India, Sept. 1 -- Pakistan national cricket team has plunged into fresh turmoil with former captain Misbah-ul-Haq offering his resignation from the selection committee, barely a day after the Pakistan Cricket Board made sweeping changes to the Test squad and coaching staff in England. Misbah is understood to have informed the PCB of his decision after the board made wholesale changes to the squad without consulting him, with reports suggesting that the former captain was unhappy with the manner in which the replacements were selected. He is expected to serve a notice period before formally stepping down.

Misbah's decision comes at the end of a dramatic 24-hour period for Pakistan cricket, during which seven players and two members of the...