After losing the Test match to Bangladesh for the first time, Pakistan has been disgraced all over the world. Pakistani fans and cricketers are furious with this defeat. They have torn apart the entire team on social media. While some former Indian cricketers had fun through memes, on the other hand, many foreign players including Kevin Pietersen are surprised by Pakistan's performance. They have expressed concern over the falling level of cricket in Pakistan. Now, looking at all these things, captain Shan Masood and the team management are constantly making excuses to save themselves. After making one mistake after another in the entire match, Shan Masood has given a very childish argument in defense of his decisions.

What did the Pakistani captain say?

Captain Shan Masood along with the team management had prepared a green top pitch in Rawalpindi to defeat Bangladesh badly. After this, he kept his main spinner out and gave place to 4 fast bowlers in the playing XI. This decision of Shan Masood proved to be a blunder. Now Shan Masood has given childish arguments in defense of his decision. Shan Masood said that 4 fast bowlers were played keeping in mind the weather. It was very hot in Rawalpindi, so the risk of injury could have increased if we went with 3 pacers.

According to Shan Masood, bowling more in the heat would increase the load on the pacers and they could get injured. If this had happened during the match, it would have been a regret for not playing the fourth pacer. Therefore, this decision was taken to balance the team. He also said that Naseem and Shaheen have not played a Test match for a long time. At the same time, the team has entered this format after 10 months. With this childish logic, he tried his best to save himself from the criticism of the defeat.

contradiction in matters

There was a contradiction in Shan Masood's statements. After the match, he said that it had rained a few days ago and he did not expect the match to go on for 5 days. The pacers were expected to get help but it did not happen. If the Pakistani captain was thinking like this, then the workload issue is automatically proved wrong. He did not play the spinners but made his part-time spinners bowl 50 overs in Bangladesh's first innings.

Let us tell you that after the first few overs on the first day of the match, the pitch proved to be a graveyard for fast bowlers. Both the teams scored a lot of runs on it. As the game progressed, the help for spinners kept increasing, which became the reason for Pakistan's defeat on the 5th day.