A senior Pakistan government official has said that he will request Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to take up the matter of the country`s cricket team`s disappointing performance in the Champions Trophy 2025 in Parliament and the Federal Cabinet.

“The (Pakistan) Cricket Board is an independent institution. They can do as they please, which they have. And what they`ve done, I will request the Prime Minister to discuss the matter in the Cabinet and Parliament,” Rana Sanaullah, the advisor to the PM on Political and Public Affairs, told Geo TV channel.