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02:28 In the last few years and maybe even decades, we have seen them fail to come back.
02:36 Maybe it's not their fitness level, or there are other issues.
02:41 Today, Japan, which seems to be a better team, scored a goal in the 3rd quarter.
02:48 We have compared them and made them equal. So, how do we see this?
02:52 The biggest positive sign is that you have said it yourself, to come back.
02:59 Whenever the Pakistan team has played, they have had issues in the last quarter.
03:05 But in this tournament, we can see that the Pakistan team is going down,
03:10 coming back, fighting and winning or drawing.
03:13 This is a very positive sign for any team.
03:16 The Pakistan team has a lot of talent. I say this today,
03:22 if India is number one in Asia, then Pakistan is number two.
03:26 But if these boys are facilitated, if they are properly taken care of,
03:32 if they are invested, then even today, in Asia,
03:36 if you take the name of Pakistan and India, these two teams are seen.
03:41 But our problem is that the Pakistan team is going down day by day.
03:46 Because no one is going to take care of them.
03:48 It is very important to take care of them and invest in these kids.
03:51 Even today, if our national game is hockey,
03:53 and if Pakistan ever goes to play against anyone,
03:57 every fan says that today is a big match.
04:00 You are absolutely right.
04:02 Now, you tell me, how can we take this situation to a better place?
04:07 Even after all the problems, hockey is still alive. This is a big thing.
04:11 So, how do we fix this?
04:13 Look, I will say a simple thing here.
04:17 The situation of Pakistan's hockey right now,
04:20 every person fights for the championship and the president's chair.
04:24 All these hockey players should be put aside and a neutral man
04:27 should be made to sit in this hockey federation.
04:30 No matter if he is from the armed forces, no matter if he is a baroque creator,
04:33 but these things should not be taken from the hockey players.
04:36 Because they have fought so much among themselves and made the hockey federation so weak
04:40 that there is no room for anyone else.
04:42 Absolutely right. And finally, tell me,
04:45 what do you think has changed since this new coach has returned?
04:49 Has there been any change in coaching?
04:51 Are there any good strategies being planned?
04:54 No, look, Roland Altman has been working with Pakistan for a long time.
04:58 If you talk about Roland Altman,
05:00 Roland Altman, when we were out of the Olympic qualifiers,
05:03 we were not able to qualify for the Olympics.
05:05 Even then, Roland Altman was the coach.
05:07 Right.
05:08 Coaching is not the matter right now.
05:10 The matter is who will be successful in making this team of Pakistan a unit.
05:15 The Pakistan team has always played on their own strength,
05:18 on their own skills and they have performed.
05:22 It is a good thing that Roland Altman has returned.
05:25 But you are not giving the players money,
05:27 but you are giving Roland Altman 40 lakhs for a month.
05:30 It's not fair.
05:31 You were giving the players money, and then you were talking about the coach.
05:34 So now you hope that Pakistan Azlan Shah can win?
05:39 Absolutely.
05:40 This team has a lot of talent.
05:42 And I pray that the way Pakistan's hockey is not being seen anywhere right now,
05:48 that Azlan Shah wins the hockey tournament and Pakistan's national game flourishes again.
05:53 And in the coming time, this hockey should flourish again.
05:57 Because we have given our blood, sweat and tears for this hockey.
06:02 And if we want to see this hockey flourish again,
06:05 we will be happy about it.
06:06 And the way the Pakistan team is performing in this Azlan Shah,
06:10 you never know that the Pakistan team will give a good news to Pakistan.
06:15 Thank you very much Rehan Butt.
06:17 Obviously, it is a joy to see the team playing and it is a shame that the hockey is not being seen.
06:22 Hopefully, this will be noticed soon and they can be improved in some way.
06:27 Moving on, we will talk about cricket.
06:29 And you all know that the Pakistan cricket team has left for Ireland.
06:34 There are three series of matches and before the World Cup, we have to play a series from England.
06:38 We will talk about this. Former fast bowler Abdul Rauf is with us.
06:41 Rauf, Assalam-o-Alaikum. Welcome to the show.
