Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar has slammed head coach Saqlain Mushtaq and the team management after the Babar Azam-led side crumbled to a series defeat against England.
With the T20 World Cup scheduled to be held in Australia, starting later this month, Akhtar wants the management to address the issues, especially the middle-order.
Having led the series 3-2 at one point, Pakistan lost the last two T20Is in Lahore after a poor show with the bat, and conceded the series 3-4.
Akhtar said that Pakistan are too reliant on their top-order, mainly Babar and Mohammad Rizwan, and that if the issues are not addressed before the start of the World Cup, the team might crash out of the tournament in the first round (group stage). "Pakistan middle order is not good.