You Are Sending Bowlers Ahead Of Him - Salman Butt Unhappy With Pakistan's Management Of Khushdil Shah

Former Pakistan cricketer Salman Butt was unimpressed with the Pakistan team management despite Babar Azam and co. sealing the 3-match ODI series against West Indies by taking an unassailable 2-0 lead on Friday.

Khushdil Shah played a match-winning knock in the first ODI when he came on late as a finisher but he was demoted down the order in the second game despite having a good record in domestic cricket.

“There are certain things that Pakistan can sort out for themselves. Like in the first ODI, Khushdil Shah finished the game brilliantly for Pakistan and won the game for the team and was unbeaten as well.”

“But in the next game, when Pakistan were in trouble, they sent Mohammad Nawaz and Shadab Khan before Khushdil. What are they even doing? What are they even planning?” Butt said on his YouTube channel.

Butt insisted that Khushdil should have been given the chance to play a longer inning which would have only built his confidence even further.

“They should have sent Khushdil ahead and allowed him to play a big inning. Yes, he did finish a game, but does that mean you have reserved his batting for only those last 4-5 overs? Look at his domestic record. Look at how many centuries he has got. He is a batsman, but you are sending bowling all-rounders ahead of him,” he also added.

“Which direction are we heading into?” – Salman Butt

Butt also asserted that playing a wicket-keeper batter like Mohammad Haris doesn’t make sense if he isn’t given the gloveman duties. They could rather make do with a proper middle-order batter, as per Butt.

“Another thing, you are playing Mohammad Harris, but you are not playing him as a wicketkeeper. If he is replacing Sarfaraz then why aren’t you playing him as a wicketkeeper-batsman? If you need him as a middle-order batter then play Shan Masood or Kamran Ghulam.”

“West Indies aren’t posing us any challenges because they have problems of their own. But which direction are we heading into? What is our strategy?” he questioned.

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