“Kaunsa Expertise?” Shoaib Akhtar Launches Scathing Assault On Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan | Cricket Information

Shoaib Akhtar launched a scathing assault on Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan after Pakistan’s humiliating loss towards India in Champions Trophy 2025 on Sunday. Pakistan had been utterly outplayed as Virat Kohli’s century all however assured a semi-final spot for India. Alternatively, it was the second consecutive loss for Pakistan who’ve a tricky street forward within the competitors. Throughout the evaluation, Shoaib Akhtar went on to query the ‘expertise’ within the present Pakistan aspect and requested whether or not a Babar Azam could be in comparison with a Virat Kohli anymore because of the distinction of their performances.

“Kaunsa expertise? Kaunsa expertise hai? Kis cheez ka? (Which expertise, what sort of expertise?)” Akhtar stated on Profession TV’s YouTube channel.

“Would you charge Babar to Virat Kohli? Iyer to Khushdil Shah? Rohit Sharma to Fakhar Zaman? Our Rizwan, which one is the expertise? Skills are displayed. It is not about speaking, it’s important to ship,” he added.

Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez, however, stated that the present aspect has expertise however blamed the selectors for poor planning and choice. He went to say that the choice committee didn’t choose the perfect aspect that would succeed within the  Champions Trophy circumstances.

“Pakistan’s obtained expertise. Planning may be very poor. By alternative, we do not maintain a high quality opener and additional spinners. We have now dominated the circumstances for 9 or 10 years as a house workforce. We must always know what’s the profitable mantra right here [in Dubai]. We do not have a second spinner. We take a thriller spinner, who cannot be an enormous turner. No thriller spinner is one by default. We have now no finger and wrist spinners. Those we’ve got are non-regular,” he stated throughout the identical dialogue.

The backlash because of the poor present within the Champions Trophy, together with the humiliating defeat to India, hit the Pakistan workforce laborious and its help employees led by former quick bowler Aaqib Javed is ready to be overhauled, based on a cricket Board supply.

Pakistan misplaced to arch-rivals India by six wickets in Dubai on Sunday, after their 60-run defeat to New Zealand within the Champions Trophy opener in Karachi on February 19.

A well-informed supply within the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) stated that Aaqib will likely be relieved of his duties as interim head coach after the Champions Trophy.

“Clearly there’s backlash over the workforce’s efficiency within the CT. The Board hasn’t determined as but on whether or not the workforce may have separate head coaches (for pink and white ball groups) however one factor is definite the present help employees will likely be overhauled now after the poor present within the Champions Trophy,” the supply advised PTI.

“However the way in which the Board has been altering coaches and selectors since final 12 months, it is going to be a problem to search out different candidates for these positions,” he stated.

(With PTI inputs)