In fact, he revealed that the PCB’s real plan is to uproot the entire first team squad and replace it with the younger generation. The Pakistan cricket team has become a laughing stock all across the globe over the board’s constant chop-and-change policy. However, Pakistan’s pace bowling icon Shoaib Akhtar isn’t surprised by the actions of the board. Barring a handful of players, Akhtar doesn’t expect many players to be a part of Pakistan’s long-term plan going forward.
After as many as 7 new players were added to the roster ahead of the third and final Test against England, the PCB received criticism from several former cricketers and experts.
Shoaib Akhtar surprisingly supports PCB’s plan to rebuild Pakistan’s cricket team with youth, saving only three pace bowlers for the future.
As the world criticises the PCB for throwing its players under the bus, Akhtar stands with the board despite the sweeping changes that are being made in the senior men’s national team. “The PCB itself was very disappointed by these people, and they don’t expect anything from this Pakistan squad. The plan is to remove this squad and replace them with younger and newer blood. Players who just want to play for Pakistan. “In this transition, I just want Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf’s careers to be saved. Akhtar even spoke to a PCB official over the changes that were made to Pakistan’s squad after the second Test. He even asked the official what is being expected from the players who are coming into the squad. “Nothing.
They are looking at the future now, and they are working at it in the right way,” Akhtar said on the OutSide Edge Show. These guys have a lot of cricket left in them,” he said. The response from the official was quite blunt, “nothing”. We have expectations from the next generation of players that we are preparing for the big stage,” the official said, claimed Akhtar.
