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00:00Hello and welcome to Sports Room. I am your host, Najeeb Ulhasnain.
00:16I don't know where to start, what to cry about, how bad cricket Pakistan is playing.
00:22I had never thought, not even in my wildest imagination, that losing is a part of the game, it happens.
00:29But in this entire series, Bangladesh will dominate us.
00:32Bangladesh will keep us at the back foot.
00:34No one had ever thought of this.
00:36So Pakistan's falling performance has come to this point today.
00:41Everyone is sitting and praying that today there was a bad light.
00:44There is a prediction that it will rain tomorrow as well.
00:46So let it rain a little more.
00:48But it's a win-win for Bangladesh.
00:50Even if they draw from here, they will win the series.
00:55So we have nothing in our hands right now.
00:57I have with me in the studio, our sports correspondent, Shahid Hashmi.
01:01Shahid, Assalam-o-Alaikum. Welcome to the show.
01:03And we have Kamran Akmal with us.
01:06We will talk to him as well and take his opinion as well.
01:08Shahid, first of all, in your career as a journalist,
01:11this is the lowest point in Pakistan's cricket that you have ever seen?
01:15No, there have been other lowest points in Pakistan's cricket.
01:19In 1998, we were losing a test match against Zimbabwe.
01:22At that time, we had the best bowling.
01:24Wasim Akram, Muqar Yunus, Aqib Javed.
01:28Pakistan had the best pace attack.
01:31Pakistan had the best team.
01:33Syed Anwar, Aamir Sohail.
01:34Aamir Sohail was the captain.
01:36Javed Mianzad was the coach.
01:38So there are phases like this on teams.
01:40There was a phase on the Australian team in 1984
01:43when they lost 6 out of 8 tests.
01:45And Kim Hughes resigned from the captaincy while crying.
01:49But on the other hand, the team lifts itself up.
01:53Pakistan's cricket is at its lowest right now.
01:56We lost to Afghanistan in one day.
01:59We lost to America in T20.
02:01Now we are losing to Bangladesh.
02:03This series was a series to win 2-0 for Pakistan.
02:05Yes, it was a series to win.
02:07But Shahid, I will talk to Kamran about this as well.
02:10When we talk about the past, it is a one-off thing.
02:13That it happened, you lost to Zimbabwe.
02:15After that, you also played the final of 1999.
02:18If we look at the overall performance,
02:20it was not that bad.
02:22You are playing bad in every format.
02:25And you are getting worse and worse.
02:27The lowest point will be in that regard.
02:29Because Pakistan is doing bad in all three formats.
02:32But you should have tried to do proper planning,
02:36do proper homework.
02:38I was told that there was a meeting in January.
02:41All the curators came.
02:43The people of Pakistan Cricket Board were there.
02:45And Shahan Masood was the captain at that time.
02:47He came from Australia.
02:49He was told that it is not possible to make fast pitches in August.
02:53Because the weather will be bad in August.
02:56So you will have to try a lot.
02:58That's why the curator Tony Hemmings came.
03:01And Tony Hemmings also tried his best in the first match.
03:04Although it was raining before the match.
03:06So he couldn't make a proper wicket.
03:08But when you can't make a proper wicket,
03:10then you should go from plan A to plan B and from plan B to C.
03:14But you were thinking that if you make 448,
03:19then you will quickly declare and blow Bangladesh twice.
03:22So all those thoughts that were on your mind,
03:26all those problems were solved.
03:28And then in this test match, you caught 6 in 26.
03:31That was the time when you had to take one more wicket and come in the tail.
03:35But you didn't come.
03:36Absolutely. Let's talk to Kamran.
03:38Kamran, tell me, have you ever thought that Bangladesh will make us dance like this?
03:42I think it's a nightmare.
03:49Kamran, can you hear me?
03:51Yes, I was thinking.
03:53Hello?
03:54Yes, I can hear you.
03:56Hello?
03:58Yes, I can hear you.
03:59I was thinking that it's been 5-6 years.
04:02It's been 5-6 years.
04:04Hello?
04:05Yes, we can hear you.
04:06Yes, you are speaking very well.
04:12For 5-6 years, I was thinking that this time will come.
04:16We were exposed in white ball cricket.
04:19And we were left in test cricket.
04:21Losing a test match from a bottom team, we lost.
04:25Like Shahid gave an example of 98.
04:28Then you said, it was a one-off.
04:31But here, it's going on.
04:34No one is stopping.
04:35At that time, that happened.
04:36After that, you said, we played the final of 99.
04:39After that, we went out and won every series.
04:41We won against every team.
04:43But here, it's going the other way.
