Former PCB chairman Rameez Raja criticized the administration after Pakistan's 2-0 defeat within the T20 sequence towards England simply earlier than the T20 World Cup. On the Kennington Oval, England outplayed Pakistan in all features of the sport, chasing 158 runs with 4 overs to spare within the fourth T20 match. Pakistan lacked stamina within the center order and in addition did not counter the magical bowling of the quick bowlers whereas defending their goal. Rameez has expressed his concern about experimentation in Pakistan's white-ball setup. As soon as once more he criticized the administration for the outcomes of the choice to experiment.
“They need to cease experimenting with the group. Go into the sport with a correct mixture. You’ll want to recover from the concern of strike price since you don't have gamers like that. You’re a group.” have destroyed it “You could have fully ruined this group,” Ramiz stated on his YouTube channel.
Ramiz has been fairly vocal about together with Saim Ayub within the opening slot. The record-breaking opening pair of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan was damaged throughout Mohammad Hafeez's short-lived tenure as Pakistan's director of cricket.
Ayub hasn't had fun within the opening slot as he has are available on the high of the order. Together with the opening slot, Pakistan's center order has additionally struggled to attain runs in troublesome circumstances.
He stated, “You could have ruined the group by breaking the opening pair (of Babar and Rizwan). The function of the center order just isn’t outlined. You could have stored all-rounders within the center and two wicketkeepers are enjoying. You might be altering quick bowlers. Your spinners don’t spin the ball and they don’t have confidence. You could have stored Imad Wasim out of the enjoying XI. There isn’t a sideways motion and you’ve got fully decimated the group simply earlier than the T20 World Cup.”
Ayub struggled to attain runs within the T20I sequence towards New Zealand final month however confirmed indicators of enchancment with a quickfire 45 (29) within the first T20I. In 4 matches towards the Blackcaps, the 21-year-old scored 52 runs at a mean of 14.25 with 32 being his highest rating.
Earlier than Ayub, Babar and Rizwan have been the designated openers for the Males in Inexperienced. They have been some of the prolific openers within the T20I set-up for Pakistan. The skilled duo registered a record-breaking 105-run partnership, which was their third century partnership within the final version of the Males's T20I World Cup in 2022.
Pakistan have been positioned in Group A together with arch-rivals India, Canada, USA and Eire. The Males in Inexperienced will start their marketing campaign towards co-hosts USA on Thursday on the Grand Prairie Stadium in Texas.
Pakistan squad for T20 World Cup: Babar Azam (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Azam Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Khan.
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