Shoaib Akhtar didn’t mince words and blamed the Pakistan Cricket Board for the Men in Green’s disappointing show at the 2023 World Cup. ProPakistani Howdoesitwork.podcast
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00:00Why do I respect Sachin Tendulkar?
00:02Why do I respect him, Yusuf, and the rest of Jack Kallis?
00:05These poor guys played on the 11th of Monday and went to play the 12th World Cup match.
00:11Do they have a 50-year-old feeling in their legs?
00:13As people, as nation, we refuse to grow.
00:30The performances of the Pakistan team are not where they should be.
00:43You're wasting no time.
00:45What's happening? Why is this happening?
00:47How did this happen?
00:49First of all, thank you.
00:51How old are you both?
00:53Sir, I'm 32.
00:54I'm 32 as well.
00:55And when did you see me for the first time?
00:57I saw you for the first time in 1999.
01:01How was your childhood?
01:03It was good.
01:04Did you have fun?
01:05Yes, I had a lot of fun.
01:06Did you see my passion?
01:07Yes.
01:08Did you see my anger?
01:09Absolutely.
01:10Did you see me hitting you?
01:11Did you see me being scared of the batsman?
01:13So, first of all, you need to thank you.
01:16Shoaib, Haseem, Waqar.
01:17Do you see that arrogance and bravery in them these days?
01:21No.
01:22It's not the kids' fault.
01:24It's not Shaheen Shah's fault.
01:26It's not Haris's fault.
01:28It's all the credit board's fault.
01:30It's all the circumstances' fault.
01:33They didn't let us play cricket.
01:36They didn't let us play on Mondays.
01:38These poor guys played 11 Mondays
01:40and went to play the 12th World Cup match.
01:44What do you expect from them?
01:46Will they go and bowl 10 overs?
01:48Do they have a 50-over fielding in their legs?
01:50These T20s are very good players.
01:52They were the fastest bowlers in four overs.
01:54They don't have 10-over training.
01:57Let me take you back in 2000.
02:00When I was explaining to them that cricket is deteriorating.
02:03First of all, teach our characters a word.
02:05It's cricket.
02:06It's not cricket.
02:08Cricket.
02:09They were saying cricket on TV.
02:11The chairman can't say cricket.
02:13He will run the cricket.
02:15Those were our wrong policies
02:17because of which we were left behind.
02:21Secondly, we didn't have an infrastructure.
02:23If we had an infrastructure,
02:25people would run it.
02:27I always say that
02:29if you give a chance to the mediocrity
02:31to thrive,
02:33then the average person will come up.
02:35Why didn't they celebrate us at that time?
02:37Why did they give a city car to Waseem Akram
02:39and retire him?
02:41You took him out crying like that.
02:44Do you remember?
02:45Today, a reporter is crying for our team.
02:48I have tears in my eyes.
02:50Why didn't they write about Shoaib Akhtar at that time?
02:53After winning the 1992 World Cup,
02:55the whole country wanted to be a fast bowler.
02:57There was no choice.
02:59There were about 2000 fast bowlers there.
03:02I can guarantee you that
03:04all the fast bowlers of today
03:06couldn't have come to the camp at that time.
03:08The people who are playing the Pakistan team today.
03:10There were about 10 trials.
03:11They took me out of all of them.
03:13They said, run away.
03:14You are not good enough.
03:15Was that biased?
03:16No.
03:17They were far better at least than me.
03:19My nation didn't know
03:21who is the hero and who is the villain.
03:23What do you expect?
03:24For Pakistan to grow?
03:26Intellectually?
03:27No.
03:28This is the hero.
03:30This is the brand.
03:32And look at it.
03:33Our chairmen were below average people.
03:37And their selection was even below that.
03:41Now he trickles down all the way
03:44to the Pakistan team.
03:46Look at our thinking.
03:48Our process.
03:50Our selection criteria.
03:53From top to bottom.
03:55Total fraud.
03:57What is the need to get beaten up?
03:59What is the need to cry?
04:01Why do I respect Sachin Tendulkar?
04:03Why do I respect Inzamam?
04:05Or Yusuf?
04:06Or Jack Kallis?
04:07With a soft ball.
04:09They want to show 50-100.
04:12Leave it.
04:13This is cricket fraud.
04:14There are two new balls.
04:16Do 30,000 runs.
04:17What is the use?
04:19Where is Shane Vaughan,
04:20Waseem Akram,
04:21Waqar Yunus,
04:22Saqlain,
04:23Kallis,
04:24Kloosner,
04:25Donald,
04:26Pollock,
04:27Kaddik,
04:28Flintoff,
04:29Johnson,
04:30Pretley,
04:32me.
04:33And bring it.
04:34With one ball.
04:35Do it.
04:36So that you understand.
04:38Today's cricket is fraud.
04:40So people think
04:41maybe he is talking for his job.
04:43See, I live in a very comfortable zone.
04:45I always say that
04:46the country has given me a lot.
04:49I am a beneficiary of Pakistan.
04:51They gave me money,
04:52name,
04:53and respect.
04:54So why do I need to shed blood?
04:56Why do I need to spit on the podcast?
04:58As people,
04:59as nation,
05:01we refuse to grow.
05:02I am sorry.
05:03But this is the bitter fact.
05:04And deal with it.
05:05And the reflection that I see
05:07in Pakistan,
05:08the way they are playing,
05:09this is the direct reflection
05:12of the choices that you have made in the past.