File picture of Shaheen Afridi.© AFP
Former captain Rashid Latif urged the Pakistan Cricket Board to overtake the staff’s tempo assault, trying past frontline pacers Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah, as he felt they weren’t “contributing sufficient.” Afridi and Shah are set to steer Pakistan’s tempo battery within the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy. “When was the final time Afridi delivered a match-winning efficiency?” Latif questioned. He stated even Shah had not been capable of ship constantly regardless of having a protracted stint with the nationwide staff in numerous codecs.
“Naseem has additionally not contributed considerably to Pakistan’s success,” the previous wicketkeeper-batsman stated in an interview throughout a channel.
He stated the defeat in opposition to New Zealand within the ongoing tri-series opener was an instance of how in latest instances the pacers had not delivered for Pakistan.
“I’ve considerations over the type of Shaheen, Naseem and others and I really feel they haven’t carried out as anticipated.” He urged the PCB to take a recent method by discovering new quick bowlers and guaranteeing that senior gamers have been held accountable for his or her underwhelming performances.
He felt that gamers like Khushdil Shah and Salman Agha are regularly criticised, whereas senior gamers like Afridi, Babar Azam, and Muhammad Rizwan not often face scrutiny for his or her performances.
“Nobody is speaking about these gamers’ lacklustre performances,” Latif stated.
Legendary Javed Miandad famous that the selectors have been relying closely on the tempo assault to ship within the Champions Trophy.
“I’m hopeful that the tempo bowlers will ship when it issues for us on this match. Now we have only one specialist spinner and the remaining usually are not common spinners,” Miandad stated.
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