The chief interim coach and the de facto chief selector, Aqib Javed, said Wednesday that the Pakistan hosts were expelled from the Champions Trophy Tournament “due to the lack of experience among the players.”
A wave of criticism has wrapped the Pakistan Cricket team after its six Wickt defeat against India in Dubai, a decisive result in the expulsion of Pakistan from the Champions Trophy of the International Council (ICC), an event they are organizing. Before that, during the first game against New Zealand in Karachi, the green shirts faced a defeat of 60 races.
India and New Zealand advanced from the group of four teams, since both parties won their respective games against Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Speaking at a press conference prior to the game in Rawalpindi before the final match of Pakistan in the Champions Trophy against Bangladesh on Thursday, Javed said: “We lost against them (India) but when there is a lack of experience and the pressure, it is, it is, it is Difficult for new boys addressing that. “
His comments came when asked about the main difference between Indian and Pakistani teams in CPI events, in particular, and if the second line of players could not complement the elderly.
Continuing with his answer, he said that a game between India and Pakistan was “more than Cricket”, adding that winning such a game required a lot of experience.
“This Indian team was the most experienced, they have almost 1,500 games completely and Pakistan is at the bottom, with less than 400 games,” he added.
“Babar Azam is the only one who has played more than 100 games, followed by Mohammed Rizwan and Shaheen Shah Afridi, while the rest has played less than 30 games.”
He added that Tayyab Tahir had only played eight games and Khushdil Shah had only played 15 games.
Pakistan’s injured players would be motivated by the pride of their dead rubber against Bangladesh on Thursday, Javed said.
“There are no excuses, there should not be any in life, but I can assure you that players are more injured than fans and want to leave a brand in the last game,” Javed said.
“The players are not satisfied, nobody is satisfied after losing, but everyone strives to win and in doing so we have recently won a series in Australia and South Africa.”
Pakistan beat Australia 2-1 in November, his first victory in the ODI series there for 22 years, before whitening South Africa 3-0 in the preparation of the Champions Trophy.
“This is the Champions Trophy, where the eight best teams play, so after two losses we have to start from scratch,” he said.
“Each game is played by pride, so we want to leave a brand on Thursday,” he added.
Javed admitted losing to the Indian Archirival left excited fans.
“People are more involved in a Pakistan-India party and do not accept a defeat against India and that defeat in Dubai has left them more dejected,” he said.
“We fix them only 241 in batting and when we face a strong batting alignment that you attack to obtain Wickts and in the process, cups on both sides,” he added.
A fast bowling player, who played 22 tests and 163 Odi for Pakistan, the coach supported his trio of fighting rhythm.
“People blamed two, three players, which is not correct,” he said. “If you evaluate Shaheen, Naseem and Haris, they are still the best bowling players in the world. “
