Watching Pakistan's batting, it seemed like there was no planning, no target was set," Haider Abbas
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00:00I am 59 years old.
00:02We have the world with us.
00:04Everyone is a fan of cricket.
00:06When something good happens in cricket, everyone is happy.
00:08When something bad happens, everyone is sad.
00:10Whether it is an actor, an actor,
00:12a player, a politician.
00:14So let's talk.
00:16Mr. Haider Abbas Rizvi.
00:18He is a famous name in Pakistan's politics.
00:20He is a great cricketer.
00:22He is a big fan of cricket.
00:24He is with us.
00:26Is it very sad
00:28that I remember a lot of incidents
00:30when I am talking to you.
00:32I am not saying that you should not win in one team.
00:34You have to lose in one team.
00:36But most of the time,
00:38our name is among the losers.
00:40And there is no problem in losing.
00:42One-sided, without any plan.
00:44We were just talking about it.
00:46It is okay.
00:48Sometimes your plan is executed.
00:50Sometimes it fails.
00:52Here the problem is that there is no plan.
00:54So not having a plan,
00:56and being consistent.
00:58Isn't this a serious problem?
01:00In such a big country,
01:02where cricket is not just a game.
01:04Cricket is the only thing that unites everyone.
01:08There is no doubt
01:10that in our country,
01:12cricket is such a sport
01:14that it does not make
01:16our national integrity
01:18credible.
01:20It not only makes it, but also shows it.
01:22The whole of Pakistan becomes one
01:24in the name of cricket.
01:26But today's match
01:28and the way
01:30Pakistan batted,
01:32it was very
01:34regretful.
01:36There was a time when
01:38there were no runs in Pakistan's batting.
01:40When runs started to be made,
01:42when you had to come
01:44and hit, when you had to
01:46launch an attack,
01:48our entire middle order collapsed.
01:50This is a very surprising thing.
01:52And it felt like
01:54even if there was a plan to
01:56hit 270,
01:58if you were targeting
02:00270, then actually
02:02if you are targeting
02:04270,
02:06then you have to
02:08aim for 325-330.
02:12But it was not visible
02:14that we were targeting
02:16325-330. It felt like
02:18we were trying to
02:20target 325-330.
02:24And you said that this match
02:26was over.
02:28Is it over now?
02:32Look, cricket is a game
02:34in which nothing can be said.
02:36But the way the game is being played,
02:38the comfortability with which
02:40India is playing right now,
02:42the way the team is standing,
02:44the way the runs are coming,
02:46and our bowling is not
02:48perfect. Their spinners
02:50had given us time.
02:52But our spinners are not
02:54able to work much.
02:56In such a situation,
02:58our bowling was weak.
03:00We could see this before
03:02going into this tournament
03:04that our bowling side is weak.
03:06Shaheen is not able to give
03:08the performance for which
03:10he is famous.
03:12And even after that,
03:14Naseem was still giving
03:16the performance.
03:24And who disappointed you
03:26the most in batting?
03:30Let me say that
03:32we depend a lot on
03:34Babar in our innings.
03:36Babar should have
03:38been standing. He was a
03:40very small outswinger
03:42who is a very normal
03:44bowler.
03:48I was surprised
03:50how Babar could
03:52play so far away from the body.
03:54And this is completely
03:56coincidental with you.
03:58I am giving you my respect.
04:00Let me tell you one last thing.
04:02As a layman,
04:04we are not even committing
04:06new mistakes.
04:08These are old problems.
04:10This is a long debate.
04:12What is the central
04:14responsibility of this
04:16organization?
04:20We are not even committing
04:22new mistakes.
04:24I think that
04:26PCG was more focused
04:28on building a stadium
04:30than building a team.
04:34Our selectors, chief selectors,
04:36team management,
04:38captains,
04:40it's all a process
04:42before going to a big event.
04:44I don't know how much
04:46they followed and how much they didn't.
04:48Today, we gave a chance
04:50to Imam,
04:52but he couldn't do anything.
04:54We sent a player
04:56who is usually
04:58known for power hitting.
05:00We had to try
05:02in that. We didn't
05:04perform well in 2-3 matches.
05:06But their record against India
05:08is very good.