Pakistan‘s Check captain, Shan Masood, confronted a troublesome press convention on Monday after being retained in his position for the opening Check of three-match collection towards England, because the media individuals questioned crew choice.
The criticism of Pakistan’s efficiency throughout codecs has continued because the crew’s exit from the ODI World Cup final 12 months, adopted by a poor present within the T20 World Cup this June and a house Check collection defeat towards Bangladesh.
Whereas the crew will face a troublesome problem from England to reverse its kind within the Check enviornment, Masood’s first problem was to face the pointed questions fired at him by the media.
“Have we nonetheless not come out of this liking and disliking within the crew?” requested a journalist. “We’re persevering with to offer these (inconsistent) gamers possibilities…Should not (batsman) Kamran Ghulam be given an opportunity any more?”
Masood did not maintain again. “Sir thoda apna query rephrase kar dein, aapne thode information bhi galat bataye hain (please rephrase your query, your information are incorrect),” responded the Pakistan captain earlier than a short argument with the journalist over statistics.
“I may pull out selective stats,” Masood added.
The journalist continued: “If a participant has one fifty in 10 innings, what number of possibilities will you give him?”
“With all due respect, I do not assume your query is correct…I agree that Pakistan hasn’t performed good cricket in 2024,” mentioned the skipper, including that it is mistaken to match the performances of Checks with T20Is and vice versa.
“Issues ought to be checked out objectively.”
On the query of backing a participant regardless of a poor run, Masood mentioned: “If I again a participant who turns into a very good servant for Pakistan cricket and lose my very own spot within the course of, I’ll don’t have any regrets.”
Pakistan will start the collection towards England on October 7 in Multan.
