‘Captaincy does matter…’: Ex-Pak pacer slams Babar, counters Ramiz Raza

Other than this, it occurred for the primary time Pakistan misplaced 5 matches in a single World Cup version, together with 4 of which happened consecutively.

Although Babar acquired an quantity of backing from former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja, who referred to as for a ‘change within the system’ relatively than the captain, former Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Amir launched a fiery rant on Raza.

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Disagreeing with Raza’s name for a ‘change within the system’, Amir, throughout a present ‘Haarana Mana Hay’ on Geo information, Amit hit out at each Raza and Babar saying captaincy issues greater than what the members of the PCB administration contains of. Amir even gave examples of Pakistan’s 1992 World Cup win underneath Imran Khan, 2009 T20 World Cup victory, and win over India within the 2017 Champions Trophy ultimate.

“Captaincy does matter. What’s the system? It isn’t a wall. 5 and 6 individuals have been given the accountability to run Pakistan cricket. A captain can be one in all them. In 1992 underneath Imran Khan, we gained the World Cup, and the system was the identical. In 1999 our crew was a world-beater, who reached the finals. We gained the 2009 T20 World Cup with the identical system, and we gained the 2017 Champions Trophy underneath the identical system,” HT quoted Geo Information the place Amir made his feedback.

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Other than this, the previous Pakistani pacer cited the instance of how England managed to bounce again from a horrible 2015 World Cup exit to win the trophy in 2019 underneath Eoin Morgan.

“Babar is captain for the previous 4 years. He has constructed his crew on his personal. Buttler just isn’t a part of our system, so why did England play so badly? Does the system in England additionally want a makeover? After the 2015 debacle, Morgan mentioned I need to play this model of cricket, I need these 25 gamers. The system remained the identical, it was the captain, who modified his mindset. England had been struggling in Take a look at cricket for 2 years. Joe Root was the captain. The system is identical however we are saying England’s Take a look at cricket has modified. It was Ben Stokes, who modified his method,” he mentioned.

“So long as the captain’s mindset won’t change, the system can do nothing. Was it the system, who advised him to not play Abrar Ahmad, or bench Fakhar after the primary match,” Amir added.

Mentions Dhoni:

Amir even talked about former Indian skipper and legendary participant Mahendra Singh Dhoni to elaborate his level on how the latter formed Ravindra Jadeja to be one of many main all-rounders throughout codecs.

“We are saying Dhoni modified India’s cricket, however he by no means modified the system. Individuals stored saying that for the way lengthy he stored giving Jadeja and Ashwin probabilities. And now we are saying Jadeja is the World’s greatest all-rounder. MS Dhoni has given them the crew,” mentioned Amir.

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Up to date: 13 Nov 2023, 05:04 PM IST