Friday, 25 March 2016

‘I’ll be the happiest man if we win Cup for Afridi’

There is a growing account of cabal theorists, who accept this abutting acceptance that animosity in the bathrobe allowance was the primary acumen abaft Pakistan’s World Twenty20 woes, writes Khalid Hussain.


The accepted acceptance is that all-rounder Shoaib Malik is atrocious to achieve captaincy while others like the alleged “young and talented” batters — Umar Akmal and Ahmed Shehzad — accept all ganged up to get rid of captain Shahid Afridi.

There is aswell this abysmal suspicion that the leash conspired to lose adjoin New Zealand from a acutely acceptable position actuality at Mohali on Tuesday night.

If such accusations accept abashed Malik, again he did able-bodied to adumbrate it during a abundant alternation with the media actuality at the PCA Stadium on Thursday advanced of Friday’s (today’s) bold adjoin Australia.

Rejecting speculations of altercation in the bathrobe room, the above Pakistan captain declared that he will be the happiest man if Pakistan win the World Cup for the approachable Afridi.

“This is Lala’s endure World Cup. I account him like I account Inzamam Bhai, Wasim bhai and Waqar bhai. He is like my ancient brother. I will be the happiest man if Pakistan win this World Cup for Shahid Afridi,” Malik said.

Malik declared allegations of rifts and groupings aural the Pakistan band as “useless and baseless” and fatigued that the “team was one”.

He said that such allegations apparent anniversary time Pakistan aggregation fails to accomplish well.

According to Malik “six of the players in the aggregation weren’t on talking agreement with anniversary other” if Pakistan won the World Twenty20 in 2009 in England.

“But cipher talked about it again because we won the event,” he said.

When the International Candid Council (ICC) launched the World Twenty20 championship aback in 2007, Malik was Pakistan’s captain beyond all formats.

He advance the aggregation to the final in the countdown accident in South Africa afore Pakistan absent to old rivals India in a thriller.

Nine years later, Malik is not captain anymore but an important affiliate of the T20 band nonetheless.

Two years afterwards the 2007 tournament, Younis Khan guided Pakistan to a title-winning celebration in England. Again Pakistan were admired a part of the best teams in the T20 format.

Asked to analyze the accepted band with the aggregation of 2007 and 2009, Malik said that Afridi’s boys in the advancing accident were above if it comes to skills.

“If you analyze 2009 aggregation with this team, I would say accomplishment astute this aggregation is abundant better, but the 2009 aggregation was added professional,” Malik said. “Coming aback to groups aural the team, in the 2009 team, six of us were not talking [to anniversary other] during the World Cup, but still we won that World Cup. If you lose, a lot of humans acutely alpha talking, ‘this should accept happened or that should not accept not happened.’ But in 2009, it was so obvious, six of us were not talking [to anniversary other].”

Asked whether addition acumen why Pakistan are backward abaft in Twenty20 Internationals because added teams accept bigger in this architecture Malik acknowledgment was: “Yes, added teams accept improved. They accept actual able leagues in their countries and the best affair PCB did was we accept PSL. It will yield a bit of time to get cricketers from that league, but it is acutely a abundant assurance for Pakistan cricket.”

Malik said that due to disproportionate burden from media and added quarters, Pakistan accept bootless to advance a able team.

He dedicated Pakistan’s below-par assuming in the clash and fatigued that accepting played a few abutting matches they were “just a footfall behind.”

Malik aswell approved to downplay animadversion fabricated by Waqar Younis in his columnist appointment afterwards accident to New Zealand in which the arch drillmaster said that there was no achievement for Pakistan.

“When you lose, you are disappointed,” Malik said. “In the calefaction of the moment, even astute humans can say or do childish things. I am abiding Waqar didn’t beggarly to say we accept no adventitious of assault Australia. We are professionals; it doesn’t amount if we go to the semi-final or not, our job is to accord our 100%. This is our opportunity. This is a big event, yes, but you apprentice that tomorrow is a new day. There is a day afterwards that. There is a new clash afterwards that. Our aboriginal ambition is to win tomorrow.”

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