“They don’t get it”: Wasim Akram blames PCB for Pakistan’s poor performances

The legendary Pakistan pacer highlighted the problems with PCB and slammed the board for Pakistan's poor performances

Legendary Pakistan pacer Wasim Akram lashed out at the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and blamed them for Pakistan’s poor performances in the T20 World Cup. Highlighting the fact that PCB saw four chairmen around a one-year period, Akram stated that the team could never be consistent with its performance in such a scenario. He also expressed happiness with the fact that he is not in touch with the board.

“They replaced Shaheen Afridi from captaincy and then changed three chairmen in one year. First they removed Ramiz (Raja). They didn’t even let him get into office. Then Najam Sethi was brought in. Zaka Ashraf came after three months. After four to five months, Mohsin Naqvi was brought in as new PCB chairman. How can the team be consistent then?” Akram told Sportskeeda.

After Pakistan’s early exit from the 2023 ODI World Cup, Babar Azam was replaced with Shaheen Afridi as Pakistan captain for T20Is. Under Shaheen, Pakistan lost one T20I series against New Zealand with a 4-1 margin and he was replaced with Babar in the role. Akram opined that PCB should have given the left-arm pacer at least one year in the role.

“They replaced Babar with Shaheen as Pakistan captain. The latter lost one series and the chairman got changed during that phase. The newcomer asked to change the captain and got it done. This is just not on. People make fun of us in world cricket. They don’t get it. If you have made (Shaheen) Afridi the captain, give him a year,” said Akram.

“They don’t ask us. It’s good that we are away from Pakistan cricket. It is a blessing in disguise because it is just criticism, politics,” he added.