"Pakistan can be eliminated from the first round"

 "Pakistan can be eliminated from the first round"

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday announced the squad for the T20 World Cup to be held in Australia in October-November.

Star opener Fakhar Zaman has been left out of the team announced by Pakistan. Star pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi has returned to the team after recovering from injury. Shan Masood and Haider Ali are waiting for debut in T20.

Former Pakistan star pacer Shoaib Akhtar did not like to build a team without Fakhar Zaman. He criticized chief selector Mohammad Wasim and Pakistan national team head coach Saqlain Mushtaq.

On his YouTube channel, Shoaib Akhtar, the fastest pacer in cricket history, said that the problem with the middle order in Pakistan's batting in the Asia Cup has been understood. But Shoaib Akhtar thinks that the selectors did not think about it.

He said, what team Pakistan Cricket Board chose! The problem is in the middle order, but as they always say - I will pick a team that everyone likes. That is, we will decide that the middle order will not change. I have said many times about Fakhar Zaman, give him that (power play) 6 overs. He will have an advantage playing the ball in Australia, but Babar has to be kept at the top.

Shoaib Akhtar also said that when the Chief Selector is an ordinary person, his party selection will also be average. Saqlain Mushtaq last played cricket in 2002. I don't want to say it like that, because he is my friend; But it is true that he has no idea about T20 cricket. And how is the team's batting bad with Mohammad Yusuf? Yusuf is an asset to the team's dressing room. I don't know how much he has the right to speak.

He also said that Iftikhar Ahmed is the second part of Misbah. Masha Allah, Rizwan is with us and Iftikhar is with him. With this team we can be eliminated from the first round. We don't have depth in batting, I am very worried about that. Our skipper is also not quite suited for this edition. He is busy with his classic cover drive. He wants to look classic.