the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in a bind with Board Secretary Anurag Thakur saying that the state should not 'play politics'.
The Pakistan fast bowler was suffering from a "slight niggle" in the back, but is expected to play in Rawalpdini.
Pakistan's coach said the ace fast bowler can return to the side only if he is full fit.
Captain Inzamam-ul-Haq and coach Javed Miandad were apparently upset over the latest illness to their strike bowler.
Pakistan's fast bowling ace is looking to prove his fitness in the Twenty20 Cup tournament, beginning in Lahore on Monday.
Asad Rauf deprived Moin Khan of the strike in the penultimate over when Pakistan were 10 runs short of victory.
Banned Salman Butt was asked by the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption unit to appear for a hearing.
"Younis is a lot better, but he's not match fit. So it's unlikely that he'll be able to play," Saleem Altaf, manager of the Pakistan team said.
Confidential correspondence between the ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit and the PCB has been a subject of some "serious suspicion" over match-fixing allegations.
The PCB will send a group of security experts for inspection ahead of the cricket team's India tour.
The dashing opener said it's just a passing phase.
Former Pakistan team doctor and trainer Dr Tauseef Razaque says he resigned because the Pakistan skipper said accused him creating differences among the players.
Saqlain had verbally abused Miandad on the phone after being dropped from the Pakistan team for the Test series against South Africa.
Javed Miandad spoke to the Indian captain about his current job of coaching the talented Pakistan team.
The Pakistan coach, who took over his new job only this weekend, will be returning to England for "some coaching assignment".
The Pakistan captain says his players will only have cricket on their minds when they play India on Saturday.
The Pakistan captain claimed a catch off Yasir's Ali's bowling in the Bangladesh second innings to dismiss Alok Kapali for 22.
West Indies skipper Jason Holder is expecting plenty of entertainment against Pakistan when the two most mercurial sides in international cricket face off in the World Cup in Christchurch.
The tournament, to be held from June 17 to 20, will carry Rs 300,000 in prize-money.
The leaden-footed Australians found themselves bamboozled by Pakistan's wily spinners and their trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand can expect similar treatment from Misbah-ul-Haq and his men in a three-Test series starting in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
All focus at the India's training session was on Pakistan pacer Mohammad Irfan.
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