Wasim Akram backs axing of Kamran and Razzaq
Legendary left arm fast bowler and the former captain of Pakistan Cricket Team, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Razzaq-c84421 for team’s upcoming West Indies tour.
These two players had been absolutely out of form and guilty of serious blunders during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. The PCB has dropped some other senior players as well and injected young blood in the team in order to build a strong team for the next
World Cup.
Akram, who holds the position of bowling consultant with Kolkata http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Knight-c71599 Riders, said while talking to media in India, “I think Pakistan have done right thing to drop Akmal and Razzaq. Even Younis Khan and Umar Gul have been rested. These guys did not perform
well in the World Cup. Pakistan is now trying to build a new team.”
During the outgoing tournament, some of the senior Pakistani players displayed very shoddy and irresponsible play. Kamran, the wicketkeeper, first dropped some crucial catches in a group game against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755. He
dropped the Kiwi batsman, Ross Taylor, two times and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 dropped Sachin Tendulkar a piece each. Having got so many lucky chances, Tendulkar
went on to pile up 85 that steered http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 to victory in the semi-final.
Kamran's batting was nothing to write home about. He is an oppener but failed to impress.
All-rounder Razzaq was off-colour at both bowling and batting. Younis Khan was another failure in the tournament. As a result, Pakistan lost the semi-final game and was hurled out of the tournament.
Akram also condemned the Pakistani skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-c89347 Afridi’s venomous remarks against the Indian nation. Akram thinks that Afridi, being a team leader, must not have stated something so blatantly biased. He said, “I do not know what happened to Afridi when
he went home.”
Pakistan is leaving for West Indies this month. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 has also made some changes in their squad, dropping senior players and including new ones. Both the teams, who played the quarter-final of the World Cup last, will play a five-match ODI series.
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