“No Place In Group If…”: Ex-Pakistan Captain’s Fires Ultimatum To Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan

Adapt or perish. Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has fired an ultimatum to star batters Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan following the aspect’s T20 World Cup disappointment. Babar and Rizwan have been out of contact for greater than a 12 months, and there lack of type was evident throughout the recently-concluded T20 World Cup within the West Indies and USA. Pakistan crashed out of the event within the group stage, and the crew has come underneath heavy criticism consequently. Throughout a current interplay, Latif did not shrink back from expressing his issues and providing options for the betterment of Pakistan cricket.

Latif instructed that Babar made an enormous mistake by accepting the captaincy provide from PCB, particularly after he himself resigned from the place final 12 months.

“See, after that World Cup that occurred in India, issues should not have gone like this. It is their very own pondering that they eliminated Babar, and Shaheen got here ahead, however then once more, Babar grew to become weak as a captain. As a result of whoever comes to guide ought to lead with confidence and it is my opinion that Babar Azam’s largest mistake was to just accept the captaincy once more. If he continues as captain, that will likely be a fair larger mistake by him. Pakistan has discovered a terrific batsman after so a few years who’s dominating the world; he should not become involved on this politics,” Latif instructed GTV Sports activities.

Latif additionally urged Babar and Rizwan to vary their batting method, or else depart the crew for good. He gave the examples of India veteran Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, with the duo saying their retirement from the format after profitable the World Cup final week.

“I’d give examples of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to point out how they modified themselves. Rohit has modified himself 190 levels; change is feasible as a result of he has change into a job mannequin. His IPL strike fee was 130-140, however this 12 months it went as much as 160. He modified himself. Virat Kohli did the identical factor. If these two batsmen can change, then anybody can. I’d give Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan 5 matches to vary their batting method in T20Is, and if they will not, then there needs to be no place within the crew for them,” he added.