"No Unity" In Pakistan Camp Ahead Of Cricket World Cup? Former Star Talks About 'Fights, Arguments' And Babar Azam's Role

Pakistan cricket team's Asia Cup 2023 campaign came to a rude halt when the Babar Azam-led side lost to Sri Lanka in a SUper 4 match. Kusal Mendis' 91 and an unbeaten 49 by Charith Asalanka helped Sri Lanka edge out Pakistan by two wickets in a last-ball thriller of the Asia Cup to set up a final clash with India. Chasing a DLS revised target of 252 in the 42-overs-a-side contest in Colombo, Sri Lanka needed eight from the final over and achieved the target with Asalanka's winning hit on the last ball.

To make matters worse, some reports have claimed that all is not well in the Pakistan camp under Babar Azam's captaincy. There were even arguments between the players after the Asia Cup exit.

Former Pakistan star Moin Khan has opened on the issue. The former Pakistan star added that the issues can be sorted out ahead of the Cricket World Cup.

"It's good that such matters have come out before the big tournament. So that, you can rectify and improve conduct. This will develop unity. The issues should not happen during matches. This does not send a good vibe that such reports are coming out in the media about fight, argument in the dressing room, he said on Geo TV.

"The handling has not been right. If somebody has an issue with Babar or if he is not handling the issue in the right manner in the absence of the head coach or director of cricket, who is not with the team it very unfortunate. It's their job to intervene to handle such situation.

"We saw in the entire tournament, I've commented about it earlier as well... no player walked towards Babar. Neither Rizwan came to him, nor even the vice-captain was coming to him. No one was going to him. It felt everyone was scattered, there was no unity," said Moin.

The team captain's