Pakistan’s results remained poor, highlighted by a group trip to the T20 World Cup last year during which they lost against the United States. This caused a change of big in the team, with a number of new faces and, significantly, the absence of some older.
The chief of them are Rizwan and Babar, whose striker at the top of the Order was largely considered as a deep cause of the approach of exceeded and predictable strikers of Pakistan. Although the door was not permanently closed in the format, it is clear that they were abandoned, not rested.
“It’s an honor for me and also a challenge,” Agha told a press conference in Lahore. “We brought a few young people to the team who played the cricket brand in the domestic cricket that we want to play the national team in the future.
“We have to focus on our intention and our approach. We have to improve this. In modern cricket, these things are important. It is a young team and we want to play intrepid cricket. This is high -risk cricket, which is a requirement in modern cricket. There will be failures with this approach, but we have to support our players.”
The PCB said they had the captain of Agha with an eye on the Asian Cup (in T20 format) later this year and the World Cup in India and Sri Lanka next year. They recalled Shadab Khan as a vice-captain ostensibly for this project, a player in line with this cricket brand.
Aaqib, who is also the selection chief, remains in these positions for the five T20is series and three Odi against New Zealand, although there has been speculation on a new coach. Questioned specifically about the fate of Babar and Ricewan, he clearly linked their fall to the style of play that Pakistan hopes to adopt.
“You cannot govern anyone forever, but for the moment, we believe that we must bring more recent and younger players and change the style of cricket we play. Many teams have separated their T20 sides from others, up to 80 to 90% [of the personnel] different.”
Afrida and Haris Rauf missing from the ODI team added to the meaning of renowned axes, and Aaqib was clear that they should return to domestic cricket to improve their games.
“The best players like Babar, Shaheen, Rice, they travel so much that they don’t have time to play their domestic cricket,” he said. “Now, they have time to play domestic cricket. Until you play four -day cricket, you will not improve yourself in tests or ODI. It cannot be played in T20 cricket at 70% all year round, then suddenly, you play tests or ODI.
“The players must think about it themselves because in the end, they are responsible for their own game. You cannot force the players … don’t players have the responsibility to think about their game and where it’s okay? That I should sacrifice and take a T20 break and play four days or list so that I can recover my shape?”
Agha and Aaqib have spoken to developing a pool of 20 to 25 players so that Pakistan can work over the next 18 months. The two also pointed out that supporting them by failures would be just as important.
AAQIB has recognized the instability which has assailed Pakistani cricket in the past two years, of which he is, for the moment, a beneficiary.
“We have changed nearly 16 coaches and 26 selectors in the past two years,” he said. “You put this formula on any team from the world, I think they will also be in the same situation. Until you get the coherence directly from top to bottom, from the president below, so your team will not progress.”