06:43 Rauf, there is very little time left for the preparations for the World Cup.
06:47 These are the last stages.
06:49 I would like to know from you that if I ask you now,
06:52 where is the Pakistan team standing in terms of preparations for the World Cup?
06:56 I think that the 50 overs World Cup that we played, our performance was very bad.
07:03 After that, the Asia Cup passed.
07:05 After that, the Australia tour passed.
07:07 The New Zealand series was also over.
07:09 And now the World Cup is on our head again.
07:11 And we are standing where we started the journey.
07:14 I don't think we have changed so much or made a long-term policy or worked on a vision
07:21 like other cricket boards have done.
07:23 And they have prepared their established squad for the World Cup.
07:27 If we were a strong board, we would have a vision, we would have a long-term policy.
07:32 We would not have been in this difficult situation.
07:34 Which we are in now.
07:36 We have three matches from Ireland and then four matches from England.
07:42 We will summarize how our preparation for the World Cup is.
07:45 Do you think Ireland can give us a tough time?
07:48 Because Ireland is also in our World Cup group.
07:51 Secondly, as far as your question is concerned,
07:54 the Ireland and England tour of Pakistan,
07:58 it will definitely be clear what will be the performance of Pakistan in the World Cup.
08:03 Because you can't say Ireland is so light.
08:05 They are a very strong team in the home ground.
08:07 The team that has always played against them in their home ground,
08:11 they have given them a very tough time.
08:13 After that, they are established players and they play county cricket in England.
08:19 And they also play Australian Shield cricket.
08:21 That's why they will have a lot of experience in their conditions.
08:25 And for Pakistan, this England or Ireland tour will not be so easy.
08:29 Especially in these circumstances, when your team is suffering,
08:33 you have to bring back your retired players.
08:37 After that, some of your players are out of form and have been out of form for a long time.
08:43 And no doubt that some of the performances have been better in league matches.
08:47 But the expectations of those performances at the international level,
08:51 they did not meet those expectations.
08:55 That's why they will have a lot of burden.
08:59 To perform against Ireland and England, which is a very strong team.
09:05 And I think this will be a test case for Pakistan,
09:09 the Ireland and England tour.
09:11 If Pakistan gives a better performance in it,
09:13 then Pakistan's performance in the World Cup will be better.
09:17 A lot has been said about this election.
09:19 Babar says that Hassan Ali is a backup for the squad.
09:23 Is he taking a U-turn after so much criticism?
09:27 As far as Hassan Ali is concerned, I think his selection is a big question mark.
09:35 You have made 3-4 fast bowlers on his replacement.
09:39 You have made a very heavy investment in your young guns,
09:43 which included Mohd. Waseem, Zaman Khan and Aamir Jamal.
09:47 You have been taking them with you for the last 3-4 years.
09:51 But at the nick of the time,
09:53 when youngsters try to participate in a mega event,
09:57 you have dropped all the youngsters you had invested heavily in for 4 years.
10:03 You have brought back some retired players.
10:06 You have brought back Hassan Ali.
10:08 Without any performance.
10:10 Because if he had been in your plan,
10:12 you would have definitely given him a chance in the home series in New Zealand.
10:15 But you did not give him a chance.
10:17 This is the reason why he was not a part of your plan.
10:20 You know exactly that the injury of Aris Rauf,
10:23 you have brought him back prematurely.
10:26 Like you brought back Shaheen Afridi in the last World Cup.
10:29 And before the Asia Cup, Naseem Shah had a problem with rotator cuff.
10:34 And he was out for a long time.
10:36 So I don't think Aris Rauf will be a part of the World Cup.
10:39 And this is exactly your management,
10:41 which you can call a clever mind.
10:45 And they have decided to bring back some of the higher authorities.
10:49 So I think they have done it only because Aris Rauf is a part of a group.
10:54 And he has a participation in the World Cup.
10:57 Although he could not perform so well in the past World Cups.
11:01 And he has not performed well in the last 2-3 years.
11:03 But despite this, the management wants to make him a part of the team.