04:45Here, the approach is over.
04:48You can't compare those players with that time.
04:52Absolutely.
04:53The cricket they played was very tough.
04:55They played with big names and big teams.
04:58And they were big players themselves.
05:00But right now, I don't think it's a match with other teams.
05:05It's a match between these guys.
05:08Exactly.
05:09How do I get you out?
05:10Exactly.
05:11How do I bring down our performance?
05:13How do we blame each other?
05:18Because this was going on for 5-6 years.
05:21One group was ahead.
05:22They dominated.
05:23Now, the other group is forming.
05:25Now, it's their turn.
05:27So, this is going on.
05:28If it was with other teams,
05:29we would have been out at 20, 30, 50.
05:33We would have hit a concussion ball.
05:3514-15 times, the physio came in.
05:38You didn't come in.
05:39No one else came in and took your place.
05:41If you don't think about the team and the country,
05:45how can you be good?
05:46How can you play cricket better?
05:48That's what I think.
05:49Absolutely.
05:50You're right.
05:51Mr. Shahid, this is happening a lot now.
05:54These 11 guys are playing for Pakistan.
05:56They're not playing like a team.
05:58Look at Bangladesh.
05:59You were talking about the plan.
06:01We're missing that plan.
06:03But look at the effort they're putting in.
06:06Linton Das is an amazing player.
06:08I'm a fan of this series.
06:10Shahan Masood is also a fan.
06:12He said it.
06:13No, he said it before the series.
06:15He said it before the series.
06:16The partnership he put up with Mehdi Hassan
06:19and the partnership he put up with Hassan Mahmood.
06:22He played with an amazing tail.
06:24It doesn't look like they're putting in any effort.
06:26Linton Das played an amazing inning.
06:28In this series, Bangladesh played surprisingly.
06:30Pakistan played hopelessly.
06:33There's no plan.
06:34The coaches are new.
06:35A coach can give an excuse.
06:37At the end of the match, Gillespie gave a press conference.
06:40Let's see what he says.
06:42What's new this time.
06:43He can give an excuse.
06:45I'm new.
06:46I'm looking at the culture.
06:47I'm looking at the environment.
06:48I'm looking at the weather.
06:49I'm looking at the pitches.
06:51I'm looking at the planning.
06:53He brought in Tim Nielsen for the company.
06:56A high-performance coach.
06:58When you're the head coach,
07:00why do you need a high-performance coach?
07:02A batting coach.
07:03A bowling coach.
07:04There's no batting coach.
07:05Tim Nielsen is looking at the batting coach.
07:07The batting coach is your biggest weakness.
07:10Exactly.
07:11You needed a local batting coach
07:13who can guide you on how to bat.
07:17These are the problems.
07:18No matter how much you praise him,
07:20in the first test match,
07:22he caught Pakistan.
07:23Pakistan declared 440.
07:26Out of 231, 5 of them were out.
07:28Mushfiq and Mehdi Hassan Miraj
07:31had a partnership of 196.
07:33Mehdi Hassan Miraj is a great player.
07:36He said,
07:37when he was preparing for Dhaka,
07:40he had to go to Pakistan.
07:42All the players were playing the T20 World Cup.
07:44He had a lot of time.
07:45He said, we need players like him.
07:47We need 5-6 bowlers and batsmen
07:49who are playing the entire world league.
07:51He said, we need players like him.
07:52He said, we need players like him.
07:53Kamran, Shahid was talking about
07:55how twice in this series,
07:57his wickets fell from the top
07:59and then he recovered.
08:01This topic sounds interesting to you
08:04because the Karachi test against India
08:07was a similar situation.
08:09The Mohali test match,
08:11no one could have imagined
08:13that we would save it.
08:14So tell me,
08:15why is this thing missing here?
08:17Why isn't the tail wagging
08:19happening in Pakistan?
08:21I don't understand.
08:22Don't make fun of it.
08:27Look, Najeeb.
08:28If a main batsman is playing
08:30with a tail wagging,
08:32he takes the ball with so much fun
08:34and runs with his will.
08:36It's so much fun to play.
08:38Here, you see,
08:39the partnership that Little Kumar Das
08:41has put up with Hassan Mahmood
08:43with the tail wagging
08:44is of 70 runs.
08:45He has run 70 runs
08:46with the last two wickets.
08:48You see.
08:49After that,
08:50let me tell you honestly,
08:52when our tail starts wagging,
08:54if a batsman is playing,
08:56what does he think?
08:57That I should go net out
08:59and give the next three,
09:00four, four balls.
09:02Where is this approach coming from?
09:04Is this test cricket?
09:06Or is this a joke with Pakistan?
