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The Pakistan cricket group had a horrible outing on the T20 World Cup 2024 because the Babar Azam-led aspect crashed out of the event within the group stage. Because the elimination, there have been reviews of groupings within the dressing room and a few followers even speculated about doable match-fixing among the many gamers. Check captain Shan Masood, nevertheless, rubbished any such declare and stated that he can not query the integrity of any cricketer. Masood additionally spoke about Arshad Nadeem after the athlete gained Pakistan’s first-ever Olympics gold medal and hailed him as a ‘nationwide hero’. A reporter spoke about Nadeem’s achievement throughout a press convention and requested Masood concerning the rewards of bringing glory to the nation. He additionally recommended that such achievements are extra rewarding than features from actions like match-fixing.
“I can not query anyone’s intention as you used the phrase match-fixing. I do not assume within the present setup of Pakistan cricket, no one can query their integrity. It is one thing which I do not agree with in any respect. Secondly, the World Cup is previous now and we have to look ahead. I can assure all our gamers need to win matches for Pakistan however wins and losses are there and we are the saddest every time we lose,” stated Masood within the pre-match press convention forward of the Check sequence in opposition to Bangladesh.
“As you spoke about Arshad Nadeem, he is a nationwide hero. What he is achieved now it has additional catapulted him to a better stature and we’re very blissful about that. We’ll take inspiration from Arshad Nadeem’s success and hope to herald extra glory for Pakistan,” he added.
With two wins from 5 Assessments within the 2023-25 World Check Championship cycle, Pakistan have a degree share of 36.66%, and are behind India, Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka within the factors desk.
However Pakistan do have an opportunity of climbing to the highest two rankings, as after internet hosting Bangladesh, they are going to host England for 3 Assessments, and West Indies for 2 Assessments. They’re additionally slated to tour South Africa for 2 Assessments.
If Pakistan win all of their remaining contests, they will find yourself with a degree share of 77.38% and be nearly sure to play their maiden WTC remaining.
(With ANI inputs)
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