‘No motive for us to…’: Shahid Afridi advocates PCB boycott of occasions in India | Cricket Information – Occasions of India

NEW DELHI: Former captain Shahid Afridi has steered that Pakistan mustn’t take part in cricket occasions in India, even ICC tournaments.
The Afridi comment comes amid India’s refusal to play the ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan, which takes place in January-March subsequent 12 months.
Afridi believes the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) must take a stronger place in its cricketing relationship with India, emphasising the significance of nation’s self-reliance in making unbiased choices, notably regarding ICC occasions.
“Pakistan cricket ought to be sturdy and autonomous and take sturdy principled choices. If India cannot come and play in Pakistan then there is no such thing as a motive for us to go and play any occasion in India,” Afridi mentioned on the Karachi Arts Council’s Urdu convention.
India earlier declined to play its Champions Trophy matches in Pakistan, proposing a ‘hybrid mannequin’ as an alternative. The mannequin would enable India to play its matches at a impartial venue.
It has been learnt {that a} consensus has been reached on utilizing this hybrid mannequin for the Champions Trophy. This may enable India to play its matches in Dubai, with an analogous association doubtlessly extending to multilateral occasions via 2027. Nonetheless an official announcement is but to be made.
Afridi believes the PCB’s stance on the Champions Trophy is justified, given India’s refusal to play in Pakistan. This has resulted in delays in asserting the schedule and venues.
Even the ICC now has to resolve whether or not its accountability is to make sure each member nation will get to play cricket or it simply desires to earn a living,” he added.
Afridi, whose daughter is married to quick bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi, feels that Pakistan cricket’s fundamental difficulty is inconsistent insurance policies resulting from altering PCB chairmen.
“When Shaheen was made Pakistan T20 captain I used to be towards it and I mentioned that the board ought to have made Muhammad Rizwan the captain as he was your best option. However as soon as they made Shaheen captain it was additionally unsuitable for the PCB to take away him as captain after only one collection. It affected him,” he mentioned.
Afridi highlighted the case of Shaheen Shah Afridi’s captaincy. He initially disagreed with Shaheen’s appointment as T20 captain, favoring Mohammad Rizwan. Nonetheless, he additionally criticized the PCB for eradicating Shaheen after a single collection, believing it negatively impacted the younger bowler.
Afridi additionally has excessive hopes for younger batsman Saim Ayub’s efficiency throughout all codecs. He additionally identified a systemic flaw in Pakistan cricket: the failure to nurture gifted gamers.
“We’ve a number of expertise in Pakistan however we additionally lose a lot of this expertise as a result of we do not have a system to determine such gamers and groom them correctly,” he mentioned.