Karachi: Former cricketers have criticized the team for having an ‘average mindset’ and poor team selection after Pakistan’s humiliating defeat at the hands of Zimbabwe. Pakistan could not even achieve the target of 130 runs against their lower ranked Zimbabwe. Pakistan’s team lost to India in the first match and now it has become difficult for them to make it to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup.
After Pakistan’s one-run defeat, former fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar said, “Extremely shameful and disappointing. The truth is that you have to work hard even to beat a team like Zimbabwe. Our selection was average and our mindset was average due to which Pakistan cricket is in trouble today.
Former opener Mohsin Khan said, “Is this our cricket. We can’t even score 130 against a low ranked team like Zimbabwe. If this is our batting, then may God help our cricket.” Javed Miandad, the legendary batsman of his time, also raised questions on the selection of the team.
read also
Miandad said, “The same is the case when you keep the good batsmen out and keep the poor performers in the team.” Former captain and opener Salman Butt also criticized the performance of the team and questioned Babar Azam’s captaincy. “These players were not fully capable of doing well in Australia. When Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam don’t walk, our troubles increase.”
Butt said, “I have always been saying that don’t make such a player the captain who learned the tricks of captaincy while playing for the national team. One should be made captain only if you feel he has the leadership ability to lead other players.” (agency)