Wasim Akram came down hard on Mohammad Rizwan for sluggish batting despite being the top scorer of the match against Hong Kong.
Pakistan overpowered Hong Kong in Asia Cup 2022 as Mohammad Rizwan was declared Man of the Match for his 78 off 57 deliveries.
Although the wicket-keeper batter started off slowly, he later ended up as the highest scorer of the match. While his innings was termed crucial by many, the former skipper and commentator, Wasim Akram, was not impressed.
In the post-match review, Wasim Akram said, “If you have got tired during the match then try to hit some boundaries and get out. Let the new legs in. You had Asif, Iftikhar, Nawaz, and Shadab to go. There is bat till number eight or nine, so what’s the point of staying not out in this format at 78? I am not buying it, I am sorry.”
Much as I love Rizwan, gotta agree with Wasim Bhai on this https://t.co/FrK5sD53uh
— Brashna Kasi (@Brashnaa) September 2, 2022
Pakistan’s top order is often criticized for adopting a conservative approach in the powerplay which seems against the fiery nature of T20 cricket.
Wasim bhai, pak never played like this under ur captainship in icc championship because matches were fixed, now babar is clean guy, thats th reason v hav beaten india twice in last 3 matches. So keep ur mouth shut for pakistan clean player and you can keep licking india balls
Match fixing is reference from justice qayyums report
Dear Wasim Sb stop criticizing Pak team if you cannot praise their performance, they doing lot much better then teams like earlier before. so please keep your comments with you and let them play.
Wasim A introduced team match fixing. As capt didn’t turnout to play india in india in a wc semifinal. Jells with indians
Wasim we won didn’t we ? Rizwans batting was measured and proper. No praise for the two Pakistani spinners? They slowed India
Wasim Akram I have noticed that you always criticize Pakistan instead of praising for their hard work. I think you are more on Indian side.
Whao! Everyone read the biggest cricket legend wrong. He didn’t record his point on ind vs pak match but his comments were on pak vs hong kong match. Now there’s a stat and a question for all cricket fans.1st stat Asif Ali plays 4.4 deliveries per innings in last 22 matches he played for Pakistan. Same would be the case with other lower middle order batters of Pakistan. Imagine if 3 out of 6 batters Play 20 balls out of 360 balls of t20 and then suddenly in the 4th t20i you see your team 30 for 2 in poweplay now 8 out of 10 times your middle order will fail and will be trolled by critics. Point I’m trying to make is rather than getting individual performances in every second match Pakistan should go for rotation policy to make everyone have a taste of pitch. Because if not same will happen what happened on 28th August.
Now, who is the culprit for this mess
While keeping in mind his own involvement in the match fixing, Wasim Akram doesn’t have any right to comment on the performance of any other cricketer. He must have an eye 👁️ on his shameful performance in ICC WC – 1999. He should enjoy licking the feet of Indian masters.
You all are afraid to face the reality and the reality is Pakistan did not play strokes as big teams play usually.As for as concern regarding Legend wasim so his point of view is not wrong at all even if would be part of wasim I must say poor performance and only prayers did work till win .you probably noticed or not but babar is not playing as he should have played since three consecutive matches so far. I just wanna say wasim sir your prospective is never neglected. So play bravely and get the game.
Well done Rizwan. Honest player and nemazi.