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Obviously, there is backlash over the team’s performance in the CT. The Board hasn’t decided as yet on whether the team will have separate head coaches (for red and white ball teams), but one thing is certain: the current support staff will be overhauled now after the poor show in the Champions Trophy,
The PCB, after the way Kirsten and Gillispie resigned, is not going to get a choice of field when it comes to foreign coaches, so most probably the PCB will look at former players for the job,
The Chairman should return home, call the captain, coach, and the selection committee, and ask the latter what kind of selection they made. Did it look like Khusdil Shah and Salman Agha could have dismissed any Indian batter?”
If you want to make big changes, go for it. Give the new players six months, back them, and start preparing for the 2026 T20 World Cup. We have had enough. You gave them chances and made them stars
I am not disappointed at all (by the defeat to India) because I knew what would happen. You can't select five bowlers, the whole world is playing six bowlers… you go with two all-rounders but this is just brainless and clueless management. I am really disappointed,
Akhtar said in an emotional video that he posted on his X account The captain is the leader of the ship. How will the team succeed if he doesn't know which match-winners he needs? Pakistani players looked completely out of the game when India reached the 15th or 18th over in their chase. Fans leaving early is something I have never seen before. This is unfortunate,
As far as the match is concerned, you are disappointed. Because when you lose, you have a difficult day, difficult things come up, and questions come up. But if you look at it all, you can't say there was a mistake in any department, except if you look at the bowling of Abrar, which was the most positive in this match. We have not made any mistakes. All three departments have made mistakes. That's why we are losing the match,
Yeah absolutely. I think the way we started with the ball was just superb. To restrict them to that kind of a score was a brilliant effort from us. We knew that it will get slightly better to bat under the lights also it will play a bit slower but we kept backing our boys to play freely and they delivered for us,
We're excited about the Champions Trophy but double excited for the Pakistan-India match,
said Raheel Sayeed, a 28-year-old engineer If Pakistan loses I'll be sad. But we have to have hope and we have to pray. But prayers aren't enough,
said Zakira Bilal, 26, who came to watch the broadcast with her three young children My dad is a fan of cricket. He's obsessed... ever since he found out he said he wanted to watch so I found this screen,
said Awal Khan, 40, who works as a cook and paid nearly $2 to travel to the venue, a high cost for most Pakistanis If the Pakistan team wins, I promise to give them 1 crore from my side. it's not that we won't care about the players if they lose. They are our pride but the entire country is praying for a win and hope we will achieve it,
Tessori said according to a report by ARY News It is disappointing- not just for the PCB, but also for cricket fans worldwide, the ICC, its commercial partners, and the other participating countries that India is not playing in Pakistan,
Our team has toured India multiple times, including in 2011, 2012, 2016, and most recently in 2023. Naturally, we had hoped that India would reciprocate by participating in the Champions Trophy in Pakistan. Unfortunately, that has not materialised,
I think it is also a missed opportunity for Indian players to experience the warmth, love and hospitality that Pakistan has always extended to visiting teams,
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