The Pakistan Cricket Board won’t give you the option result in main adjustments within the nationwide workforce within the wake of the facet’s dismal efficiency within the T20 World Cup 2024 as that would result in a confrontation with senior gamers, in line with sources. PCB’s governing board, scheduled to fulfill right here on Saturday, will take cognizance of white-ball head coach Gary Kirsten and senior workforce supervisor Wahab Riaz’s stories submitted to chairman Mohsin Naqvi. However a supply mentioned, solely beauty adjustments will happen and the “similar set of gamers” would possible proceed to play.
Naqvi had been quoted as saying following Pakistan’s defeat to India within the World Cup {that a} “main surgical procedure” was required within the workforce.
“The stories by Kirsten and Riaz will assist the Governing Board and chairman Naqvi resolve the following plan of action however all indications are there Naqvi does not desire a confrontation with senior gamers and he has additionally been suggested in opposition to huge adjustments within the workforce,” a supply informed PTI.
“There are such a lot of exterior voices and pressures from throughout the system that every one this discuss huge adjustments is unlikely to occur. So, mainly, with a number of adjustments, the identical set of gamers will likely be within the Pakistan workforce for coming video games as effectively in all codecs,” he added.
On whether or not Babar Azam could be retained as white-ball captain following the dismal T20 World Cup exhibiting, one other supply mentioned that whereas there’s a group, together with some former Check captains, which desires to see Shaheen Afridi substitute Babar, if there are adjustments, the prime candidates for captaincy could be Shan Masood and Muhammad Rizwan.
“You might see beauty adjustments, like adjustments within the choice committee, and the identical outdated story of reorganising home cricket to assist do injury management. However the senior gamers stay sturdy,” he mentioned.
Kirsten’s report is alleged to include the identical observations he made throughout his interplay with the gamers within the dressing room after the match in opposition to Eire within the Group stage.
Kirsten had warned senior execs within the facet following the workforce’s loss to the USA and India to adapt to new skill-sets and enhance their sport consciousness or get left behind. Wahab, alternatively, outlined character clashes within the facet in the course of the World Cup.
Pakistan subsequent play a two-Check collection in opposition to Bangladesh adopted by three Checks in opposition to England. It’s unlikely that senior gamers like Babar and Rizwan would wish to take a break from these assignments.
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