Pakistan have been on a shedding spree in Check cricket and obtained eradicated early within the final ODI and T20 World Cups, which has led to loads of considerations and questions across the sport’s administration by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in addition to grooming the expertise out there domestically within the nation.
Whereas Pakistan is performing higher within the ongoing second Check in opposition to England in Multan, they misplaced the primary Check regardless of scoring greater than 500 runs of their first innings and had been swept 2-0 earlier than that at house by Bangladesh.
In a significant shake-up lately to handle the group’s embarrassing dip in type, the PCB appointed a brand new set of selectors, decreasing the choice committee’s dimension from seven to 5 members. Led by former pacer Aaqib Javed, the commitee contains Aleem Dar, Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq and Hassan Cheema, whereas the captain and the pinnacle coach have been stripped of their voting rights within the choice course of.
Aaqib, who has performed in lots of memorable India-Pakistan matches, lately had an opportunity encounter with India’s head coach and former batsman, Gautam Gambhir.
Speaking about that assembly in a podcast, Aaqib narrated how even Gambhir expressed considerations about Pakistan’s descending graph.
“We met the Indian gamers throughout our sequence in opposition to Sri Lanka. Gautam Gambhir ne mujhe kaha ke ‘Aaqib bhai, yeh Pakistan cricket ko kya ho gaya hai? Itna expertise hai, hum bhi dekhte hain, sab kuch hai, inhone kiya kya hai?’ (Gambhir requested me what has occurred to Pakistan cricket regardless of a lot expertise and eventhing, what have they carried out?)” mentioned Aaqib.
The previous pacer, who performed in 22 Checks and 163 ODIs, mentioned Pakistan’s fall has taken the sheen out of India-Pakistan encounters.
“He (Gambhir) additionally feels sorry about it, as a result of there are just a few (top-level) groups, and the Pakistan-India matches present the most important thrill. So in case your group (Pakistan) falls like that then one of many sport’s largest matches loses its appeal.”
“ICC mei log haste hain (individuals within the ICC snigger about it),” he concluded.
