Final Up to date:February 24, 2025, 00:01 IST
Shoaib Akhtar criticized Pakistan’s cricket administration as ‘brainless and clueless’ after their six-wicket defeat to India within the 2025 Champions Trophy, blaming poor group choice.
Shoaib Akhtar talking on Pakistan’s defeat. (X/@shoaib100mph)
Shoaib Akhtar referred to as the Pakistan males’s cricket administration ‘brainless and clueless’ after the group’s heavy, six-wicket defeat to India in Dubai on Sunday within the 2025 Champions Trophy.
He criticized their group choice of an all-rounder-heavy aspect and mentioned the group administration chased ‘intent’ once they couldn’t even match the skillset of their Indian counterparts Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill, including that it wasn’t the gamers’ fault that the administration didn’t know what to do.
Pakistan may solely rating a sub-par 241 within the first innings which India chased down with greater than seven overs to spare, led by Kohli’s unbeaten century. India’s win ensured that the Males in Inexperienced’s probabilities of qualifying for the semi-final of their dwelling event had been fairly slim.
“I’m not dissatisfied in any respect as a result of I knew what would occur,” Akhtar mentioned in a candid video on his X account. “You may’t choose 5 bowlers, the entire world is taking part in six bowlers… you go together with two all-rounders however that is simply brainless and clueless administration. I’m actually dissatisfied. We are able to’t blame the youngsters; they’re identical to the administration—they don’t know what to do. The intent is a special factor, they don’t have the skillsets like Rohit, Virat, and Shubman. Neither they know something, nor the administration. They’ve simply gone to play with none clear route. Nobody is aware of what they need to do.”
The previous Pakistani pacer had put one other video after the primary innings, the place he sounded much more dissatisfied. He advised that somebody from the batting lineup wanted to play like Australia’s Glenn Maxwell, however they didn’t have the required skillset.
“This was the batting. Everyone knows the potential of this batting lineup. They will solely present intent once they have the skillset. After they don’t have the skillset how can they do what Glenn Maxwell did (towards Afghanistan within the 2023 World Cup)… simply intent isn’t sufficient. You want intent, skillset and the execution, solely then can you set up a superb rating. However this was Pakistan’s batting for you,” Akhtar mentioned.
Pakistan will now play towards Bangladesh on February 27 for his or her remaining league stage sport. They’ll hope that Bangladesh beats New Zealand and Pakistan beats Bangladesh by an enormous margin to qualify for the knock outs on the idea of their Internet Run Price.
