Asia Cup 2023: Everyone Has An Ego - Moin Khan's Bold Claim Amid Rift In Pakistan's Dressing Room
Published - 16 Sep 2023, 08:20 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:18 AM
Former Pakistan cricketer Moin Khan made a bold claim amid the rumours of the rift between current players of the team after the Asia Cup 2023 elimination. He said that everyone has an ego and even during the matches no one even walked towards skipper Babar Azam to discuss things.
Pakistan had a disappointing exit from the Asia Cup 2023. Coming into the tournament they were one of the hot favourites to win the tournament. But the Super Four stage was horrendous for them as they managed just one win from the three games they played.
Pakistan suffered a massive 228-run loss against India which not only dented their confidence but also hampered their NRR. If this was not enough they then displayed another poor performance and lost to Sri Lanka, which eliminated them from the tournament. They ended last on the points table.
After their exit from the tournament, there have been many reports about the rift in the Pakistan dressing room. Skipper Babar Azam reportedly had a heated argument with Shaheen Afridi as the captain was not at all happy with his team’s performance.
Moin Khan talked about the rumours of a rift in the Pakistan dressing room. He said that they should sort out the issues before the ICC World Cup 2023. He added that it’s unfortunate that such things are happening. Speaking to GeoTv, he explained:
“You can rectify it before the World Cup. If there are differences and you sort them out before the big event, it helps in uniting the team even more. But of course, it’s not good for the team that dressing room arguments are come out in media.
“If players have an issue with Babar, or if Babar is not handling the issue well in the absence of head coach or team director, it’s unfortunate because it’s their job to intervene in such things. They have to be in the dressing room to take care of these things.”
Asia Cup 2023: Everyone Has An Ego – Moin Khan’s Bold Claim Amid Rift In Pakistan’s Dressing Room
Moin Khan further went on to say that man management is very important for Babar Azam as a captain of the Pakistan team. He highlighted that the team looked scattered during the Asia Cup 2023 as there was no communication between the players. He explained:
“If I’m the captain, and you don’t perform well, I’ll take your name, look at you in the eye, but calmly tell you that we have a lot of expectations from you and we back you, but you need to perform better. But if I’m talking about you while not paying much attention to you, you’d feel offended. You’d think I’m making fun of you in front of others. Everyone has an ego. Man management is very important for Babar as well.
“We saw in the entire tournament, I’ve commented about it earlier as well… no player walked towards Babar. Neither Rizwan came to him, nor even the vice-captain was coming to him. No one was going to him. It felt everyone was scattered, there was no unity.”
Pakistan will now be preparing themselves for the ICC World Cup 2023. They would be hoping for a better performance in the mega event.
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