Rahul Tiwari
khelja|03-07-2024
First a shocking defeat against the USA in the T20 World Cup 2024. Then losing the match against Team India despite being in a winning position. Due to such a poor performance under the captaincy of Babar Azam, the Pakistani team had to face elimination from the first round of the tournament.
Since then, there has been an uproar in the whole of Pakistan and there is a demand for action against the entire team including the senior players. Then Pakistan Cricket Board President Mohsin Naqvi had announced a 'major surgery' in the team, but now it seems that his hands have started trembling even before the surgery.According to reports, after the shameful performance of the Pakistani team in the World Cup, Board President Mohsin Naqvi may have made big statements showing aggressive attitude, but when it came to action, he seemed to be hesitant.
It is being claimed that despite the poor performance in the World Cup, there will not be any major change in the team, rather only minor changes will be made and mostly the same players will continue to play, who played poorly in the World Cup.After Pakistan's exit from the T20 World Cup, team coach Gary Kirsten and team selector-manager Wahab Riaz submitted their respective reports to Mohsin Naqvi. Both these reports will be discussed in the important meeting of PCB to be held on Saturday, June 6. It is believed that the boss of the Pakistani board is on the backfoot due to many external reasons including the star power of senior players like Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammad Rizwan and does not want any kind of confrontation with them.
In such a situation, no action will be taken against any of them.That is, there is no possibility of change in the captaincy of Babar Azam. The report quoted sources as saying that even if there is a change in the captaincy of the T20 team, then the demand to give this responsibility to Shaheen Afridi again can be ignored and this command can be handed over to wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan or Test captain Shan Masood.
The Pakistani team has to play Test cricket for some time now, so the board is currently trying to avoid any major conflict. The Pakistani team has to play Test cricket for some time now, so the board is currently trying to avoid any major conflict.