09:08In our career,
09:09I don't want to name names,
09:11a player put Danish ahead
09:13by two, three overs.
09:15He used to give four, five balls.
09:18So, the next time,
09:19let me tell you honestly,
09:21that test,
09:22in the 11th,
09:23that player was not seen in the 15th.
09:25Come on,
09:26we don't need such players.
09:28He was scolded
09:30on the ground itself.
09:32He said those things,
09:33those abuses,
09:34your thinking.
09:35Absolutely right.
09:36Here, here,
09:37he is getting out at 50,
09:38he is getting out at 20.
09:39No one is going to ask.
09:41If it was a guy like me,
09:42I would say,
09:43come on, pick up the bag.
09:44After this series,
09:45go and play in the Dramatic for two years.
09:47After this series,
09:48you do 150,
09:49you will get it.
09:50Then they will think about you.
09:52Here,
09:53more favor is given.
09:54Absolutely right.
09:55Absolutely right.
09:56Absolutely right.
09:57Absolutely right.
09:58Absolutely right.
09:59Absolutely right.
10:00Absolutely right.
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10:12Absolutely right.
10:13Absolutely right.
10:14Absolutely right.
10:15Absolutely right.
10:16I was lucky that
10:17the players who were with me,
10:19they were match winners.
10:21They didn't have the mindset like today.
10:24They used to think for the team.
10:25They used to play for the team.
10:26We used to think the same way.
10:28We didn't think that
10:29we should come out net.
10:31We used to play with the oil,
10:32we used to feed the oil with 5 bowls.
10:34You have to play for the team.
10:36You have to bring plans for the team.
10:38You think about
10:39where cricket is going day by day.
10:42You develop that type in yourself.
10:44There is nothing here.
10:45There is nothing here.
10:46What is the development here?
10:48I should get set.
10:49I should perform so well
10:50that I keep fixing my matches.
10:52Whether the team wins or loses,
10:53no one is concerned about that.
10:55Look at the captaincy.
10:57They are making the captaincy
10:59which is good.
11:01You don't see
11:02whether the captaincy
11:03is there or not.
11:05I was waiting for Shahan
11:06to make it very high.
11:08Because he has played
11:09domestic, PSL, county cricket.
11:11He has played everything.
11:13He has been a captain.
11:15But when it comes to test matches,
11:17internationally,
11:19I am sorry to say
11:21that the captaincy
11:22in two test matches,
11:24I didn't think it was
11:25captain material.
11:27Like we talk about Babar,
11:29any captain,
11:31according to the conditions,
11:32playing alignment,
11:33field placing,
11:34how to utilise the bowlers,
11:36we are seeing those things.
11:38There is no improvement in that.
11:40So you call the coach
11:41or the curator
11:42and ask him to make it like this.
11:43What is the fault
11:44of the ground staff here?
11:46The fault is that
11:47we don't have the ability.
11:49We don't have the approach.
11:51That we play well,
11:52dominate in our condition.
11:54I felt like
11:56Shahan has continued
11:57Babar's captaincy.
11:59Like without a plan,
12:01without pitch knowledge,
12:03you have caught a team
12:04by six outs.
12:06And then you are not
12:07giving your spinner
12:08an attacking field.
12:10When Abrar came to bowl
12:11at 43-6,
12:13he was given a short leg
12:14and a slip.
12:15That's all.
12:16On Mehdi Hassan's bowling,
12:17two leg slip,
12:18one short leg,
12:19one silly mid-off.
12:20So that the batsmen
12:21don't even try to play.
12:23Make him so crowded
12:24that he gets puzzled.
12:26He gets under pressure.
12:27You are giving him
12:28a short field.
12:29You are realising that
12:30Najmul Hassan Shanto
12:31has done a very good captaincy.
12:33And our Babar's
12:34captaincy continues.
12:35Now tell us
12:36what to do with King.
12:38Because King is not doing anything.
12:39It's been 16 innings.
12:40He has been given
12:41such a big name.
12:42He bowls at such a high rate.
12:43Whoever you ask,
12:44they say that
12:45there is no question
12:46on his playing.
12:47So when will he deliver?
12:48A little good quality
12:49pace bowling came.
12:51And he was all over the place.
12:53It's been 16 innings.
12:54Now he doesn't have
12:5550 innings of Babar.
12:56Babar is a much better
12:57player than this.
12:58If you look at Joe Root,
13:00in 2021,
13:01he had 17 centuries.
13:03After 3 years,
13:04he has 17 more.
13:05He has come to 34.
13:07The rest of the Fab 4 players,
13:08some have 6,
13:09some have 2,
13:10some have 3.
