The Pakistan cricket team is receiving a lot of criticism following their most recent defeat by England in the opening Test in Multan. The team lost to the visiting Bangladeshi team 0–2, which was devastating, before they started the series. Former Pakistani cricket player Basit Ali has said that off-field factors contributed to Pakistan cricket’s demise, and the latest defeat has just fueled the flames.
Pakistan lost by an innings and 47 runs after managing to score 556 runs when batting first. They also became the first side in history to lose a Test match despite accumulating more than 500 runs in the opening half.
The team’s performance on the field, according to Basit Ali, has suffered from the backbiting and lack of transparency.
What is the reason for Pakistani cricket’s decline? All the things that our religion forbids take place here. Here, backbiting is openly practiced. The people who are backbiting are getting appointed as managers and coaches in domestic cricket. On his YouTube channel, Basit stated that “nobody is chosen based on merit and a decent person doesn’t even want to be part of the PCB now.”
Not that I’ll claim my group lacks mental toughness: Shan Masood
The second Test between Pakistan and England is slated to start on October 15 at the same location. It’s important to remember that Pakistan hasn’t been able to reproduce its past performances, as evidenced by the fact that the first Test loss was their 10th straight home defeat. Shan Masood may lose his captaincy, according to certain rumors. In the meantime, the 34-year-old defended the inquiries on the team’s mental toughness.
“My team is not mentally weak, I won’t say that. When seen in isolation, the third inning can seem like a collapse where everything went wrong.
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Masood stated following the game, “The 220 runs we scored today could have felt like a tough innings if we could have restricted England to within striking distance of our total.
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