‘PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi should be removed over repeated failures’

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Sargodha: The disappointing performance of the Pakistan cricket team and the end of the ongoing Champions Trophy 2025 has not only criticized the players but has also put Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohammed Naqvi.

Talking to the media on Tuesday, National Assembly opposition leader Omar Ayub called on Naqvi to be held accountable and called for an end to the “repeated failures” as the PCB chief.

Pakistan Tehreek -e -Insaf (PTI) politician’s remarks are against the background of a poor run of the green shirt in the mega event. Opening match against New Zealand in Karachi.

Despite the expectations of the fans to perform the good of the home team. The team, led by Mohammad Rizwan, failed to perform significant performance and lost on February 23 against the Arc Revolution India in Dubai.

With the losses on the cards on the cards, the development of Green in the Champions Trophy depended on the results of other teams’ matches.

However, the door was effectively closed after defeating Bangladesh on Monday, resulting in the host, defending champions, removed from the tournament. The team will now face Bangladesh at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on February 27.

This is not the first mega tournament on which Pakistan has done poorly. The National Party, in 2023, managed to win only four of his nine matches and finished fifth on the table with eight points in the ODI World Cup 2023.

After that, the Green Shirts also crashed from the T20 World Cup 2024, which led to the loss of India as well as the United States.

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Pakistan’s disappointing run in the Champions Trophy 2025 was not only caused by misfortune, but in fact, it seems that various reasons and factors have to be combined, which resulted in the collapse of the team.

Uncertainty

Rizwan was appointed White Ball captain in October last year and he won a tremendous victory for Pakistan 2-1 ODIs against World Champions Australia-which was victorious in his first series in 22 years in the country. –

He also won in Zimbabwe and delivered South Africa to his first home with a 3-0 scoreline.

But during the subsequent test in South Africa, the fast -growing opener Sam Ayub injured his ankle.

Pakistan delayed the announcement of its Champions Trophy squad until the deadline to wait for Ayub’s fitness but failed to recover the left hand.

To increase the home team’s problems, fellow opener Fakhar Zaman was dropped out of the rest of the tournament after the first match-with a 60-run defeat from New Zealand.

The rapid attack by Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah and Hersuf Rauf of the Green Shirts rested from the Test series to keep them fresh and failed to overcome the death issue.

Choosing a poor team

The selectors resisted the calls of the former players and the pundits so that the second spinner could be added to the 15 -member squad and instead chose only one in Uber Ahmed.

He relied on part -time spinners Salman Agha and Khushdil Shah, who have taken only one wicket between them in two matches.

Pakistan also made a mistake from not choosing a regular opener and took a dangerous step to promote Babar Azam out of the out -off form in partnership with Zaman.

When Zaman was rejected, he brought Imamul Haq as an alternative. He made only 10 as Pakistan was crushed by the title Favorite India by six wickets.

In a surprising move, he added all -rounders of the squad on the basis of his performance in the Bangladesh Twenty20 league and Fahim Ashraf.

Ashraf did not play a happy deal for two years and three.

Former captain and television Pandit Rashid Latif called it a “political election”, which was accused of influence.

The obsolete approach

Former captain and renowned all -rounder Shahid Afridi accused Pakistan of playing outdated cricket.

He told AFP, “Pakistan was playing the cricket style of the 1980s and 1990s in 2025, while other teams had developed well to adopt aggressive and modern style.”

“Playing a lot of dot balls also hurts our game.”

Pakistan played 152 dot balls against India, scoring 241 runs in 49.4 overs, including a record 28 balls, with no score in the first six overs.

New Zealand had 162 dot balls in a total of 260 47.2 overs.

“The mentality of Pakistan’s players is not similar to modern cricket,” Afroadi said.

“We need to thoroughly review the system so we can prepare players with aggressive mentality.”

– Additional input from AFP