Former Pakistan quick bowler Shoaib Akhtar, in a blunt evaluation, questioned skipper Salman Agha’s kind and place, with the latter not having the ability to pull his weight into the facet along with his performances within the ongoing Asia Cup, scoring 40 runs in 4 video games.
Former Pakistan quick bowler Shoaib Akhtar got here down closely on skipper Salman Ali Agha after the Males in Inexperienced went down towards India for the second time within the ongoing Asia Cup. Agha, who took over as full-time T20I captain earlier this 12 months with Mike Hesson being appointed as the brand new white-ball coach, has had an honest run by way of the crew’s outcomes however hasn’t been in a position to pull his weight by performances. Within the ongoing Asia Cup, Agha has scored 40 runs in 4 matches at a median of 13.33.
After a few batting failures towards India and the UAE, the Pakistan batters have been in a position to put a sizeable rating of 171 on the board, however India chased it down with out breaking a sweat, led by the 105-run opening partnership between Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill.
“I actually don’t perceive what the administration is considering. Fallacious selections are being made repeatedly. The center order isn’t deliberate correctly, and the powerplay isn’t being utilized successfully,” Akhtar mentioned on ‘Recreation On Hai. “Bowlers are additionally not getting used correctly. There was no coordination, the strains and lengths have been poor—beginning with a foul bouncer, after which issues simply stored getting worse,” he added.
Akhtar questioned skipper Salman Agha’s spot whereas mentioning that he’s within the facet as an all-rounder however his performances have been removed from even common, whereas additionally criticising him for poor decision-making as a captain. “Salman ko khud nahi pata wo kya kaptaani kar raha hai (Salman himself doesn’t know what he’s doing). He’s the weakest hyperlink. Does he even deserve the spot he’s taking part in at? What does he do?
“He might be a very good boy however what does he produce? Does he carry out like Tilal Varma or Hardik Pandya? On prime of that, he makes flawed selections that additional put the crew in hassle,” Akhtar additional mentioned.
Agha has returned scores of 0, 3, 20 and 17* in 4 matches thus far and although the likes of Fakhar Zaman and Sahibzada Farhan have scored fifties on totally different events, the Pakistan crew is but to fireside collectively with the bat.