11:06 Abdul Rauf is with us.
11:08 We will take a commercial break and continue the discussion.
11:11 Don't go anywhere. We will be right back.
11:13 Once again, welcome to the Sports Room.
11:18 Before the break, we were talking about the tour of Pakistan to Ireland and England.
11:23 The team has left.
11:25 Abdul Rauf is with us. We are talking to him.
11:28 Rauf, tell me, has the rotational policy, the rotation policy, flopped?
11:35 And what will be the team against Ireland?
11:38 And what will be your team for the World Cup?
11:41 When it comes to the rotation policy,
11:43 it can be done when you have an established cricket board,
11:47 established management and a visionary team
11:50 who have a long-term policy and remain strict on it.
11:53 And then make decisions accordingly.
11:55 Now, a long-term policy or rotation policy can also be made
11:58 like the 4-5 youngsters I have brought in for bowling.
12:02 You can call them Zamaal Khan, Mohd. Waseem Junior, Amar Jamal.
12:06 After that, in batting, there is Mohammad Aras, Asibullah Khan,
12:09 Sahibzada Farhana and some Abdullah Shafiq.
12:12 So, this is not a rotation policy.
12:14 All your senior players, whether they are on the farm or off the farm,
12:17 whether they are injured or fit,
12:19 you have put them all in the Pakistan team.
12:22 And the youngsters, the last 5-6 years,
12:24 you have not made any of them a part of the team.
12:27 So, you cannot call this a rotation policy.
12:29 You can see rotation policy in the Indian team like Jaiswal,
12:33 you can see it in the Australian team,
12:36 you can see rotation policy in the Australian team or the English team.
12:41 But you will not see rotation policy in any part of Pakistan.
12:46 You have mentioned the situation of the other teams and the names of all the players.
12:51 What do you think is the need for change in the batting order?
12:55 I think what change can you make in the batting order?
13:00 Because they have not experimented with it.
13:03 If you, like a New Zealand C team came here,
13:08 you had a golden opportunity,
13:10 all your first class performers at the domestic level,
13:13 you could have given them an opportunity.
13:15 Or before that, in your away series, you could have given them an opportunity.
13:19 Then the batting order could have come to you in a better form.
13:24 And then you could have used them as a rotation policy.
13:27 You could have given them a chance in the world cup.
13:30 But now, I think you will have to go with the same batting order,
13:34 whether they do spats or spats.
13:36 And it is exactly the same as you have seen in the last world cup.
13:39 Some of your bowlers were such that they could not even complete their quota.
13:44 But the ones who were sitting on the bench were not able to replace them.
13:49 And then you had to cast in the world cup.
13:52 And similarly, you are taking this team with you to the world cup.
13:55 So I think, like in the international matches,
13:59 in the middle order, lower middle order, or in the opening slot,
14:03 you will have to cast in that because you do not have a replacement option at all.
14:07 Obviously, both these series are the preparation for the Ireland and England World Cup.
14:11 So here I would like to know from you that
14:13 what are you seeing in the West Indies and USA, our strength?
14:18 And where can we get stuck?
14:20 The West Indies and the USA World Cup 4 will be a little different
14:25 because the pitches of the West Indies are a little slow
14:28 and the spin bowlers suit them a little.
14:31 And the pitches of the West Indies, you can say that
14:36 the drop in pitches are on one or two centers.
14:40 So it will be a little helpful, a little hard, and the fast bowlers will also get a little support.
14:46 But the point is, how strong was your team?
14:50 Did you prepare your team according to that format?
14:53 Thank you very much, Abdul Rauf, for being with us.
14:55 Viewers, let me also tell you that
14:57 the Pakistan team's kit was announced for the T20 World Cup in Lahore.
15:02 Where, with chairman Mohsin Naqvi,
15:06 Pakistan team's captain Babar Azam and other players also participated.
15:10 The jersey is called the Matrix Jersey 24.
15:15 And it looks like a very good jersey for this World Cup.
15:19 That's all for today's program.
15:30 I will take your leave now. Take care of yourself. Allah Hafiz.