Mohammad Rizwan opens up on being probed by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency after England series

Mohammad Rizwan says he is fully cooperating with the NCCIA investigation.

The probe reportedly concerns alleged dressing-room leaks and issues from Pakistan's England tour.

Rizwan and Imam-ul-Haq's mobile phone data is being examined as part of the inquiry.

Mohammad Rizwan opens up on being probed by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency

Mohammad Rizwan has broken his silence on the investigation that has followed him home from a chastening tour of England, confirming he is cooperating fully with Pakistan's National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency and awaiting the outcome before he says anything further publicly.

Rizwan and Imam-ul-Haq were among the seven players sent back to Pakistan by the PCB after the second Test defeat at Lord's, and both were subsequently summoned to the NCCIA's Lahore office, where they were questioned for around two hours.

According to Samaa TV, the investigation concerns allegations of information being leaked from Pakistan's dressing room, alongside separate matters connected to the England tour.

What Mohammad Rizwan said about the cybercrime probe

Rizwan kept his comments brief, indicating he would prefer to wait until the process has concluded before addressing the matter in full.

"I am fully cooperating with the investigation. I am waiting for the investigation to be completed," Rizwan told Samaa TV, adding that he could address the media once the inquiry is finished.

A separate Geo News report stated that the agency is reviewing financial transactions belonging to both players as part of the same investigation, examining their mobile phone data for any evidence of wrongdoing.

Why Rizwan and Imam were already under scrutiny before the probe

The investigation follows a broader reckoning within Pakistan cricket after seven players, including Rizwan and Imam, were removed from the squad mid-tour. A show-cause notice was separately issued to the PCB's selection committee, asking why the pair had been picked for the tours of the West Indies and England in the first place.

Rizwan's form had declined sharply across both tours, managing just 41 runs in two Tests in the West Indies before returning only 61 runs across four innings in the two England Tests that preceded his removal.

That marked a steep fall from his standing before the West Indies tour, when he had been Pakistan's leading run-scorer since January 2024. PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi had hinted at factors beyond cricketing form driving the squad overhaul when the changes were first announced.

"We have had a discussion to ascertain the reasons behind it. They include factors beyond performance, and we will get to the bottom of it," Naqvi said at the time.

Pakistan's tour ultimately ended in a 3-0 whitewash, with defeats by an innings and 103 runs at Headingley, 194 runs at Lord's and eight wickets at Edgbaston, leaving Babar Azam's side bottom of the World Test Championship standings.

Why the investigation adds a troubling layer to an already chaotic tour

Whatever the outcome, the involvement of a cybercrime agency rather than the standard cricketing or anti-corruption channels continues to raise more questions than it answers.

Rizwan's calm, minimal public response is a sensible way to handle an ongoing legal matter, but it does little to clarify what specifically is being investigated or why financial transactions and phone data have become central to a probe that began as a conversation about squad selection.

Until the NCCIA or the PCB offers a clearer account of what the inquiry has actually uncovered, Pakistan cricket remains stuck between two unresolved stories, a Test whitewash that exposed genuine cricketing failures, and an investigation whose scope still has not been properly explained to the public.

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