13:11He has made 17 centuries.
13:12He has made century-niche
13:13innings.
13:14Babar Azam,
13:15instead of going ahead,
13:16has moved back.
13:17In 4 innings,
13:1864 runs,
13:1931 highest.
13:21And today,
13:22the way he was playing,
13:23it felt like
13:24he was playing
13:25like a very big,
13:26very fast bowler
13:27like Brett Lee
13:28or Shoaib Akhtar.
13:29He was playing like that.
13:30We need 2-3
13:31bowlers like Nahid Rana
13:32in Pakistan.
13:33The quality of Bangladesh
13:34is that they have
13:356-7 good fast bowlers.
13:37We need an
13:38express fast bowler.
13:39Kamran,
13:40I have a question for you.
13:42This shall too pass.
13:43Will Babar's bad time
13:44go or not?
13:48It will go.
13:49Babar has performed well.
13:51This time comes
13:52on every cricketer.
13:54We talked a lot
13:55about Virat Kohli.
13:57He was doing
13:5850-60 runs,
13:59but he wasn't able
14:00to do 100.
14:02The problem with Babar
14:03is that he isn't
14:04doing big runs.
14:06He is getting set up
14:07and getting out.
14:08Look at what happened
14:09today.
14:10Abdullah Shafiq
14:11got out like yesterday.
14:12It happened today.
14:13The ball is outside
14:14the off-stump.
14:15Look at his bat.
14:16It is straight
14:17towards the wickets
14:18or towards the
14:19on-drive or the
14:20skate drive.
14:21The ball is on the
14:224th or 5th stump
14:23of Abdullah Shafiq
14:24and the ball is
14:25outside of Babar.
14:26Instead of going
14:27to the cover,
14:28he should have
14:29gone to that side
14:30with the entire bat.
14:31This is a small
14:32technique.
14:33He will have to
14:34improve it.
14:35After that,
14:36tell me one thing.
14:37The spinners
14:38are the mystery
14:39spinners.
14:40We have seen
14:41Mendes as well.
14:42Early on,
14:43he dominates
14:44the batsmen.
14:45When he is caught,
14:46he doesn't know
14:47what to do
14:48with the ball.
14:49He gets caught.
14:50Exactly.
14:51Here,
14:52look at the
14:53mindset of these
14:54guys.
14:55I will talk
14:56about Yasir Shah
14:57again.
14:58He has been
14:59treated unfairly.
15:00He has been
15:01taken away.
15:02He has been
15:03fed.
15:04He has been
15:05made an issue
15:06for no reason.
15:07You see,
15:08he has to
15:09out on the
15:10ground.
15:11He is going
15:12to the bus.
15:13He is doing
15:14practice on
15:15time.
15:16You have
15:17made an issue
15:18for no reason.
15:19Exactly.
15:20We will
15:21continue
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15:23here.
15:24Kamran,
15:25we will
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15:29Kamran,
15:30we will
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15:34Kamran,
15:35we will
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15:39Kamran,
15:40we will
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15:59Kamran,
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19:54Kamran,
19:55we will
19:56continue
19:57the discussion
19:58here.
19:59Kamran,
20:00we will
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20:03here.
20:04Kamran,
20:05we will
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20:08here.
20:09Kamran,
20:10we will
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20:13here.
20:14Kamran,
20:15we will
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20:18here.
20:19Kamran,
20:20we will
20:21continue
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20:23here.
20:24Kamran,
20:25we will
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20:28here.
20:29Kamran,
20:30we will
20:31continue
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20:33here.
20:34Kamran,
20:35we will
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20:38here.
20:39Kamran,
20:40we will
20:41continue
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20:43here.
20:44Kamran,
20:45we will
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20:48here.
20:49Kamran,
20:50we will
20:51continue
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20:53here.
20:54Kamran,
20:55we will
20:56continue
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20:58here.
20:59Kamran,
21:00we will
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21:03here.
21:04Kamran,
21:05we will
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21:08here.
21:09Kamran,
21:10we will
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21:14Kamran,
21:15we will
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21:19Kamran,
21:20we will
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21:23here.
21:24Kamran,
21:25we will
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21:28here.
21:29Kamran,
21:30we will
21:31continue
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21:33here.
21:34Kamran,
21:35we will
21:36continue
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21:38here.
21:39Kamran,
21:40we will
21:41continue
21:42the discussion
21:43here.
21:44Kamran,
21:45we will
21:46continue
21:47the discussion
21:48here.
21:49Kamran,
21:50we will
21:51continue
21:52the discussion
21:53here.
21:54Take care.
21:55Allah Hafiz.