'Pakistan may be eliminated from the first round of T20 World Cup'
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Pakistan has announced a 15-man squad for the T20 World Cup tomorrow. Injured pacer Shaheen Afridi has been kept in the team. Pakistani selectors have also kept Shan Masood and Haider Ali, who are waiting to make their T20 debut for the country.
However, former Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar did not like to build a team without Fakhar Zaman. He criticized chief selector Mohammad Wasim and Pakistan national team head coach Saqlain Mushtaq.
Shoaib, who set the record for the fastest delivery in international cricket, talked about it on his YouTube channel. According to him, the problem with the middle order in Pakistan's batting in the Asia Cup has been understood.
But Shoaib Akhtar thinks that the selectors did not think about it, 'What team did the Pakistan Cricket Board pick! The problem is in the middle order, but as they always say, pick a team that everyone likes. That is, we will decide that the middle order will not change. I have said many times about Fakhar Zaman, give him that (power play) 6 overs. He will benefit from playing the ball in Australia, but Babar has to be kept at the top.'
Shoaib thinks that chief selector Mohammad Wasim has built this team with 'average decisions'. The 47-year-old former fast bowler commented that head coach Saqlain Mushtaq has no interest in T20 cricket and Pakistan could be eliminated from the first round of T20 World Cup with this team.
According to Shoaib Akhtar, 'When the Chief Selector is an ordinary person, his party selection will also be average. Saqlain Mushtaq last played cricket in 2002. I don't want to say it this way, because he is my friend, but it is true that he has no idea about T20 cricket. And how is the team's batting bad with Mohammad Yusuf? Yusuf is an asset to the team's dressing room. I don't know how much he has the right to speak.'
Shoaib added, 'Iftikhar Ahmed is the second part of Misbah. Masha Allah, we have Rizwan with us and Iftikhar with him. With this team we can be eliminated from the first round. We don't have depth in batting, I am very worried about that. Our skipper is also not quite suited for this edition. He is busy with his classic cover drive. He wants to look classic.'
Former Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir also criticized the selectors for the T20 World Cup squad. His tweet, 'Chief Selector Ki Selection!' In Bengal the money stands, the cheap (party) election of the Chief Elector. However, Amir has to digest the criticism of the Pakistani supporters.
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