Rahul Tiwari
khelja|14-06-2024
The performance of the Pakistan cricket team in the T20 World Cup 2024 has been very poor so far. The team is in danger of being eliminated from the tournament in the first round itself. Although it is still somehow in the race, there is a lot of anger in the whole of Pakistan looking at the condition of the team. There is anger not only against the team but also against the Pakistan Cricket Board and its selection committee. Now even if the team reaches the next round or performs better, action is sure to be taken against some players, which includes 6 names including captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan.
Pakistan was defeated in the first two matches of the World Cup. In the very first match, it was surprised by the host USA and won in the super over. Then it failed to register a win against Team India as well. With these two defeats, its hopes of reaching the next round were dealt a severe blow. The team did defeat Canada in the next match but its situation is still precarious.
Now, as has always been the case, after the poor performance of the Pakistani team, there are talks of many kinds of action-reaction. Pakistan Cricket Board President Mohsin Naqvi has already talked about a major surgery and claims of action are being made against some players including captain Babar Azam. Now another such news has come from the Pakistani media, in which it has been claimed that 6 players are on the target of the PCB selection committee.
Pakistani journalist Arfa Feroz Jake has revealed in a tweet that Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman and Azam Khan are on the radar of the selection committee, against whom action is likely to be taken. Now what kind of action will this be, what will happen, it will be known only after the World Cup.
For now, the Pakistani team would like to somehow make it to the Super-8. For this, first of all, it would hope that the match between America and Ireland does not get washed out due to rain and America loses this match. If the match gets washed out due to rain, then Pakistan will be eliminated without playing the last match. Even if somehow this result goes in Pakistan's favor, then also it will have to defeat Ireland in its last match. By the way, the shadow of rain is looming over this match and if this match gets washed out due to rain, then also Pakistan will be eliminated.