The Pakistan cricket workforce hit one in every of its lowest factors in cricketing historical past, dropping at dwelling to Bangladesh within the 2-match Check sequence. Pakistan had been swept apart by the vacationers who produced one in every of their most memorable triumphs of all time. Although there stay a number of personnel within the Pakistan workforce who’ve been drawing followers and specialists’ ire, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) hasn’t been immune from criticism both. In actual fact, former Pakistan star Rashid Latif feels it is the Pakistan Board and its latest chairmen who deserve essentially the most blame.
“Jitne bhi chairman aaye hain, woh tabah kar rahe hain final 4 years se (whoever grew to become the chairman within the final 4 years has demolished Pakistan cricket),” Latif stated on his present ‘Caught Behind’.
“Who introduced him (Shan Masood) as (Check) captain? Who eliminated Babar Azam (from captaincy)? Who divided the Pakistan workforce?” Latif questioned in his rant in opposition to the PCB. “So what’s he doing at this juncture? Giving interviews?”.
Thank You Zaka Ashraf Saheb #PAKvsBAN pic.twitter.com/GO8NjvPSPT
— Rashid Latif (@iRashidLatif68) September 3, 2024
The PCB’s long-term imaginative and prescient has additionally been questioned by many, particularly close to the latest captaincy adjustments. Babar Azam was eliminated as skipper from all codecs, earlier than being reinstated because the white-ball skipper.
Latif additionally focused former PCB chief Zaka Ashraf who had changed Babar Azam with Shaheen Afridi because the workforce’s T20I and ODI skipper.
“Staff banana kis ka kaam hai. Zaka Ashraf ka ya Misbah ka? (whose duty is it to make the workforce – Ashraf or Misbah’s)” stated Latif, questioning the position of Misbah-ul-Haq who served as an advisor to Ashraf and in addition headed a cricket committee.
“When he (Ashraf) was doing all the pieces, making workforce and appointing captains, who’s he blaming then – Babar?” Latif additional stated. “You forcibly made Babar resign. The workforce began disintegrating from there itself. It was you who made Shan the captain to your personal profit, to interrupt the workforce. So your workforce is damaged now.”
“Those that did the injury and left, how will they be held accountable? Chairman-ship ought to by no means be honorary. These guys usually are not audited. It must be written within the (PCB) Structure that you simply (chairman) cannot appoint a captain, cannot type a variety committee,” Latif continued.
“You could have given your complete energy into the palms of a boss. They know nothing about cricket.”
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