Pakistan was no match to the United States of America and India in the first two fixtures of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 and thus became the first team to be eliminated from the competition at the group level. What made this stumbling even more frustrating was that this was the first time that Pakistan was knocked out of the first round in a T20 World Cup tournament. Numerous fans and ex-cricketers expected Pakistan’s poor show in the T20 World Cup and termed captain Babar Azam as fully responsible for it, consequently, he should resign.
PCB Shakes Up Management After Disappointing T20 World Cup Exit
Following Pakistan’s elimination from T20 World Cup 2024, PCB has shifted many changes in the management, relieved Wahab Riaz and Abdul Razzaq from selection committee and it is possible that big decision regarding Babar’s captaincy will also be taken soon.
Shahid Afridi Blasts PCB’s “Silly Appointments and Removals” for Pakistan’s Poor Performance
Silly appointments and removals in the Pakistan cricket set-up are not a rare affair and this has an impact on the playing field. Living up to the current dynamic of the Pakistan cricket team along with the board, the former Pakistani captain, a dynamic all-rounder, Shahid Afridi used the scalpels harshly on the PCB and held changes responsible for this poor performance of the team.
In his view of the matter, the administration must give a proper time of at least three years for any system to work in order to achieve the intended goal.
“When you change or bring in any new structure, you must give the system time. Every year, a new chairman comes, and a new system is introduced. Things don’t work this way,” Shahid Afridi told Sports24.
“All the senior board members and senior players should sit together at one table and make a plan. Then let that plan be executed for three years. Let the results come. If you keep changing the system every year, what results can you expect?” he added.
Ramiz Raza was the chairman PCB in 2022; however, Najam Sethi replaced him toward the end of 2022, while in mid-2023, Zaka Ashraf succeeded Sethi. On February 11, 2024, Ashraf was replaced by Syed Mohsin Raza as the PCB chairman and immediately after one series Shaheen Afridi was removed as the T20I captain and the great Babar Azam was reinstated again.