World Cup T20: India humbled Pakistan again
Speaking on Samaa TV, Afridi did not hold back and urged the team management to make bold calls ahead of the crucial match. He called for the exclusion of senior players including Babar Azam, Shadab Khan and Shaheen Shah Afridi, saying they have been given enough opportunities over the years without producing consistent results. Notably, Shaheen is married to Afridia’s daughter Ansha.“Drop Shaheen, drop Shadab and drop Babar. Try new faces against Namibia and give the new players a chance to build confidence. They have been playing for a long time. Whenever we expect them to perform, they don’t. If these senior players don’t give us the performances we want, then play the juniors who are sitting on the bench. What is the difference during a?”, Afridi said.Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha admitted after the match that the spinners failed to deliver on a surface that offered help.“We trusted our spinners and they had an off day today. The execution was lacking in some parts of the game. Of course we always wanted to trust our spinners because they have done really well in the last six months. And with the batting I think we haven’t started well and in T20 games when we lose 3 or 4 wickets in the powerplay,” you always say after the match in the presentation.Salman also criticized the batting unit for not adapting to the conditions.“I think to be very honest, just like in the first innings it was a bit sloppy. The ball held as well. So the execution I think was lacking in terms of bowling, but I think the pitch played better in the second innings than the first innings. But our bowlers like that we didn’t play to the situation. And batting wise, we didn’t give ourselves a chance,” he said.