It is called ‘honey in the mouth is poison in the heart’. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is giving verbal support to the Pakistan team. Babar-Rizwan’s statements are ‘acting’ aside. But in reality the board is not in favor of the party. Not trusting them in danger is just paying the bill. A cricketer who played World Cup said regretfully.
After winning the first two matches in the World Cup, Pakistan lost four in a row. There were reports of ‘broken harmony’ in the team ahead of the South Africa match. The cricketers sought the support of the board in the rumors of conflict between Babar-Shahin-Hasan. When the matter was reported to the team manager, the board did not take any action other than a statement. Despite losing against Afghanistan, the Pakistani cricketers did not get any support from the board except for the speech.
A cricketer expressed regret and said, if we lose, there will be criticism. It’s normal. We are surprised by the behavior of the board. They didn’t support us the way we should. The board made the statement only after being asked to stand by rumors of infighting in the team. We wanted the truth to come out. To be honest, there were a lot of concerns raised in the team meeting. But there was no clash.
Allegedly, Misbah-ul-Haq, head of PCB’s cricket committee, has also distanced himself from the team. So that the failure of the party is not shared. This cricketer said, ‘Misbah has created distance with the team. So that all the responsibilities can be given to the cricketers. All in all the situation is such that we are fighting with the board. But we came to the World Cup with great preparation.
Distance with the board, former Pakistan cricketer Rashid Latif gave new news about Pakistan’s bad cricket in the World Cup. He told PTV Sports, “Pakistani cricketers are not getting paid. Babar called and messaged the PCB chairman (Zhaka Ashraf) from India. The chairman did not pick up the phone, did not reply to the message. What can we expect from this. This team!’, though the PCB salary. issued a statement denying it and did not respond to Babar’s phone calls.
