NEW DELHI: Pakistan proceed to endure criticism from former cricketers following their heavy defeat to England within the first Take a look at in Multan. Former Pakistan captain Younis Khan has now launched scathing assault on Take a look at skipper Shan Masood, although he didn’t point out him by title.
At an occasion in Pakistan, Younis criticized Masood’s captaincy, stating that he lacks the important qualities of a frontrunner and was given the function primarily attributable to his communication expertise.
“There aren’t any qualities to guide a staff in a person, neither he’s a frontrunner materials… nonetheless he has been given the tasks,” Younis took an oblique jibe at Shan Masood.
“Simply because the folks really feel that ye hamari sunta hai, achha padha likha hai, ye English, Urdu, Pashto achhi bolta hai toh isko kaptaan bana do (He might not be participant but when he listens to us, and speaks good English, Urdu and Pashto, so let’s make him the captain). Please, eliminate this pondering,” he added.
In a latest announcement, the Pakistan Cricket Board revealed that former captain Babar Azam has been dropped from the squad for the second and third Exams in opposition to England.
The out-of -form batsman will miss the matches in Multan and Rawalpindi after Friday’s loss handed Pakistan their sixth consecutive take a look at defeat and left them on the backside of the World Take a look at Championship standings.
Babar struggled within the first take a look at in opposition to England, managing simply 35 runs throughout each innings. He stepped down as captain in all codecs following Pakistan’s elimination from the 2023 ODI World Cup.
The newly fashioned choice committee has additionally rested frontline tempo duo of Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah for the Exams.
