PAK vs ENG: "Liking, Disliking In Team": Ex-Pakistan Player Criticizes Babar Azam, PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja For Favoritism In Team Selection

Pakistan Cricket Board is under scrutiny for its decision not to include Shoaib Malik. The experienced campaigner was surprisingly omitted from the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 Squad which raised a lot of eyebrows. Under the chairmanship of Ramiz Raja, the board has looked to reset Pakistan Cricket which hasn’t been up to the mark.

The Men in Green are on the cusp of losing the T20I Series against England where a couple of losses can ruin all the efforts of PCB; ECB has come to Pakistan after a gap of 17 years and lost the series by a big margin won’t look good by any means. Babar Azam needs to work out some magic as currently, England is in full control of the T20I Series.

Kamran Akmal on Babar Azam & Ramiz Raja

Former Wicket-keeper batter was seen interacting with Cricket Pakistan and was asked about Pakistan Cricket. “I have been talking for the last four to five years about liking and disliking in the team. The same thing is happening in domestic cricket. This will damage Pakistan cricket as these things are coming out and have now become obvious.” said Akmal.

“When we used to play, this culture was not there. Has anyone talked about these things during our time compared to today, where players are saying openly? The concerned individuals used to form good teams. The best way is to dig out performance. We can’t say only the captain is doing it. PCB Chairman must start from High Performance camp where best coaches are thrown out and friends are being appointed.” said the former wicket-keeper batter

“There is no coordination in management; they are egoistic and think that they will remain in PCB for their whole life. I have seen that all the blame is associated with players and management doesn’t take on to them. The past three coaches also blamed players and didn’t accept that our decisions were wrong.” he further added.

“Tell me when coaches have been held accountable. but I have hope because of Ramiz Raja, who is also a former cricketer. Ramiz Raja must know the value of a cricketer is whether he is part of an international team or not. We can see in National T20 Cup too, the ones who have scored 5000 runs are in the second XI. Can’t he ask Nadeem Khan, Mohammad Wasim and selectors what they have done to the domestic sides? If players can’t make their way into the national side, should they also not play domestic?”  he concluded

Pakistan Cricket in Disarray

The cricketing world witnessed how Pakistan succumbed to Pressure in the recently concluded Asia Cup 2022. The question here is not about the middle order; it’s about the attitude of the team. There’s too much hype that Babar & Rizwan are the greatest batters which is doing no good to the team.

England is not the hosts of the series, but the way they are playing it looks like it’s their home ground. The pitches have been flat where bowling is no doubt tough but now giving reasons is not the solution. It will require a miracle from Pakistan to outshine England in the remaining 4 T20I matches as England is looking unstoppable.

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