Former Pakistan cricketer Kamran Akmal dealt a direct blow to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Mohsin Naqvi as his national cricket team lost the 3-match ODI series against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Sunday. Akmal asked Naqvi, “Will you now steal ICC trophies and bring them home?”
3third It was a must-win match for the Shaheen Afridi-led side to win the ODI series as the series was tied at 1-1 before the match. Despite a century from Salman Ali Aga, the touring team was unable to win the match on 15 March.
Pakistan Cricket Board forms a new-look ODI team to face Bangladesh
The PCB fielded a new team to face Bangladesh, which included several uncapped players. The aim was to test the emerging cricketers who have done well in recent times. Nevertheless, despite several uncapped players in the team, Pakistan were considered favorites to win the ODI series.
Mohsin Naqvi was reportedly not happy with the team’s performance in the recently concluded T20 World Cup 2026, as the team was eliminated from the title race even before reaching the semi-finals. There was news that the board wants to experiment with new faces in place of some of its senior cricketers.
Bangladesh could have scored 350 runs
On paper, Pakistan, the away team, looked strong enough to claim the series. The plans got a big blow when Bangladesh snatched 1scheduled tribe ODI competition Pakistan made a comeback in the second match, making it necessary to win the third match.
Yesterday, while chasing the target of 291 runs, Pakistan lost the match as well as the series on the basis of Salma Ali Agha’s inning of 106 runs in 98 balls. Bangladesh won this match by 11 runs. Kamran Akmal predicted that the result could be worse if Liton Das bats more aggressively.
“They (Bangladesh) could have easily scored 350 today but could only score 290. Liton Das played slowly. Still we lost,” the former cricketer said during a discussion.
Akmal, who served the PCB as a selector, was so angry that he claimed that even a lower-ranked team like the Netherlands would prefer to face Pakistan to gain the status of a Test-playing nation.
He further said, “The situation is such that now Netherlands would also like to play a series against us, then defeat us and achieve Test status. This is the condition of Pakistan cricket now.”
Kamran Akmal fiercely targets PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi
Former cricketer Mohsin Naqvi was brutally criticized when he quipped over his ‘steal the ICC trophy’ statement.
“If you don’t beat teams in matches, will you now steal ICC trophies and bring them home?” Kamran Akmal raised the question.
PCB chief, Mohsin Naqvi, is notorious for snatching the Asia Cup 2025 trophy winners; India refused to take it from him. Team India has not received the trophy yet. According to the latest update, the trophy is still in Mohsin Naqvi’s office.
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