Kya Pakistan Ki T20 World Cup Ki Taiyari Hai Ya Nahi? - Cricket Expert's Reaction
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00:00 Pakistan will have to win this third match to save the T20 series.
00:05 The match will be held in Dunedin against New Zealand tomorrow.
00:09 And for this match, we have with us a former fast bowler, Abdul Rauf, to talk about the three changes in the team.
00:17 Rauf, Assalam-o-Alaikum, welcome to the show.
00:19 Yes, Waalaikum-as-Salam.
00:21 Rauf, first of all, I would like to know that we are talking about one thing again and again, that this is the year of T20 World Cup.
00:29 So we need to have clarity about what we want to achieve from this series.
00:33 We want to achieve the preparation for the World Cup from here.
00:36 How are you looking at the team's performance and the preparation that has started from here?
00:43 Look, I think there is a panic button in the Pakistan Cricket Board.
00:50 And they are talking about it.
00:53 No established team has come forward yet to play the World Cup.
00:57 Because you see that Nawaz is also included in this team, who has no performance in the World Cup.
01:02 Then Osama is also included, who has no performance in the World Cup and Asia Cup.
01:07 After that, the question mark comes on Azam Khan that he has 7 matches, 19 runs and an average of 3 runs.
01:14 Then Iftikhar, one of his, he has passed a lot of prime time and is being played continuously at this age.
01:21 But despite that, his performance is a victim of decline.
01:24 Then the most important thing is that the combination team is not doing well.
01:28 Your middle order is struggling the same way it was struggling 4 years ago.
01:32 The most depressing thing in fastballing is that all the youngsters who come,
01:38 and I am most surprised that even after playing T20, your youngsters are getting injured and they are having problems.
01:44 So what is your coaching staff doing, what is your management doing?
01:47 I think you had injuries in Australia, you had injuries in the World Cup, you had injuries in the Asia Cup.
01:52 Now in two matches of T20, your fastballers have been injured.
01:56 And before that, if you look at England and Australia's home series that was played in Pakistan,
02:00 in that your total bowling department had run away, leaving the matches and test matches.
02:06 So this is a question mark on Pakistan for a long time that neither is a better combination team being formed,
02:12 and after that, not even three different teams of the parliament are being formed.
02:16 You see the test team that has been taken to Australia, there were a lot of question marks on the inclusion of the players.
02:22 Then the World Cup, the farmer, the list player, the 50 overs,
02:27 the players you selected, there was a big question mark on that that the T20 players you selected,
02:33 and now in the current series, there are also question marks on some of the players.
02:38 So I don't think this is an ideal preparation for the World Cup.
02:41 Okay, so let's make some points and talk about it.
02:45 First of all, for tomorrow's match, obviously this is an important match,
02:48 it is the third match of the series, we have already lost two.
02:52 Three changes have been made in this, how do Nawaz Zaman Khan and Muhammad Wasim Junior look?
02:56 Look, Nawaz, I am very surprised that Pakistan cricket board is doing,
03:03 why don't you have a replacement for Nawaz?
03:05 You see, the last World Cup was in Australia,
03:08 Nawaz was over-scored and after that Pakistan had a heavy cast against India in the match.
03:14 After that, the World Cup was recent,
03:16 and in that, Nawaz, which was a paradise for spin bowling,
03:20 in that, all three spinners were below the belt,
03:25 neither could they complete their matches, nor could they complete their quota,
03:28 nor could they win a single match for Pakistan.
03:31 Now, they are being added again and again.
03:33 Okay, but if Nawaz is not there, then who is there?
03:38 Because it is said from here that Shadab is out of form, Shadab's performance is not good.
03:42 Then if you look at Osama, Osama is not seen doing anything extraordinary.
03:46 So, at the end, you have to come back to Nawaz.
03:49 If you had a couple of names in your mind, then tell us what can be done here?
03:55 Look, they should have prepared earlier,
03:59 and I think this is a million-dollar question that you have asked,
04:02 where is the bowler, where is his replacement?
