Aun Haider |
Pakistan simply ended one among their worst campaigns within the historical past of the ODI World Cup final night time with an embarrassing, one-sided defeat to England, one of many weaker groups within the event, who additionally suffered their worst ever marketing campaign within the historical past of the competitors . Final night time formally marked the tip of two months of distress for Pakistan’s cricketers, administration, administration and followers.
Not so way back – precisely two months in the past, simply earlier than the Asian Cup – Pakistan was rated as one of the vital harmful and favored groups to carry the coveted World Cup trophy. What precisely went fallacious? What could possibly be the rationale behind such a sudden demise? Be a part of us as we discover the explanations and attempt to discover the solutions.
Is rating essential?
Pakistan Cricket was the primary ODI group forward of the Asia Cup and the World Cup, however did the rankings actually mirror the standing of the Pakistan cricket group? From the 2019 World Cup to the 2023 Asia Cup, Pakistan performed ten ODI sequence, successful eight of those ten sequence, however shedding one to England and one to New Zealand.
Distinctive in T20, struggling in ODIs:
Regardless of transferring up the rankings throughout this era, some technical points throughout the group and among the many gamers had been evident. Nonetheless, it seems that no main measures had been taken to resolve these points as we could have ignored them as a result of our distinctive efficiency within the shorter format. We reached the finals of the 2022 T20 World Cup and the 2022 Asia Cup, in addition to the semi-finals of the 2021 T20 World Cup – a fairly good file.
But it’s essential to acknowledge that T20 and ODI are fully totally different codecs; ODIs require much more by way of health, talent, planning and mentality in comparison with the shorter format.
Complicated the codecs:
Even a few of the brightest and most skilled cricketing minds rated the Pakistani cricket group very extremely, and I used to be additionally a type of who believed that this group had what it took to win the World Cup. Nonetheless, complicated the 2 codecs is probably the most important mistake we have made lately. Moreover, I imagine the shortage of One-Day Internationals (ODIs) is a serious cause for this disastrous marketing campaign; Pakistan performed simply 36 ODIs between the 2019 World Cup and the 2023 World Cup, which is the third fewest for any full-member group.
Over the previous few months, we have watched our gamers rework from the very best to the worst, from heroes to zeros, from pleasure to disgrace, and from stars to probably the most hated. I suppose this sort of response from followers on this a part of the world is predicted, and I am probably not shocked. However is that basically the case? Are our gamers now not good, contemplating that they had been the very best yesterday?
Prioritization of the home construction:
Sure, a few of our gamers like Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi, Shadab Khan and Haris Rauf have upset us rather a lot on this World Cup, however aren’t they skilled and gifted gamers? Unquestionably, the fifteen gamers who represented us at this World Cup had been amongst our greatest gamers. The issue isn’t with these gamers; it lies in our construction. We have to prioritize home cricket and implement a correct course of to carry gamers into the nationwide aspect.
Function of the administration:
Personally, I imagine {that a} cricket board performs a significant function in a group’s efficiency, particularly throughout tournaments when issues are going downhill for the gamers. In such conditions, gamers want somebody to look as much as, and a cricket board should fulfill that function. Nonetheless, what PCB did was fully the alternative. They leaked the captain’s non-public chats on nationwide tv, launched press statements mid-tournament and laid all of the blame on the captain and administration. PCB’s function has been very poor, from our planning to managing the workload and managing the gamers; every little thing was sadly disorganised.
Who’s accountable?
Who ought to we blame for this disastrous marketing campaign? Ought to it’s our bowling, batting or captaincy? I imagine our achievements are a collective results of bowling, batting and captaincy points. Nonetheless, for me the most important disappointment of the event was the bowling, and so they allow us to down badly.
It is essential to do not forget that this isn’t the tip, and we have to assist the boys in inexperienced. Nonetheless, we have now been repeating the identical errors over the previous a long time. Each time, this group finds a solution to let its followers down. Pakistan Cricket acquired a brand new lease of life in 2017 once they gained the Champions Trophy, however with such achievements, cricket could lose curiosity. Pakistan ought to make a robust comeback within the close to future.