Babar Azam’s team was eliminated from the group stage in the T20 World Cup Pakistan’s defeat caused uproar The veterans fiercely criticized the Pakistan team
New Delhi. Pakistan’s journey ahead in T20 World Cup 2024 is over. Babar Azam and company are out of the race for Super 8. Pakistan’s dream of reaching Super 8 was shattered as the USA vs Ireland match was washed out due to rain. Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez has strongly criticized the team for its early exit from the T20 World Cup. Hafeez has also been the director of Pakistan Cricket Board. However, he was removed from the post of director within three months. Pakistan has to play its last match in this World Cup against Ireland but this match is just a formality.
Mohammad Hafeez wrote on social media x.com, ‘Qurbani ke january haazir hoon’. Mohammad Hafeez, known as Professor in the team, has written hashtag Pakistan Cricket (#PakistanCricket). It clearly means that he is very angry with his team’s poor performance in the World Cup. People are making various comments on this post of Hafeez. The performance of the Babar Azam-led Pakistan team is under question. Pakistan had to face defeat in the first two matches of this World Cup. America made a big upset by defeating it, while Pakistan also lost in the second match against India. In its fourth and last league match, the Pakistani team will clash with Ireland. But this match is not going to have any effect on both the teams because both are out of the tournament.
Hafeez’s tweet goes viral
PCB forced Aamir and Imad to cancel their retirement
The Pakistan Cricket Board had also forced two players to break their retirement for the World Cup. The PCB had included tainted cricketer Mohammad Aamir and Imad Wasim, who retired last year, in the team. The performance of both these players was poor. While Aamir conceded 18 runs in the super over in the match against America, Imad Wasim could not do anything special in the match against India. Veteran cricketers are also quite upset with the return of these players.
The captaincy was taken away from Shaheen and handed over to Babar Azam
PCB’s new chief Mohsin Naqvi took away the captaincy from Shaheen Afridi and made Babar Azam the captain again. Shaheen Afridi remained the captain for only one T20 series. After that the captaincy was taken away from him. Babar resigned from the captaincy after the team’s poor performance in the ODI World Cup last year but then he was made the captain for the T20 World Cup.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : June 15, 2024, 18:46 IST