Pakistan cricket team would be aiming to start afresh against Afghanistan on 23rd October. Director of cricket Mickey Arthur has received a lot of flak for his strategy and techniques. Mickey Arthur though was quite optimistic that Pakistan can turn the tables in the tournament even after losing the matches against India & Australia.
Pakistan needs to bring back the spin-bowling all-rounder Shadab Khan into the combination and make him bat in the middle order as he is someone who can provide stability to the team in the middle overs phase. Pakistan may have won the last 7 ODIs against Afghanistan but we have seen a lot of upsets in the ODI WC 2023.
Put the blame on Mickey Arthur- Rashid Latif
Rashid Latif was having an interaction with Indian Express. Rashid Latif criticized the tactics of the director of Cricket Mickey Arthur. Rashid Latif pointed out that Pakistan needs match winners in the side that aren’t there and said that Mickey Arthur’s style of cricket is doing no good to the Pakistani cricket
“I don’t want to put the blame on the players. Instead, it is Mickey Arthur, who should take the blame for Pakistan’s consecutive losses against India and Australia. He is imposing a style of cricket, which we Pakistanis can never relate with. We lack match-winners in this squad.”
“As a captain, Babar should take the cue from Rohit Sharma’s approach. Rohit takes on the bowlers from ball one. That’s the statement of a captain. Babar can do that, but he needs to get out of his comfort zone.”
“Rizwan should have taken the game deep like he did in Hyderabad against Sri Lanka. Our batsmen are not able to adapt to ODI cricket. I always give the example of MS Dhoni, when it comes to chasing. He used to take the game deep, because he knew that with 15-20 needed in the last over, it is the bowler who is under pressure,”