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The Pakistan cricket team dropped Shaheen Afridi for the second and final Test match against Bangladesh. While speaking about the decision taken by the team, out-of-favour batter Ahmed Shehzad asked some tough questions. While admitting that Shaheen has been not performing as expected, Shehzad questioned if he is the only player responsible for the side’s poor performance. Of late, Pakistan lost the first Test to Bangladesh by 10 wickets. This was their maiden defeat to the team in the format.

“You lost to Zimbabwe, you lost to Ireland, you lost to the USA, you lost to India, now you lost to Bangladesh. Is Shaheen Afridi only responsible for all of this?” said Shehzad in a video he posted on X.

“Shaheen Afridi won’t be solely responsible for all of this. So, bring all those people who were involved in all of this. Tell this country. So, it is wrong to blame Shaheen Afridi for all of this. Yes, his performances are low, his attitude is problematic, you dropped him, that’s a good thing. But what about the rest of the people involved in all of this? What about the rest of the performances?” the player asked.

“What about Abdullah Shafique‘s performance in the last 8 Test matches? What about Saim Ayub‘s performance after 25 matches? What about Babar Azam‘s performance in the last 14 Test matches? So just by dropping them, there won’t be any surgery; there won’t be any Pakistan team on the right track. There are some decisions that will have to be taken. And those people who are involved in all of this, whose performances are low, they will also have to be held accountable,” he added.

The first day of play during the second Test match between Pakistan and Bangladesh at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium was called off due to rain. It poured down so heavily that even the toss for the game was not able to take place.

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Out-of-favour Pakistan cricket team batter Ahmed Shehzad has decided not to play the Champions Cup, the nation’s 50-over domestic cricket tournament which will kick off in Faisalabad on September 12. While announcing his decision, Shehzad revealed the reason behind it. He lashed out at the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for “wasting” money on appointing mentors for the tournament at high cost. He also accused the PCB of favouritism, making “false promises and doing injustice to domestic players”. “With a heavy heart, I’ve decided not to play in the Domestic Cricket Champions Cup,” wrote Shehzad in a post on X.

“The PCB’s favoritism, false promises, and injustice towards domestic players are unacceptable. In a time when Pakistan is struggling with inflation, poverty, and massive electricity bills, the PCB is wasting 5 million Rs on mentors for doing nothing and rewarding failed players in the current team who brought Pakistan cricket to an All-time Low,” he added.

Former Pakistan cricketer Waqar Younis has been recently recruited as one of the mentors of the five Champions Cup sides on a three-year contract. The PCB put out an official statement earlier this week to confirm that Younis, alongside Misbah-ul-Haq, Saqlain Mushtaq, Sarfaraz Ahmed and Shoaib Malik, will serve as mentors in the Champions Cup.

The five Champions Cup side mentors have played 1,621 international matches, scoring a total of 32,780 runs and taking 1,503 wickets between them.

Sarfaraz and Shoaib are two-time ICC Event winners, Misbah is a one-time ICC Event winner and ACC Asia Cup 2012 winning captain, while Saqlain and Waqar were members of the side that played in the 1999 World Cup final.

“It’s even more disrespectful that the PCB claims they don’t have ‘instruments for surgery’ which is a huge disrespect for domestic players. As a Pakistani and true cricket lover, I cannot support a system that has no value for merit. I refuse to be a part of this failed setup,” Shehzad further said.

(With ANI Inputs)

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