Former pacer Shoaib Akhtar has shown his double standards while commenting on the Pakistan team for being overly confident that the Men in Green would beat England and qualify for the semi-finals, and he made a joke about arch-rivals India, whose situation is also similar. He had to change his statement and discovered internal problems in the team.
I pray to God that England plays a very poor cricket Shoaib Akhtar
Before the match, Akhtar had put the match in blunt, fan-first terms, saying: “England insalla itnah burah khel jaye, hum khushi khushi do point bhi le jaye. Aur phir India bhi bahir ho jaye.”
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🚨Shoaib Akhtar before and after the match😂
• Shoaib Akhtar before the match – When England play this badly, we are happy to get the two points and our joy knows no bounds if India are eliminated and we reach the semi-final
• Shoaib Akhtar after the match -… https://t.co/brkXCyaKH7 pic.twitter.com/WzaZzenSxN
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“Humari khushi ka thikana nahi rahega agar India bahir ho jaye.” (“I pray to God that England play very bad cricket, and then we will happily get the two points. Then India will also be eliminated, our happiness knows no bounds if India is eliminated”).
Shoaib Akhtar contrasts his statement after the defeat against England
After Pakistan lost the match, his change in statement talked about Salman Ali Agha’s captaincy. After Pakistan’s loss, Shoaib questioned Agha’s leadership qualities and questioned responsibility. In the post-match, Shoaib said, “He is not a captain. I don’t think he is fit for this job if he is called captain. He was forced to be captain as a makeshift captain.”
The stark contrast in the pre- and post-match statement made it clear that even the stories of former cricketers and pundits can change during a World Cup-like event. But overall, Pakistan have failed to achieve results in high-stakes matches in recent years, and they have failed to beat England in the T20 World Cups, extending their record to 4-0.
Salman Ali Agha was not in the best form during this T20 World Cup. So far in this tournament, he has failed to score a fifty, with just 60 runs to his name in five innings, at an average of 12.00. His performance and leadership are under scrutiny.
Earlier, former pacer Mohammad Ami lashed out at Agha and said that Salman Ali Agha will be removed from the captaincy after the big event. According to reports from Rev. Sportz, Shadab Khan could be the new T20I captain. Head coach Mike Hesson is also said to be under pressure as the team has failed to deliver against quality opposition.
Pakistan relied too much on Sahibzada Farhan?
Sahibzada Farhan was the lone contender for the side as the opener is currently the leading run-scorer for the team as well as in the tournament. He scored 283 runs at an average of 70.75 and scored two fifties and a hundred.
Because no other Pakistani batsman had scored a single fifty. The second highest points scorer for Pakistan is Shadab Khan who has 111 points. This highlights Pakistan’s batting problem as a whole in this major tournament.
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