Islamabad [Pakistan], January 28 (ANI): Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja launched a scathing tirade after Pakistan, for the primary time in 34 years, misplaced a Check towards the West Indies on residence turf.
After ending Bazball’s dominance with a 2-1 sequence win towards England final 12 months, Males in Inexperienced thought that they had cracked the system for victory at residence – producing a turning strip.
The pattern of competing on spin paradise continued through the two-match Check sequence towards the West Indies. Within the opening Check, the Caribbean aspect withered on Multan’s floor, the place the ball spun proper from the opening hour. However after shedding the sequence opener, the West Indies upped the ante within the second Check, particularly on the batting entrance and bounced again with a 120-run victory, their first in 34 years in Pakistan.
In accordance with Ramiz, the irritating factor in regards to the Pakistan staff is dropping the tempo towards weak opposition, a mistake that the previous cricketer would not count on from the Asian aspect.
“It’s onerous to justify this defeat. Whenever you put together such a brutal spin monitor, it turns into a lottery. So successful the toss turns into an vital factor, and each inning turns into vital.The irritating factor about Pakistan Cricket is towards the highest groups, we play in prime gear, however towards weak groups, we drop our commonplace. Novice errors. You do not count on such errors from Pakistan cricket, particularly from batters,” Ramiz mentioned on his YouTube channel.
Within the opening Check, the beleaguered West Indies aspect tried to withstand Pakistan’s spin prowess however ultimately succumbed to a 127-run defeat. Even after struggling a bitter loss, the expression ona the faces of the West Indies gamers prompt that that they had found out their subsequent plan of motion.
However within the second recreation, indicators pointing in direction of Pakistan’s defeat had been all over when the visiting occasion gained the toss and determined to bat. A fiery stand from the tail-end lifted the West Indies from 38/7 to 163.
With a slender 9-run lead, the West Indies captain, Kraigg Brathwaite, blazed his method to a precious 52(73) to propel his aspect to a aggressive complete of 244.
Sajid Khan, who has been on the forefront of Pakistan’s latest residence success, wavered in his line and lengths and leaked runs all through his spell. Even the batters could not use their toes to negate the spin risk.
Ramiz was fast to notice the issues in Pakistan’s underwhelming efficiency in Multan and added, “Issues cannot be taken as a right. Spinners gave away runs, and the batting lineup was disappointing. You must assume whether or not the batters can survive or not. No one was anticipating that the West Indies would finish the second Check on Day 3 and depart with a sequence draw.” (ANI)
