Former fast bowler Sarfaraz Nawaz has blamed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt for encouraging 'gambling' and 'betting' by not disclosing the name of the captain for the upcoming assignments of the national team.

"I must say that Ijaz Butt has provided the gambling mafia with an ideal opportunity by keeping the captain's name a mystery.I mean now there are four candidates for captaincy and its common knowledge that huge amounts of bets are being placed on who will be the next captain of the Pakistan team," The News quoted Nawaz, as saying.