Pakistan pacer Salman Mirza's representative has sent a legal notice to the a news channel and journalist, claiming that the reporter published a wrong story about him allegedly misbehaving with a female hotel staff member in Sri Lanka amid T20 World Cup 2026. In a story released on his official Instagram account, Mirza's agent has made a host of heavy demands and stated that it should be completed within 7 days.
What are Salman Mirza's demands from the journalist?
One of the news report had claimed that an unnamed Pakistan cricketer had allegedly misbehaved with a female hotel staff member in Sri Lanka and was fined for his actions. Nevertheless, ARY News had seemingly mentioned Mirza's name in their report. A couple of days ago, the 32-year-old had published a story on Instagram and threatened a legal action, stating:
'An absurd news item is circulating on media and I strongly condemn this sort of cheap journalism. No media house can air any unverified news. #PakistanCricketBoard has already denied this baseless and fake news, and I'm going to take legal action against #ShahidHashmi (journalist), who works for ARY News. This sort of filthy reporting must be banned and the #GovernmentofPakistan must take action against such people!'
Nevertheless, the left-arm speedster, on Thursday, had demanded in his legal notice that the journalist must retract the report and the statement filed by him. Addionally, Mirza also called for an unconditional and public apology from him and an amount of OKR 100 million for the grave damages caused to his reputation.
Salman Mirza played only in one T20 World Cup 2026 match
Meanwhile, the left-arm speedster had played only in one match of T20 World Cup 2026, scoring an unbeaten 2 against England and going wicketless in that game. The Men in Green endured a disappointing campaign, getting eliminated in the Super 8 stage. The only teams they had beaten in the tournament were the Netherlands, Namibia, USA and Sri Lanka.
Pakistan also lost the first ODI against Bangladesh on March 11, Wednesday in Mirpur.