The Pakistan Cricket Board may not give you the option result in main adjustments within the nationwide workforce within the wake of the facet’s dismal efficiency within the T20 World Cup 2024 as that might result in a confrontation with senior gamers, in response to sources. PCB’s governing board, scheduled to satisfy right here on Saturday, will take cognizance of white-ball head coach Gary Kirsten and senior workforce supervisor Wahab Riaz’s experiences submitted to chairman Mohsin Naqvi. However a supply mentioned, solely beauty adjustments will happen and the “similar set of gamers” would seemingly proceed to play.
Naqvi had been quoted as saying following Pakistan’s defeat to India within the World Cup {that a} “main surgical procedure” was required within the workforce.
“The experiences by Kirsten and Riaz will assist the Governing Board and chairman Naqvi determine the subsequent plan of action however all indications are there Naqvi does not desire a confrontation with senior gamers and he has additionally been suggested towards large adjustments within the workforce,” a supply informed PTI.
“There are such a lot of outdoors voices and pressures from inside the system that every one this discuss massive adjustments is unlikely to occur. So, mainly, with just a few adjustments, the identical set of gamers will probably be within the Pakistan workforce for coming video games as effectively in all codecs,” he added.
On whether or not Babar Azam can be retained as white-ball captain following the dismal T20 World Cup displaying, one other supply mentioned that whereas there’s a group, together with some former Check captains, which desires to see Shaheen Afridi substitute Babar, if there are adjustments, the prime candidates for captaincy can be Shan Masood and Muhammad Rizwan.
“You possibly can see beauty adjustments, like adjustments within the choice committee, and the identical previous story of reorganising home cricket to assist do harm management. However the senior gamers stay sturdy,” he mentioned.
Kirsten’s report is alleged to include the identical observations he made throughout his interplay with the gamers within the dressing room after the match towards Eire within the Group stage.
Kirsten had warned senior execs within the facet following the workforce’s loss to the USA and India to adapt to new skill-sets and enhance their recreation consciousness or get left behind. Wahab, then again, outlined persona clashes within the facet throughout the World Cup.
Pakistan subsequent play a two-Check sequence towards Bangladesh adopted by three Checks towards England. It’s unlikely that senior gamers like Babar and Rizwan would wish to take a break from these assignments.
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