I just instructed the players not to go out with people they didn't know from before. And that is the usual protocol.'

However, one of the players currently with the national team in Sri Lanka confirmed that some of them were indeed approached in the team hotel by 'a few undesirable elements' who invited them for tea and dinner.

'The players refused and informed the team management,' he said.

Pakistan captain Younis Khan gave a different view on the issue saying that no such incident took place. 'No bookie has approached me. If ever one does, I will catch him and hand him over to International Cricket Council because these people have destroyed the game,' he said.

But on the same day, PCB chairman Ijaz Butt told the National Assembly Standing Committee on Sports in Islamabad that the rooms were indeed changed. 'We got some reports and we changed floors,' Butt told the parliamentarians.

It is because of such conflicting comments on the issue that Qadir has called for an immediate probe into the incident.

'Different comments on the same issue from the manager and captain of the Pakistan team makes me suspicious. I believe that it is a serious issue which needs to be probed,' said Qadir.