04:04 For 10-12 years, your spin bowling department was in the hands of Mushtaq Ahmed and Sukhlaiyan Mushtaq.
04:10 So, where did the production go?
04:11 It is not possible that the spin bowlers from the soil of Pakistan have disappeared.
04:19 You had a lot of 10-12 spinners,
04:21 Asghar, Ali Usman of Multan, and two other good bowlers,
04:28 all of them were made to disappear.
04:29 And then you brought these three bowlers who did not have a complete action,
04:35 and now you are in a position that you are not getting any spinners.
04:38 I think they should check and ask what you have been developing for 10-12 years in the Pakistan spin bowling department.
04:47 Absolutely right.
04:48 Okay, quickly tell us about the other two.
04:50 Zaman, we think he should have been in this format from the beginning.
04:54 After two matches, he is getting a chance.
04:56 Amir Jamal gives a little more run in this format.
05:00 What do you say about the inclusion of Muhammad Wasim Junior?
05:05 Wasim Junior and Zaman Khan are the ideal choice for this format.
05:10 Because both have pace and variety.
05:12 The one who is struggling a little is his early part.
05:15 When he bowls in the early overs, he struggles.
05:18 Because he has not played long cricket and he has a problem with bowling with the new ball.
05:22 But as soon as he comes in depth, he does good bowling and he should have been given good bowlers.
05:27 But I don't know why he has been kept out of the team for a long time.
05:30 Amir Jamal's problem is that, as you remember, Hassan Ali took 10 wickets in the South Africa match.
05:40 His form in the white ball was not good.
05:43 But the Pakistan Cricket Board carried him in T20 and Wanda.
05:48 And then he was out of the test cricket.
05:50 This is what Amir Jamal is doing.
05:51 If he has performed well in the test and his ideal situation is not being formed in T20,
05:56 then you should give him a rest and give him Muhammad Wasim or Zaman Khan.
06:00 Now let's come to the issue of batting.
06:02 And the problem that is happening with us a lot in T20 right now,
06:05 which you took the name of Azam and talked about pride.
06:10 So let's come to them.
06:12 First, if we talk about Azam, then I think this is the right decision that Azam has been given another chance.
06:17 So that your chapter closes.
06:20 It shouldn't be said that he played two matches and got out.
06:22 You should get a full chance.
06:24 If Azam performs well and good, if he doesn't, then he can move on.
06:29 Along with that, as far as pride is concerned, it's been a long time.
06:32 In this format, the shortest format of the game, there is no pride performance.
06:36 I like him that he has the ability, but he is not able to deliver.
06:42 Exactly.
06:43 And see, I have been watching pride in the first class circuit since 2009-10.
06:48 And he is a very seasonal player.
06:49 There is no doubt that he is a very good player technically.
06:51 But he has a time of a tired player.
06:54 It's not right that a person started playing cricket in 2008-09 and in 2024, he should be playing T20 cricket.
07:00 If you have a 12-wicket cricket structure, then you should have had a replacement.
07:06 You should have had 2-3 youngsters on their replacement.
07:09 Who are always ready to take them.
07:12 But not a single youngster was prepared for their replacement.
07:15 I think this is a big failure of PCB.
07:17 After that, Azam Khan, if you see, one thing you have corrected, that he should get a full opportunity.
07:23 But the second question is that if you have to give an opportunity, then what is the fault of the rest?
07:28 Zainab Aziz, Omar Siddique, Haseebullah Khan, Sahibzada Farhan.
07:35 But now I would like to add one thing to what you said, Rahul.
07:39 Tell me that Sahibzada Farhan is a top-ranked player, Haseebullah is a top-ranked player.
07:44 You have included Haseebullah in T20 because of his one-day performance.
07:48 So you have kept the options so difficult for yourself.
07:53 Absolutely.
07:53 See, this is their problem that in first class, whichever format the player is in, they select him in whichever format.
08:01 Haseebullah Khan, or Sahibzada Farhan, they have performed in the long format of first class cricket.
08:07 So instead of giving them a chance in the test cricket in Australia, they have been put in the T20 format, which is not their format.