Pakistan’s results have remained poor, highlighted by a group stage output in the T20 World Cup last year they lost to the United States. That has caused a wholesale change in the team, with a series of new faces and, significantly, the absence of some older ones.
The main among them are Rizwan and Babar, whose batting in the upper part of the order has widely seen as a root cause for the outdated potted batting approach of Pakistan. While the door has not been permanently closed in the format, it is clear that they have been fallen, not rested.
“It’s an honor for me and also a challenge,” Agha said at a press conference at Lahore. “We have brought some young people to the team who have been playing the Cricket brand in the National Cricket that we want to play on the national side in the future.
“We have to focus on our intention and focus. We have to improve that. In modern Cricket, these things are important. This is a young team and we want to play intrepid Crick. That is a high -risk Cricket, which is a requirement in modern cryket. There will be failures with that approach, but we have to support our players.”
The PCB said that the captain of Agha has made with one eye in the Asia Cup (in T20 format) at the end of this year and in the World Cup in India and Sri Lanka next year. They have remembered Shadab Khan as Vice-Capitán apparently for this project, a player in tune with this Cricket brand.
AAQIB, who is also the chief of selection, remains in those positions for the series of five T20 and three hate against New Zealand, although there have been speculation about a new coach. When he was specifically asked about Babar and Rizwan’s fate, he clearly linked Pakistan’s style.
“You cannot rule out anyone forever, but for the moment we feel that we need to bring newer and younger players and change the cryket style we are playing. Many teams have separated their T20 sides from others, up to 80-90% [of the personnel] different.”
Aphridi and Haris Rauf are missing in the Odi team join the sensation of the renowned accessories, and AAQIB was clear that they would have to return to the domestic cricket to improve their games.
“The best players like Babar, Shaheen, Riz, travel so much that they don’t have time to play their domestic cryket,” he said. “Now they have time to play domestic cryket. Until you play four -day Cricket, you will not improve in the tests or hate. It cannot be that you play 70% of Cricket T20 all year and then suddenly play tests or hate.
“Players have to think about this themselves because, ultimately, they are responsible for their own game. You can’t force players … Do you not have the responsibility of thinking about their game and where it is going? What should I sacrifice and take a break from T20 and play four days or list one to recover my way?”
Both Agha and Aaqib talked about developing a group of 20-25 players for Pakistan to work during the next 18 months or so. Both also emphasized that supporting them through failures would be equally important.
AAQIB recognized the instability that has harassed Pakistan’s Cricket in recent years, of which he is, for now, a beneficiary.
“We have changed almost 16 coaches and 26 selectors in the last two years or so,” he said. “Put that formula in any team in the world, I think they will also be in the same situation. Until you get consistency from above to down, from the president down, then your team will not progress.”
