Ahmed Shehzad has sharply criticized Pakistan’s cricket staff captain Mohammad Rizwan for his tactical selections main as much as the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
Ahmed Shehzad sad with Pakistan captain’s decision-making skills
In a latest video on his YouTube channel, Shehzad described Rizwan’s option to bat first within the tri-series remaining towards New Zealand as a “brainless resolution,” highlighting a lack of information concerning pitch circumstances.
“Pakistan’s bubble has burst forward of the Champions Trophy,” stated Shehzad on this YouTube channel. He famous that the pitch at Karachi’s Nationwide Stadium usually favours batting within the night, but Pakistan opted to set a goal as an alternative of chasing, which in the end led to their defeat by five wickets.
“It was a mind-boggling resolution (to bat first) as a result of we had seen within the earlier match that the pitch turns into higher to bat on within the night time, the ball doesn’t grip on the floor for the spinners. Nonetheless, the Pakistan staff determined to bat first. Brainless resolution, no clue,” added Shehzad, mentioning at Pakistan’s file chase towards South Africa on the identical venue.
The previous Pakistan opener additionally expressed his frustration over Rizwan’s resolution to drop a specialist bowler in favour of an all-rounder, claiming that this transfer compromised the staff’s bowling power. He identified that Rizwan’s technique appeared overly cautious, suggesting that the captain persistently chooses to play it protected somewhat than leveraging the staff’s strengths.
“In his each resolution, the Pakistan captain needs to play protected with batting, be it by being a spinner brief within the Champions Trophy squad or this match, the place they performed (bowling all-rounder) Faheem Ashraf to have an extended batting line-up on the expense of (quick bowler) Mohammad Hasnain and nonetheless used him (Ashraf) for simply two overs,” Shehzad analysed.
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‘You’re making so many errors’
The criticism comes at a difficult time for Pakistan cricket, as they’ve struggled with kind and decision-making in latest tournaments. Shehzad lamented that such “infantile selections” may jeopardize their probabilities within the upcoming Champions Trophy, emphasizing that the staff usually depends on opponents’ errors somewhat than executing their very own recreation plan successfully.
“In a remaining, you make infantile selections…you make so many errors in matches. You get an opportunity to win solely when the opposition performs under par or don’t have their major gamers enjoying,” stated Shehzad.
As Pakistan prepares for the Champions Trophy, Shehzad’s feedback underscore the mounting stress on Rizwan and the staff to ship outcomes and refine their methods forward of this vital worldwide competitors.
