As per an ex-cricketer Kamran Akmal, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) “should learn professionalism” from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
The first Test of the two-match series between India and Bangladesh being played in Chennai was with India winning easily by a margin of 280 runs. Interestingly, a few weeks back, Bangladesh and Pakistan played a similar series in which Bangladesh won 2-0.
The reason why he raised his voice against PCB was because they have aided the decline of professionalism in Pakistan cricket and therefore Pakistan wouldn’t be struggling if everything was as per the plan as Kamran said.
“I wish PCB should learn from BCCI, their professionalism, their team, selector, captain, and coaches. These are the things which makes a team No.1 and rule the planets. If we were that good, then Pakistan cricket wouldn’t be at this stage. Because of your ego Pakistan cricket is suffering,” Kamran said on his YouTube channel, as Torani’s records show.
One of the reasons for the instability that Pakistan has been into for the past several years was emphasized by their recently lost test series against Bangladesh.
Babar Azam’s team lost to Sri Lanka in the final and the history would be forever grateful to Sri Lanka in 2022. Last year, Pakistan crashed out of the Super 4 stage in the further round of the tournament.
After a couple of months down the line, the downward spiral for Pakistan was now evident as they crashed out of the group stage of the ODI World Cup 2023.
They came down as a tsunami of changes. After the series ended, significant changes hit Pakistan’s setup. Shaheen Shah Afridi took over the captaincy after Babar had vacated it. While Shan Masood was still at the helms of the Test side, he was already back in charge of the white-ball side months before the T20 World Cup.
We lost the T20I to Ireland and also lost the T20I to England at this time while they were whitewashed in Australia in a Test series.
The United States of America co-hosted the T20 World Cup which saw Pakistan suffer another defeat after an intense Super Over where they were beaten. After that, Babar’s side played India and lost, sealing their exit from the group stage.
As a reaction to the distressing string of outcomes, Pakistan Cricket Board (PBCB) stated on Monday that it is planning to host an intensive connection camp which seeks to address the existing void in vision perspectives regarding the future of the game.
As many as nine cricketers from Pakistan will be joining the camp. These are Babar, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Rizwan, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Shan Masood.
At the camp, the red-ball head coach Jason Gillespie, who is the head coach of Pakistan, white ball head coach Gary Kirsten, assistant coach Azhar Mahmood and High Performance specialist David Reid will also be available.
