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- Shoaib Akhtar upset with Pakistan squad for T20 World Cup
- Criticized Chief Selector Wasim on his YouTube channel
- Entire management out if team doesn’t win World Cup: Akhtar
Veteran fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has criticized Pakistan Cricket Board chief selector Mohammad Wasim for the squad selected for the upcoming T20 World Cup. The fast bowlers are unhappy with the team selection.
Former veteran players upset with PCB
The Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday (September 15) announced the squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup. Shan Masood has been included in the 15-man squad, while veteran top-order batsman Fakhar Zaman will remain out of the main squad due to a knee injury. Along with this, Shaheen Afridi has also returned. However, the former Pakistan legend is not happy with the World Cup squad selected by the board and has also lashed out at chief selector Mohammad Wasim.
Mohammad Amir hit the mark with a tweet
After the announcement of the team, former fast bowler Mohammad Amir targeted Wasim through a tweet. After this the veteran bowler of the team Shoaib Akhtar also expressed his displeasure saying that an average person can only take average decisions. Not only Wasim, Rawalpindi Express also lashed out at the team’s coaching staff, which includes veterans like Saqlain Mushtaq and Mohammad Yousuf along with captain Babar Azam and some other players.
Akhtar criticized on his YouTube channel
Shoaib Akhtar in a video uploaded by his YouTube channel said, “When a chief selector is average, his decisions will also be average. Saqlain (Mushtaq) last played cricket in 2002. I don’t want to say that. Because he is my friend. . But I don’t think he has any idea about T20 cricket. I don’t think that’s your quality. If this team doesn’t perform, the whole management will go, the coach will go, and even Ramiz Raja will go,”
Pakistan’s T20 World Cup Squad:
Babar Azam (Captain), Shadab Khan (Vice-Captain), Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Shan Masood, Usman Qadir.
Reserve Players:
Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Haris and Shahnawaz Dahani