Wasim Akram has lashed out at Pakistan senior cricketers for not having “recreation consciousness” after their T20 World Cup loss towards Pakistan on the Nassau County Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Westbury, New York.
“They’ve been taking part in cricket for 10 years, and I can’t educate them. Rizwan has no recreation consciousness,” Akram stated on Star Sports activities after the match.
Chasing a seemingly meager goal of 120, Pakistan was cruising at 80-3 after 14 overs earlier than Bumrah cannoned a ball into the stumps to dismiss Pakistan’s top-scorer Mohammad Rizwan for 31.
India’s Jasprit Bumrah, left, celebrates with teammates the dismissal of Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan, proper on floor, throughout the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan on the Nassau County Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Westbury, New York, Sunday, June 9, 2024. (AP Photograph/Adam Starvation)
“He ought to have recognized that Bumrah was given the ball to take wickets and that the clever factor would have been to play his deliveries cautiously. However Rizwan went for an enormous shot and misplaced his wicket,” he stated.
Akram on Iftikhar Ahmed and Fakhar Zaman
After bowling India out for 119 in 19 overs, Pakistan was restricted to 113-7 in 20 overs within the low-scoring thriller. India’s six-run win put Pakistan, the 2022 runners-up, getting ready to a group-stage exit.
India’s Jasprit Bumrah, proper, celebrates the dismissal of Pakistan’s Iftikhar Ahmed, left, throughout the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan on the Nassau County Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Westbury, New York.
“Iftikhar Ahmed is aware of one shot on the leg facet. He has been part of the workforce for years however doesn’t know the right way to bat,” stated Akram.
“I can’t go and inform in regards to the recreation consciousness Fakhar Zaman. Pakistani gamers assume that in the event that they don’t carry out properly, the coaches might be sacked, and nothing will occur to them. It’s time to maintain the coaches and alter the whole workforce.”
Akram on Babar and Shaheen
Wasim Akram additionally revealed Babar Azam and Shaheen Shah Afridi should not on speaking phrases for the reason that change of captaincy.
Pakistan’s Babar Azam celebrates with Shaheen Shah Afridi after taking the wicket of India’s Rishabh Pant (Reuters)
“There are gamers who don’t need to speak to one another. That is worldwide cricket, and also you play to your nation. Make these gamers sit at dwelling,” he stated.
It was the second-lowest complete ever efficiently defended on the males’s T20 World Cup. It was the bottom complete India had ever defended in a full T20 worldwide and helped prolong its mark to 7-1 in T20Is towards Pakistan.
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