Australian news outlet Fox Cricket deleted the tweet after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) slammed the publication over "unsubstantiated personal allegations" against the national team's skipper Babar Azam.
The national cricket governing body reacted to a post from Fox Cricket in which Babar was alleged to have "sexted a teammate's girlfriend".
"As our media partner, you might have considered ignoring such unsubstantiated personal allegations which Babar Azam has not deemed worthy of a response," the board tweeted.
However, the publication deleted the tweet and the story from its website after the PCB's criticism.
The Pakistan skipper has not yet commented on the accusations and has chosen to remain silent on the issue.
The Fox Cricket's report said, "Babar Azam sexting with girlfriend of another Pakistan cricketer and promising her that her bf [boyfriend] won’t be out of the team if she keeps sexting with him is just".
The report further added that "the account, which is a parody page, then removed the original tweet advertisement and explicitly apologised to Babar".
It should be mentioned here that a woman made severe accusations against the batter in November 2020 as well and requested the filing of a prosecution against him on suspicions of fraud and sexual harassment.
Following that, a Lahore session court instructed the police to file a complaint against Babar. The Lahore High Court did, however, suspend the order of the session court in 2021.
- Babar Azam