There isn’t any stopping to Ahmed Shehzad and his vociferous criticism on Babar Azam and the present Pakistan cricket crew, who are actually formally knocked out of this 12 months’s T20 World Cup after the USA vs Eire match was referred to as off on Friday.
Ahmed Shehzad calls for the removing of Babar Azam, Mohammed Rizwan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Fakhar Zaman, and Haris Rauf from the crew.
“For the previous 5 years, Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammed Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman and Haris Rauf, they’ve performed collectively and this lot has received sufficient alternatives however they’ve did not ship,” Shehzad mentioned on ‘Haarna Mana Hai’ on Geo Information.
The 32-year-old blamed the groupings and gamers placing private milestones forward of nation’s pursuits for Pakistan’s debacle in ongoing the T20 World Cup.
“The type of groupings which might be occurring within the crew… there may be lack of management. They preserve saying they’re studying from their errors. Aap kya seekh rahe hain? In opposition to Canada, once you wanted to up your run charge.. Rizwan scored the slowest fifty, Babar scored run-a-ball. There was no demons on that pitch,” he lashed out.
Pakistan’s Naseem Shah, second proper, celebrates with teammates after the dismissal of United States’ Steven Taylor in the course of the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup cricket match between United States and Pakistan on the Grand Prairie Stadium in Grand Prairie, Texas, Thursday, June 6, 2024. (AP Picture/Tony Gutierrez)
“Downside is that (gamers chasing) private milestones have ruined Pakistan cricket. That’s why we’re on this state of affairs proper now. They haven’t learnt something.
“There isn’t any management on this crew. You’re (Babar Azam) only a social media generated king. You’ve had 4 to 5 years… You guys play politics, you guys don’t have the required health stage. You’ve performed your peak cricket and now your cricket is declining. You haven’t let anybody else come into the crew. Until now you’ve got maintained freinships solely,” he added.
Shehzad additionally made a scathing comment on Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Mohsin Naqvi for reappointing Babar Azam as captain and making Wahab Riaz as selector.
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“PCB chairman, who has joined two months in the past, has already took two dangerous calls in his tenure to this point. First, he reinstated Babar Azam as captain. It was the worst resolution as a result of he was given sufficient probabilities as captain. He was tried and examined. Then he picked Wahab Riaz as selector, who has dealt with issues very unprofessionally prior to now two months,” he mentioned.
Shehzad says the PCB should take away all of the seven-eight gamers, who’re taking part in politics contained in the dressing room and make a press release as soon as and for all.
“Now individuals will come and scare the PCB chief that if he’ll take away 7-8 cricketers, then the crew will misplaced its aura. However these are the blokes, who’re placing friendships over the nation and in the event you take away solely two or three from this lot then it will be injustice for them. Take away all of them,” he mentioned.
Pakistan have misplaced their first two video games in opposition to the USA and arch-rivals India and now they are going to face Eire their last group stage match in opposition to Eire on Sunday. If climate permits, the win in opposition to Eire gained’t be sufficient for Pakistan.
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