After Pakistan’s consolation win against Sri Lanka by only five runs, former Pakistani captain Rashid Latif criticized Salman Ali Aga for poor captaincy and tactics. Latif shared that despite having every world-class bowler, Agha can still make a team lose the game.
Pakistan cricket fans are disappointed with the performance of the Salman Ali Aga-led team, but they are disappointed with their captain. Latif gave him the belt treatment for poor captaincy. After being out of this World Cup, Salman Aga will probably no longer be the captain of Pakistan.
Rashid Latif criticizes Salman Ali Aga and Mike Hesson for under-utilizing Fakhar Zaman
After watching Fakhar Zaman’s innings, Pakistan’s analysts and sports people are angry with head coach Mike Hesson for not playing him on previous occasions. He also claimed that demoting him was an injustice to his playing standards and abilities.
Presenter Tabish Hashmi on ‘Harna Mana Hai’ said, “After seeing Fakhar Zaman at the top of the order today, after seeing him opening, didn’t you feel that demoting this batsman was unfair to his standards?”
“Today, it looked like they were determined to win. Big changes were made because they felt the need to qualify for the semi-finals. A player you dropped for three matches, and then played for two matches in the middle order, and when you backed him, he batted at a strike rate of 200.
“He took the whole game with him. Sahibzada Farhan, on the other hand, has been playing well throughout the tournament. These coaches are the reason for the downfall of the team. We have never had any problems with the players; the real problem is with the people who play them,” Latif launched an unrealistic attack on Mike Hesson.
“Even if you give this captain Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akhtar… and Shane Warne, he will still lose the game.”
The former Pakistan captain said that Salman Ali Aga does not have the basic qualities of a good captain and this loss is due to the irregularity and mismanagement of the players and not due to the players not performing well. He put all the blame on the captain and trolled him with some derogatory comments.
“We usually have problems while batting; bowling is usually not a concern for us. Today, all our specialists played and took us to huge scores of 200+ runs. ‘Give the captain Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akhtar, Waqar Younis, Saqlain Mushtaq, Muralitharan and Shane Warne, it will still hurt you’,” Rashid Latif made derogatory remarks about Salman Ali Aga. Of.
(Even if you give this captain Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akhtar, Waqar Younis, Saqlain Mushtaq, Muralitharan and Shane Warne, he will still lose the game.)
“What bowling did you not have today? You had Shaheen, Abrar, Usman Tariq and Shadab, who were brought in to bowl first in the 16th over of the game. Naseem also played today; only Saim Ayub was absent today,” the former skipper pointed to the strength of the playing XI selected for Pakistan against Sri Lanka.
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“You needed wickets in the early overs,” Rashid Latif said.
Latif also pointed out that although not many runs came after the dismissal of Pakistan’s two openers, the number of runs already on the board were too abundant to count, especially with that bowling lineup.
He said that Pakistan lost this match due to the unsuccessful captaincy of Salman Ali Aga. Abrar should have been included in the attack earlier and the fast bowlers could have been reserved for the back end.
Latif said, “The captain should plan strategically to utilize his resources. You needed to take wickets early on; however, he bowled 4 overs with fast bowlers. You had to bring Abrar on early; Naseem could have been kept as a backup. Whenever Abrar was asked to bowl, he took wickets in the 5th and 8th overs.”
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