Shoaib Akhtar: It’s disappointing and I said earlier that Pakistan will return home this week

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From Captain Babar Azam to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Akhtar faulted everybody for the outcomes the team acquired in Australia

While expressing his disappointment at the nature of the performances Pakistan has created in Australia, Shoaib Akhtar said that he anticipates that the Indian team to bow out of the tournament next week in the semi-finals stage.

The whole of Pakistan is smoldering after Thursday’s outcome in the T20 World Cup 2022. Babar Azam & Co. fell to minnow Zimbabwe in the Group 2 match and are now all but out of the semi-final’s disputes. 

From Pakistan’s group, India and South Africa stay the two most grounded competitors to go through. While expressing his disappointment at the nature of the performances Pakistan has created in Australia, Shoaib Akhtar also said that he anticipates that the Indian team to bow out of the tournament next week in the semi-finals stage.

“It’s disappointing. I said earlier that Pakistan will return home this week. India, too, will go back home after playing the semi-final as they too aren’t that good,”

Akhtar said in a video on his YouTube channel.

He went on to add:

“Maine pehle bhi kaha hai ki Pakistan iss haftah Pakistan waapas aa jayegi, aur agle hafte India bhi waapas aa jayegi semi-final khel ke. Vo bhi koi utne tees maar khan nahi hain (I had said before that Pakistan will return home this week while India will be back next week, after playing the semi-final. They (India) aren’t a quality team either).”

From Captain Babar Azam to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Akhtar faulted everybody for the outcomes the team acquired in Australia. He even faulted the board for choosing ‘unworthy players’.

“Your performances are average. Enjoy, and keep selecting unworthy players. Don’t let in good people. I’m not talking about myself. The job can go to hell. I’m just worried that the country suffers because of this. Don’t bring cut-for-role people, who are disciplined and know how things work. You’ve ruined everything,”

a furious Akhtar further said.

The result puts Pakistan’s expectations of arriving at the semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2022 in serious doubt. Placed 5th in the Group 2 standings, Pakistan has 3 more games to go and they don’t have a single win to their name. India, on the other hand, has won both of its first two games.

Pakistan Squad for World Cup: Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood. 

Standby Players: Usman Qadir, Mohammad Haris, Shahnawaz Dahani.

India Squad for World Cup: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Shami. 

Standby Players: Mohammed Siraj, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Shardul Thakur.