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A Pakistani cricketer has allegedly committed suicide after he was dropped from an Under-19 team.
The cricketer, Mohammad Zaryab, was the son of former Pakistani cricketer Aamer Hanif.
Hanif represented Pakistan in five ODIs during the 1990s.
Zaryab, who was a first-year college student, committed suicide by hanging himself on Monday.
Geo News on Tuesday said Zaryab was upset after he was declared "too old" to be selected for the U-19s.
Zaryab had in January represented Karachi in an U-19 tournament in Lahore.
Later, he was "sent home over an injury" from Lahore.
The teenager had resisted the move, but he was given an assurance that he would be selected again, the report said.
However, he was rejected later on the grounds of being an "overaged player".
Hanif said his son "was forced to commit suicide by coaches and people overseeing the affairs of Under-19 cricket in the country".
"My son was pressurised... The coaches' behaviour towards him forced him (to kill himself)," said Hanif.
He pleaded for "other such sons to be saved" from "such (non-cooperative) environment"