Pakistan cricket reached its lowest ebb on Tuesday whereas nosediving to a six-wicket defeat towards Bangladesh within the second Check right here, and the stalwarts termed the 0-2 sequence defeat as “hurting.” It was Pakistan’s sixth defeat of their final 10 Checks at residence and this was additionally the primary time Bangladesh have overwhelmed their neighbours in a Check and sequence. “It’s hurting that our cricket has come to this stage. Bangladesh deserve credit score for his or her disciplined performances. However the way in which our batting has collapsed on this sequence is a foul signal,” former Check captain Javed Miandad mentioned.
The second Check noticed the Bangladesh batters dominate the second innings after Pakistan dropped pacers Shaheen Shah Afridi from the eleven and rested Naseem Shah.
Pakistan had Bangladesh reeling on 26 for six of their first innings earlier than centurion Litton Das and Mehidy Hasan Miraz produced a spectacular partnership to rescue their facet.
Miandad felt that the gamers have misplaced confidence due to the bickering within the Pakistan board.
“I would not simply blame the gamers as a result of no matter has occurred within the board (PCB) within the final one and half years and the captaincy and administration modifications have affected the group,” he mentioned.
Former captain, Inzamam-ul-Haq mentioned dropping three sequence and going with out a win at residence in 9 Checks was a worrying document.
“Residence sequence have been at all times thought of our greatest probability of beating one of the best sides up to now. However for this to occur the batsmen have to get runs,” he mentioned.
Pakistan’s record-breaking batsman Younis Khan mentioned when a group enters a dropping streak mentally it turns into troublesome to come back again.
“Our batters have gotten runs up to now however proper now I feel they want psychological strengthening and a transparent thoughts to beat this disaster,” he mentioned.
Former Check batter, Ahmed Shezad, nonetheless, blasted the batters saying they hopped round towards the Bangladesh pacers.
“If you cannot deal with a little bit of tempo and motion even at residence then the longer term will not be very brilliant for us,” he mentioned.
Former Check spinner, Iqbal Qasim requested the group administration to groom current and upcoming spinners as Pakistan’s finest probability of doing nicely at residence was via spin bowlers and giving them useful pitches.
“We do not have bowlers of the calibre of Sarfaraz Nawaz, Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Waqar or Shoaib now. So, we ought to be banking on our spinners to win us Checks at residence.” Now with the most recent setback, Pakistan’s possibilities of even getting near the ultimate of the World Check Championship seems to have ended.
Captain Shan Masood’s lack of runs has added to his nightmarish run because the chief as he has now misplaced all 5 Checks at residence, and he was not helped by the struggles of senior batter Babar Azam.
Nonetheless, the phrase is that red-ball coach Jason Gillispie and his white-ball counterpart Gary Kirsten have suggested the PCB and selectors to not press the panic button as it’ll additional dent the arrogance of the gamers.
In the meantime, Gillispie and high-performance coach Tim Nielsen will fly residence to Australia for a brief break.
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