‘Poore mulq ke jazbaat ka satyanaash maar diya’: Wasim Akram lambasts Pakistan team | Cricket News – Times of India

Pakistan may have beaten Canada to keep their hopes of qualifying for the T20 World Cup ‘Super 8’ stage alive, but the wounds inflicted by the defeat against archrivals India and minnows USA refuse to heal. The disappointment continues to show in the emotional outburst of legends like former captain Wasim Akram, who went as far as asking for the current Pakistan team to be disbanded and a new one built from scratch.
After being shocked by co-hosts USA with a ‘Super Over’ defeat in their tournament opener, Pakistan let a win against India slip out of hands, which led to a national outcry against skipper Babar Azam and his team.

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Chasing India’s paltry 119, Pakistan were sitting pretty at 73 for 2 in the 13th over, but lost way badly against Jasprit Bumrah-led Indian bowling attack that restricted the neighbours to 113 for 7 to register a six-run victory.
“I can’t bring that (killer) instinct in them. It has to come from within,” said Akram, talking on Star Sports show before Pakistan’s match against Canada in New York. Pakistan won the match by seven wickets for their first points of the tournament.

“Boht ho gaya, boht back kar liya. Ab ye viral ho jaye ho jaye, I don’t care (enough is enough, backed them enough, now I don’t care even if this goes viral),” said Akram while talking to former India opener Navjot Singh Sidhu on the show. “Somebody has to speak the truth about this Pakistan cricket (team). It’s kind of getting out of hands.”

Without revealing explicitly, Akram hinted the current Pakistan team is a divided lot where players have personal differences and don’t even talk to each other. Such reports of rift between captain Babar and allrounder Imad Wasim were widely reported before the team’s departure for the Ireland and England tour ahead of the T20 World Cup.
“Kisi ka mood off hai, woh uss se baat nahi kar raha, yeh uss se baat nahi kar raha (somebody’s mood is off, this guy is not talking to that guy). Come on guys! What is this going on! Poore mulq ke jazbaat ka tumne satyanaash maar ke rakh diya hai. Hadd hoti hai kisi cheez ki (you have played with the emotions of the entire nation, there is a limit to everything),” a visibly angry Akram said.
He then went on to advise that new players should be brought into the setup for a fresh team to be put together.

“Enough is enough! Done! Bring in new kids, make a new Pakistan team. The entire Pakistan community back home and here (in the US) is depressed. They were celebrating that we are winning (against India), after a long time, that too against such a big team. But they (Pakistan team) said ‘no, we don’t want to win come what may’,” Akram said.
“Now they should go, look at themselves in the mirror and say on their own that they won’t play now..,My advice to them (Pakistan Cricket Board) will be play a new team, new kids. We are anyway losing…mold those kids. There will be a team in place in one year’s time.”

Pakistan’s ‘Super 8’ qualification is in troubled waters, where they not only have to win their last match against Ireland but are also dependent on other results in Group A to be in their favour.
Top two teams from each of the four groups qualify for ‘Super 8s’.