During the difficult time during the World Cup, Josport should have got it, but it didn’t, the player (Photo: Express Web)
Karachi: “The board has thrown us under the bus,” the national cricketers began to cry.
Many senior national cricketers feel that the PCB has left them alone to bear all the criticism in difficult times, not supporting and defending as it should have done.
Talking about this, a player said that criticism is natural after defeats, but we regret the attitude of the board, which did not support, first there were false reports of fights between players, when we told our manager through our manager. When the complaints were brought to the authorities, the pressure was increased by unnecessary press releases, we just wanted the correct facts to be brought out, in the meeting everyone expresses their opinions honestly, disagreements also come out but sometimes there is a fight. It didn’t happen.
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He said that not only the captain takes all the decisions of the team, the coaches also participate, but all the blame is being put on the captain.
Describing the press release based on the support of the players by the PCB as absurd, the said player said that it also said that the team was selected by the captain and the chief selector, and Misbah-ul-Haq, the head of the cricket committee, also made decisions. It looks like the players will be blamed if the team doesn’t make it to the semi-finals. Preparations were not done, although we came to India fully prepared, but unfortunately we are not getting satisfactory results so far.
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On the other hand, the foreign coaches are also not happy with the situation. According to the sources, the rotation policy was started a few months ago to give the players a rest, but when the administration gave instructions to “win at all costs”, they came under pressure. But further action was abandoned which led to problems.
On the other hand, PCB rejected the impression of not supporting the players and said that we always stand with the team, that’s why by issuing a press release, they also requested support from former cricketers and fans.
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