Karachi, Jun 10: Former skipper Salim Malik has accused Imad Wasim of deliberately wasting balls in Pakistan's six-run loss to arch-rivals India in the T20 World Cup in New York. (More Cricket News)
Chasing an underwhelming 120-run target, Pakistaಞni batters consumed꧙ 59 dot balls to be restricted to 113 for 7 on Sunday.
Wasim took 23 balls to score ℱhis 15 runs in t🍸he losing cause.
"You look at his (Wasim) innings and it appears as if he was was𝔍ting balls not scoring runs and making things difficult in the run-chase," Malik said on 24 News channel.
Another former captain Shahid Afridi feels all is not well in the Pakistan dressing room and some players have issues 💫with skipper Babar Azam.
"A captain brings everyone to🎃gether, either he spoils the team environment or he builds the team. Let this World Cup finish, and I will speak openly," said Afridi.
"I have such a relationship with Shౠaheen (Afridi) that if I talk about him, people will say I am favouring my son-in-la🐈w," he added.
Afridi's daughter is married to left-arm pacer Shaheen, who was remov🐠ed as T20 captain just before the World Cup after just one series in꧅ New Zealand.
Former speedster Shoaib Akhtar minced no words in criticising Pakistan's below-par performancඣe, saying the Babar Azam-led side doesn't deserve to be in the Super Eight stage.
"I think I should have a template text. Disappointed & hurt automatically set to be posted. The whole nation is down and out. Morale is down. Somehow you have to show intent to win. Do Pakistan deserve to be out of Super Eight? God knows," Akhtar said♐ in a video message on 'X'.
Annoyed by Pakistan's ability to self destruct, legendary pacer Wasim Akram slammed the pl♉ayers' lack of match awareness.
"Pakistan cricket doesn't need🍰 enemies, they themselves are enough," Akram said on Sta🌃r Sports.
"Do we need to tell them about situation awareness? These guys have been pl𝐆aying for the past 8-10 years."
On a tricky pitch, Mohammad Rizwan was playing the anchor role until Jasprit Bumrah returned for his second spell and the ope♑ner inexplicably decided to swing his bat only to be bowled throwing Pakistan under the bus.
"Should I tell Rizwan that the main bowlers has come for one over to take w✨icket, so handle him? You haven't scored a single boundary after 10 overs, they didn't even try. They couldn't chase 120 also?
"I feel ashamed. As a fan I want to back the Pakistan cricket team all the way but there is a l♏imit to something," Akram said.
Former England cricketer Michael Vaughan feels Pakistan 💝lacks self belief.
"Sometimes really poor pitches produce the best games .. this was one of them .. Pakistan just don't believe they can win ..𒊎 Simple as tha𓂃t .. #INDvsPAK."
After back-to-back defeats against m🧜innows USA and India, Pakistan's Super Eight chances now rests on winning big against Canada and Ireland, besides ♉hoping that the Americans lose to India and Ireland.
Even in that scenario both the teams 🎉will end on four points each and it will come down to the net run🎀 rate.
