PCB "Has Taken Divide And Rule Policy": Ex-Captain's Charge On Babar Azam-Saheen Afridi Tussle

03.09.2024 - 11:11 sports.ndtv.com

Pakistan cricket team is not looking in great shape. After losing the first Test against Bangladesh, Pakistan is not good touch in the second Test too.

Pakistan head coach Jason Gillespie acknowledged that Bangladesh were favourites. "The odds are probably in favour of Bangladesh and we don't shy away from that," said Gillespie, who is coaching Pakistan for his first series. "We know what can happen, but we took six for 26 in the first innings so we know that we can have an impact with the ball." In the midst of this former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has said that the Pakistan team is a divided house. "If there is a tussle between Babar Azam and Shaheen regarding captaincy then the team won't do well.

So whatever with the team. From there on news started to come in Shaheen did this, Shaheen did that. Then came stories about Babar Azam's performance and even about Mohammad Rizwan," Rasid Latif said on Sports Tak. "After World Cup all the blame was put on Shaheen.

It was said his attitude was not right. If his attitude was not right, you could have sent him home. After a World Cup loss is it is easy to blame anybody.

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