New Delhi. Pakistan team suffered a crushing defeat against Team India in the 12th match of World Cup 2023. After this, there is a demand for major changes in the team. The vice-captain of the team is in greatest danger. Former captain and veteran player Misbah-ul-Haq said that Shadab Khan is not looking confident. The team’s upcoming matches are do or die. In such a situation, the team cannot take risks now. It is known that Pakistan team was limited to 191 runs while playing against India. In reply, Team India achieved the target by losing 3 wickets in the 31st over. Captain Rohit Sharma played a brilliant inning of 86 runs in 63 balls.
Talking to A sports, Misbah-ul-Haq said that Pakistan team’s vice-captain Shadab Khan is continuously playing T20 cricket. In such a situation, you find it difficult to achieve rhythm in the ODI format. He said that now the time has come that the team should look towards Usman Mir instead of Shadab. Now the remaining team is going to fight or die. Pakistan has to face Australia in the next match on 20th October. The players of the Kangaroo team have not looked comfortable against the spinners. Team India’s spinners took 6 out of 10 wickets against Australia. If we look at the World Cup performance of leg spinner Shadab Khan, he has taken only 2 wickets in 3 matches at an average of 66. Not only this, he could score only 34 runs.
Contracts available only after playing first class cricket
Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram also did not seem happy with the performance of Shadab Khan. Former left-arm fast bowler Akram said that if Shadab does not get a place in the team after the World Cup, then the PCB should tell him to go play first-class cricket, only then you will get a place in the team and also a contract. You cannot get a contract just by playing white ball cricket. Whereas former wicketkeeper Moeen Ali said that Shadab Khan can be given another chance.
If we look at the ODI record of 25 year old Shadab Khan, so far he has taken 85 wickets in 65 innings of 67 ODIs at an average of 34. 4 wickets for 27 runs is the best performance. Economy is around 5. As a batsman, he has also scored 768 runs at an average of 26. Scored 4 half-centuries. But if we talk about the last 7 ODIs, Shadab could take only 4 wickets. Recently, Shadab’s performance in the Asia Cup was also very poor. After this, there was talk of making Shaheen Afridi the new vice-captain in his place.
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Tags: India Vs Pakistan, Shadab Khan, world cup 2023
FIRST PUBLISHED: October 15, 2023, 15:04 IST