Issues in Pakistan cricket took a flip for the more severe on Saturday when one of many nationwide selectors, Mohammad Yousuf, resigned from his place following continued criticism because the crew’s failure within the T20 World Cup and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) overlooking constant performers in home cricket. The consequences of that have been clearly felt in batsman Iftikhar Ahmed‘s press convention following the Champions Cup remaining.
Markhors‘ skipper, Iftikhar, was visibly upset after his crew’s defeat by Panthers and vented out at a reporter over a query on the younger expertise rising from the Champions Cup.
When requested which younger gamers, in response to him, the match has unveiled, Iftikhar blamed the media for pointless hype.
“Media ne kya dekh liya hai (what has the media noticed)?” he shot again on the reporter.
“See, I’m not in opposition to anybody, however I let you know folks, the media, that do not hype somebody a lot after only one innings, like now we have bought this and that expertise. Allow them to (children) carry out in home cricket. Allow them to succeed there 2-Three seasons, then discuss their prospects to play for Pakistan,” he mentioned with out taking any names.
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“Ek innings mei aap upar le ke jaate, fir wahan pe jab woh Pakistan ke liye fail ho jata hai, toh kehte ho ‘yeh kahan se laye ho, yeh toh kuchh bhi nahi hai’ (media places a batsman on cloud 9 after only one innings and when that batsman fails whereas enjoying for Pakistan, you guys say ‘the place has this come from, it is nothing’),” mentioned Iftikhar.
Nonetheless, former Pakistan gamers like Ahmed Shehzad have been repeatedly criticising the PCB for not giving younger expertise an opportunity and preserving inconsistent performers within the crew for longer than they deserve.
However Iftikhar reiterated that children must be thought of for Pakistan solely after they’ve succeeded in home cricket for a few seasons and never simply after one good innings.
“For god sake, let a participant achieve all codecs in home cricket, then discuss him. You guys speak a lot, like ‘Pakistan has bought one other Inzamam’…I’m not in opposition to anybody. I’m telling everybody to provide home cricket its due respect. Let a participant succeed there in all codecs. Then let’s all of us discuss that participant,” mentioned the 34-year-old all-rounder who has performed four Checks, 28 ODIs and 66 T20Is.
He went on accountable the media for spoiling the cricket environment within the nation.
“Aap logon ki wajah se cricket ka jo sara mahaul hai woh kharab ho gaya hai (issues in Pakistan cricket have gone dangerous due to you guys). The reason being that you simply guys hype somebody a lot after only one innings, and you then deliver him all the way down to earth,” Iftikhar concluded.
