A day after all-rounder Imad Wasim cut short his brief return to international cricket, pacer Mohammed Amir joined his former teammate to walk into the sunset after his final appearance for Pakistan in the ICC T20 World Cup in June.
Hours after that debacle, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) decided to reconstruct the selection committee.
“This debacle, a sort of a confidence crisis, started during the Asia Cup when India bashed our pacers on seaming conditions and then the secret was out to the world that the only way to counter this line-up was to attack,” Raja said.
The narrow margins have cost Gary Kirsten’s team, which could very easily be two from two and more-than-likely confirmed starters in the second round. Instead the team now finds itself in a desperate situation to avoid a first round exit, with themselves to blame.
While Azam is not new to being trolled on social media, he, actually, prefers to use the abuse to fire his motivation.
Asked to field first, three-wicket hauls from pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar and part-time off-spinner Kedar Jadhav enabled India to restrict Pakistan to a paltry 162.
The Indian team is being led by Rohit Sharma this year, while the Pakistani side has Sarfraz Ahmed as its captain.
India are the most successful side in the Asia Cup, having won the title a total of six times, while Pakistan have won twice.
Kohli has been rested for the Asia Cup after a gruelling tour of England where India succumbed to a 1-4A test series defeat.
Younis Khan and Aamer Sohail feel the Sarfraz Ahmed-led Pakistan team is more than capable of beating India.
