"Till Waqar is the coach I will never be considered for a comeback to the national team," Razzaq complained.
"For some reason since Waqar became head coach he had an agenda against us senior players including myself, Muhammad Yousuf and even Shahid Afridi," he added.
Razzaq revealed that when Afridi was captain of one-day and T20 squads in 2011, it was Waqar who quarrelled with him in West Indies and later submitted an adverse report about the skipper to the Pakistan Cricket Board that led to his ouster.
"Whether Waqar left midway through his contract in 2011 himself or was told to resign by the board, I don't understand how the cricket board reappointed him to the same position last year. That means either then or now the board made a wrong decision," he insisted.
Razzaq, 35, who has appeared in 46 Tests, 235 One-day Internationals and 32 T20 matches, said he had retired from four-day cricket not one-day or T20 cricket and was always ready to play for Pakistan.
"The problem with Pakistan cricket today is that players are not being taken into confidence by the captain or management. There is too much shunting of players going on which is not good for Pakistan cricket. The truth is, since 2007 our standards have gone down while other countries are improving.
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