NEW DELHI: Former wicketkeeper-batter Kamran Akmal has suggested the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to not change the staff’s captain. He recommended that gamers ought to give attention to performing their fundamental duties appropriately to keep away from errors.
Stories emerged final week about Babar Azam doubtlessly shedding his function as captain of Pakistan’s white-ball cricket staff. In accordance with sources cited by Geo Information, wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan is taken into account a number one candidate to interchange Azam.
With Pakistan set to host the ICC Champions Trophy subsequent 12 months, Akmal questioned the timing of the potential change in management.
“Why they needed to carry a change now if they didn’t try this after shedding the Asia Cup, ODI World Cup, and T20 World Cup? What distinction does it make [by the way],” ANI quoted Akmal as saying on Geo Information.
Pakistan’s cricket staff confronted setbacks beneath captain Babar Azam final 12 months. Within the Asia Cup, they had been eradicated within the Tremendous 4 stage after shedding to Sri Lanka by two wickets in Colombo. Later, their efficiency within the ODI World Cup in India additionally fell quick as they didn’t make it to the knockout phases.
The challenges continued within the T20 World Cup, the place Pakistan didn’t advance previous the group stage. They misplaced their first T20I match in opposition to co-hosts USA on a troublesome pitch in New York, which was a vital blow to their marketing campaign.
Reflecting on these performances, former cricketer Akmal questioned whether or not appointing a brand new captain might enhance the staff’s outcomes.
“Is it as a result of the captain is just not their favorite, and so they need one among their selection? Do you assume the brand new captain will carry Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, or Mitchell Starc into the staff to spice up its efficiency? If they don’t get their fundamentals proper, then such blunders will proceed to occur, and changing captains will make no distinction. Everybody, together with the captain, coach, and selectors, ought to set their route proper and reform their pondering,” he recommended.
Babar Azam has stepped down because the captain of Pakistan’s cricket staff in all codecs after the staff’s early exit from final 12 months’s ODI World Cup.
Lately, he was reinstated because the captain for the white-ball format, simply earlier than the T20 World Cup. This transfer changed Shaheen Shah Afridi, who had led Pakistan in a single collection in opposition to New Zealand, the place Pakistan confronted a 4-1 collection defeat. The PCB defined reappointing Babar as a ‘strategic transfer’.
Stories emerged final week about Babar Azam doubtlessly shedding his function as captain of Pakistan’s white-ball cricket staff. In accordance with sources cited by Geo Information, wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan is taken into account a number one candidate to interchange Azam.
With Pakistan set to host the ICC Champions Trophy subsequent 12 months, Akmal questioned the timing of the potential change in management.
“Why they needed to carry a change now if they didn’t try this after shedding the Asia Cup, ODI World Cup, and T20 World Cup? What distinction does it make [by the way],” ANI quoted Akmal as saying on Geo Information.
Pakistan’s cricket staff confronted setbacks beneath captain Babar Azam final 12 months. Within the Asia Cup, they had been eradicated within the Tremendous 4 stage after shedding to Sri Lanka by two wickets in Colombo. Later, their efficiency within the ODI World Cup in India additionally fell quick as they didn’t make it to the knockout phases.
The challenges continued within the T20 World Cup, the place Pakistan didn’t advance previous the group stage. They misplaced their first T20I match in opposition to co-hosts USA on a troublesome pitch in New York, which was a vital blow to their marketing campaign.
Reflecting on these performances, former cricketer Akmal questioned whether or not appointing a brand new captain might enhance the staff’s outcomes.
“Is it as a result of the captain is just not their favorite, and so they need one among their selection? Do you assume the brand new captain will carry Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, or Mitchell Starc into the staff to spice up its efficiency? If they don’t get their fundamentals proper, then such blunders will proceed to occur, and changing captains will make no distinction. Everybody, together with the captain, coach, and selectors, ought to set their route proper and reform their pondering,” he recommended.
Babar Azam has stepped down because the captain of Pakistan’s cricket staff in all codecs after the staff’s early exit from final 12 months’s ODI World Cup.
Lately, he was reinstated because the captain for the white-ball format, simply earlier than the T20 World Cup. This transfer changed Shaheen Shah Afridi, who had led Pakistan in a single collection in opposition to New Zealand, the place Pakistan confronted a 4-1 collection defeat. The PCB defined reappointing Babar as a ‘strategic transfer’.
