Pakistan suffered a humiliating batting collapse within the ODI sequence decider towards the West Indies at Tarouba, managing solely 92 runs whereas chasing a formidable 295. After securing a robust begin to the sequence with a five-wicket win within the opener, Mohammad Rizwan’s aspect crumbled spectacularly within the second match and capitulated completely within the decider, leaving followers shocked.
The highest order fell aside nearly instantly, with openers Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, and captain Rizwan all dismissed for geese inside the first three overs. Babar Azam didn’t anchor the innings, departing for a mere 9, whereas Salman Agha supplied minimal resistance, top-scoring with simply 30. Whereas all gamers bore the brunt in brutal post-match evaluation, the duo of Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam had been particularly criticised for his or her non-performance.
Babar confirmed promising indicators of a return to kind with a formidable 47 within the first ODI, however faltered with a duck within the second sport. One other single-digit rating within the third ODI meant that his general sequence efficiency remained inconsistent, leaving Pakistan with out the regular batting anchor they desperately wanted. Whereas Rizwan did rating a half-century, he, too, didn’t make a mark later within the sequence, with scores of 16 and 0.
Following the sequence defeat, Basit Ali, the previous Pakistan cricketer, did not mince his phrases as he hammered the 2 gamers.
“They’re residing as much as the performances they did in the course of the starting of their careers. Ab inse bas commercials kara lo (Allow them to simply do advertisements now),” Basit stated on The Sport Plan.
“They do not hearken to the coaches. Regardless of the batting coaches say, they simply preserve pretending to hearken to them. They want somebody who may give them a wake-up name, like Inzamam, Yousuf or a Younis Khan. And so they know there is no one who would try this, as a result of they did not let anybody do it earlier than.”
Kamran’s criticism
Basit went on to assert that Babar must preserve his ego apart, and whereas Kamran Akmal, the previous Pakistan participant who can also be Babar’s first cousin, defended the Pakistan star’s values off the sector, he suggested Babar to have a extra balanced strategy to the sport.
“I can assure that I have not seen ego in him. He respects his household and meets everybody respectfully. However what I would like from him is, when he enters the sector, he would not act greater than the sport. Prioritise Pakistan. The investments he made in some gamers throughout his tenure as Pakistan captain did not favour the nation, too,” stated Akmal.
