Pakistan misplaced to Sri Lanka by 23 runs within the Asia Cup 2022 last on the Dubai Worldwide Stadium on September 11. Babar Azam’s workforce have been the favourites for the ultimate match, however foolish fielding errors and a middle-order failure value them.
Mohammad Rizwan, who was the match’s high scorer with 281 runs in six video games, no different Pakistani batsman batted properly within the match and so they misplaced the title as a result of relying on one participant.
One of many main considerations of the Pakistan cricket workforce on this defeat is the dearth of a dominant center order. With this, some senior cricketers are mentioning the names of Shan Masood and Shoaib Malik, who aren’t within the Asia Cup workforce. Malik’s title was mentioned due to his huge expertise within the sport.
Following the defeat, veteran Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik took to Twitter to criticize Babar Azam and the selectors for choosing “associates” over proficient gamers.
He tweeted: “When will we come out from friendship, liking & disliking tradition. Allah all the time helps the trustworthy…”
– When will we come out from friendship, liking & disliking tradition. Allah all the time helps the trustworthy…
— Shoaib Malik 🇵🇰 (@realshoaibmalik) September 11, 2022
Pakistan has performed only one T20I this yr earlier than the Asia Cup in September and Shoaib Malik performed within the workforce’s final T20I collection in 2021. In consequence, his removing from the workforce attracted a variety of consideration.
Now, a six-month-old video of the 40-year-old batsman’s interview with Cricket Pakistan is doing the rounds on social media after some stunning revelations over his conversations with captain Babar Azam in regards to the Asia Cup choice.
Babar Requested Me If I Needed To Retire Final yr – Malik
“Sure, I talked to Babar. He requested me if I wished to retire after we have been on the (T20) World Cup (2021). See, there needs to be a clear dialog on this stuff, everybody ought to know what I would like. I’ve performed for thus a few years, I feel I deserve that a lot. There should be some readability on what the board needs and what the participant needs,” Malik stated within the video on whether or not he had a dialog with the Pakistan skipper.
“So, Babar requested me that. I instructed him, ‘Babar, contemplating the setting proper now and no matter occurred with me in the course of the latest previous, I don’t need to play. If you would like a solution on my health or whether or not I could possibly be a burden on workforce, there’s nothing like that. You recognize my health. If you would like me to play, although, I might be accessible for Pakistan.”
Malik stated they each agreed that Babar would take the ultimate choice on whether or not to play the veteran Pakistan batsman within the selective collection or matches.
“Earlier than the one-off Australia T20I, he instructed me that I’ll let you know. I instructed Babar, ‘if you happen to assume I’m not wanted anymore, you possibly can inform me. I perceive that there are new gamers developing. I might be comfortable to step apart’.”
“In latest previous, there have been many legends in our nation who didn’t obtain the send-off they deserved. Each cricketer needs that. Mohammad Hafeez retired lately, and we might have confirmed a small gesture in approach of a trophy or a memento to him in the course of the PSL to thank him for his providers,” Malik stated.
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