ISLAMABD – Pakistan cricket coach Mickey Arthur has responded over the newsof rift in the Pakistan national squad.

He dismissed reports that there are rifts in the team and that he did notmean to criticise captain Sarfraz Ahmed over his choices during the firstTest match against Australia.

Reports regarding Arthur being unhappy with Sarfraz’s decision of bowlingWahab Riaz on day five have been circulating online.

Further, there have been reports that the board was unhappy with Arthur’spost-match statement criticizing the captain’s reliance on senior players.

When asked, Arthur confirmed that he did have a discussion withcricketer-turned-commentator Ramiz Raja and Sarfraz after the match.

“I did have a debrief session with Sarfraz in which we discussed what wentwrong in the match,” Arthur said.