Pakistan Legends Tear Into Group After Embarrassing 0-2 Defeat In opposition to Bangladesh

Pakistan cricket reached its lowest ebb on Tuesday whereas nosediving to a six-wicket defeat in opposition to Bangladesh within the second Take a look at right here, and the stalwarts termed the 0-2 sequence defeat as “hurting.” It was Pakistan’s sixth defeat of their final 10 Checks at dwelling and this was additionally the primary time Bangladesh have overwhelmed their neighbours in a Take a look at and sequence. “It’s hurting that our cricket has come to this stage. Bangladesh deserve credit score for his or her disciplined performances. However the way in which our batting has collapsed on this sequence is a nasty signal,” former Take a look at captain Javed Miandad mentioned.

The second Take a look at noticed the Bangladesh batters dominate the second innings after Pakistan dropped pacers Shaheen Shah Afridi from the eleven and rested Naseem Shah.

Pakistan had Bangladesh reeling on 26 for six of their first innings earlier than centurion Litton Das and Mehidy Hasan Miraz produced a spectacular partnership to rescue their facet.

Miandad felt that the gamers have misplaced confidence due to the bickering within the Pakistan board.

“I would not simply blame the gamers as a result of no matter has occurred within the board (PCB) within the final one and half years and the captaincy and administration adjustments have affected the workforce,” he mentioned.

Former captain, Inzamam-ul-Haq mentioned shedding three sequence and going with no win at dwelling in 9 Checks was a worrying document.

“House sequence have been at all times thought of our greatest likelihood of beating the perfect sides up to now. However for this to occur the batsmen have to get runs,” he mentioned.

Pakistan’s record-breaking batsman Younis Khan mentioned when a workforce enters a shedding streak mentally it turns into troublesome to come back again.

“Our batters have gotten runs up to now however proper now I believe they want psychological strengthening and a transparent thoughts to beat this disaster,” he mentioned.

Former Take a look at batter, Ahmed Shezad, nevertheless, blasted the batters saying they hopped round in opposition to the Bangladesh pacers.

“If you cannot deal with a little bit of tempo and motion even at dwelling then the longer term just isn’t very shiny for us,” he mentioned.

Former Take a look at spinner, Iqbal Qasim requested the workforce administration to groom current and upcoming spinners as Pakistan’s finest likelihood of doing nicely at dwelling was by means of spin bowlers and giving them useful pitches.

“We do not have bowlers of the calibre of Sarfaraz Nawaz, Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Waqar or Shoaib now. So, we must be banking on our spinners to win us Checks at dwelling.” Now with the most recent setback, Pakistan’s possibilities of even getting near the ultimate of the World Take a look at Championship seems to have ended.

Captain Shan Masood’s lack of runs has added to his nightmarish run because the chief as he has now misplaced all 5 Checks at dwelling, and he was not helped by the struggles of senior batter Babar Azam.

Nonetheless, the phrase is that red-ball coach Jason Gillispie and his white-ball counterpart Gary Kirsten have suggested the PCB and selectors to not press the panic button as it is going to additional dent the arrogance of the gamers.

In the meantime, Gillispie and high-performance coach Tim Nielsen will fly dwelling to Australia for a brief break.

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