Islamabad. The Pakistani team and especially its captain Babar Azam are on the target of people after India lost their hands in the Asia Cup cricket match being held in Dubai on Sunday. People are raising questions as to why the team showed such poor performance. Former fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar is also among those questioning Pakistani players and captain Babar. Shoaib has questioned Babar Azam’s captaincy in a video on his YouTube channel. Shoaib has expressed astonishment that he does not understand for whom Babar is captaining after all?
Shoaib, enraged by Pakistan’s defeat, said that Mohammad Rizwan batted slow and Babar Azam did not keep the correct batting order. Shoaib congratulated both the teams, but then turned his attention to Babar. He said that from India’s side, Hardik Pandya has set the team’s boat across. Shoaib said that if Mohammad Rizwan scores only 45 runs in 45 balls, then how will it work? He said that in the first 6 overs, Rizwan did not score any runs in 19 balls. If you play so many dot balls in the powerplay, then you will be in trouble. Shoaib also raised questions on Pakistan’s playing XI.
Tightly fought match but both teams played poor cricket at times. Some bad captaicy as well.
Full video: https://t.co/kfIqHUtAEn pic.twitter.com/OcoIWOXS2r
— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) August 28, 2022
Shoaib said that how many times I have asked Babar Azam to enter the field at number three and try to carry the innings till the end. The former pacer also advised to field Fakhar Zaman and Mohammad Rizwan as openers. He said that Babar sent Shadab Khan up and Asif Ali down. I did not understand why Babar Azam is captaining after all.