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The Pakistan team has been facing constant criticism since its exit from the group stage in the T20 World Cup 2024. At the same time, reports of factionalism in the team are also coming to the fore. The Pakistan team, which reached this World Cup under the captaincy of Babar Azam, had to face defeat in their very first match in the tournament against the USA team. After this, they also lost the match against India by 6 runs. After this shameful performance, while the Pakistan Cricket Board has already given a statement of making big changes in the team, now reports of factionalism in the team are also coming to the fore, due to which Pakistan’s poor performance has been seen on the field in the T20 World Cup.
Group of three players in Pakistan team
After the poor performance in the T20 World Cup 2024, a source in the Pakistan team said in his statement to PTI-Bhasha that there are three factions in the team right now, one of which is led by captain Babar Azam, while the second faction is led by Shaheen Afridi and the third faction is led by Mohammad Rizwan. Amidst all this, the return of senior players like Mohammad Aamir and Imad Wasim made the team’s condition worse than before. The return of Imad and Aamir further increased the confusion as it was a difficult task for Babar to get better performance from both of them as both of them had not played matches in top level domestic or international cricket for a long time except franchise-based leagues. At the same time, there were also instances where some players were not talking to each other and some of them also tried to please the players leading the three camps of the team.
The PCB chairman was aware of the entire situation
The current PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi was fully aware of this factionalism going on in the Pakistani team. Regarding this, a senior PCB official said that Naqvi spoke to all the players in private and asked them to focus on winning the World Cup instead of personal interests. Naqvi also promised them to clear all the misunderstandings in the team after the World Cup but things did not work out. I am not defending Babar, but what should a captain do when your main bowler cannot defend even 15 runs in the last over against a weak team like USA and gives a four and a six on a full toss.
(PTI INPUTS)
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