Pakistan cricket needs a complete revamp, says Wasim Akram

Sporting a jeans and T-shirt and accustomed his backpack, Wasim Akram absolved in the dining breadth of Taj Chandigarh and instantly became the centre of attention.


In a blink, he took abroad the accent from the brand of New Zealand stars Ross Taylor, Grant Elliot, Trent Boult and Corey Anderson who were all breakfasting in a restaurant arranged with guests.

It’s been 13 years back Wasim played the endure bold of his illustrious all-embracing career but the allegorical pacer charcoal a big crowd-puller even in India. Especially in India.

Fans fabricated a beeline for yield selfies but Wasim, who was in a bustle to bolt a flight to Delhi, absolved himself.

But he forgot all about his biking affairs already I asked him about what’s amiss with this Pakistan team?

“What’s not amiss with it,” he replied as the aide placed a dossa bowl in foreground of him.

“I beggarly we accept not been accomplishing annihilation right. In yesterday’s bold Sharjeel’s beating was the alone argent lining and to some admeasurement Sami’s bowling. Otherwise we were absolutely bad in all areas,” he said.

But Wasim doesn’t anticipate that the botheration lies in Pakistan’s breakable batting agency or the selectors who best it.

“What we accept actuality is the best lot that was accessible in Pakistan. They are the cream. The botheration is that a lot of of them aren’t apple chic and for that I accusation our system, which is acutely faulty,” said Wasim, who afresh helped Islamabad United win the countdown Pakistan Super League (PSL).

Wasim blames Pakistan’s candid chiefs for repeating the aforementioned things afresh and again, assured altered results.

“Our candid is ten years abaft the avant-garde game. We are backward abaft teams like New Zealand because we haven’t adapted or upgraded our system. You can’t accumulate repeating your mistakes and again apprehend altered results.”

Wasim believes that Pakistan Candid Board (PCB) has committed too abounding mistakes in the accomplished few years.

“We are now paying the amount for mistakes committed several years ago. Such is our bearings that if we change our bold plan now and alpha accomplishing things appropriate even again it will yield about 5 years to get any absolute results.

“If we are advantageous we ability get some acquittal by the time the next Apple Cup (in 2019 in England) takes place.”

Wasim wants Pakistan to focus added on youngsters.

“We should advance in our adolescent lot,” he said. “We should anticipate abiding and plan on players who accept their careers in foreground of them and not on the seniors who are in their afterglow years.”

There are speculations Pakistan accept fabricated up their apperception about hiring a adopted drillmaster to alter Waqar Younis afterwards the Apple Twenty20 but Wasim doesn’t anticipate that it will accomplish abundant of a difference.

“Even the best adopted coaches can’t do annihilation with this affectionate of awry talent,” he said.

Wasim wants PCB to accompany in added professionals to advice it adapt Pakistan cricket.

“There are so abounding wrongs in our system. There are humans in the Board and in the academies who accept been there for years and maybe decades after abundant to show.

“You can’t abide with them and again apprehend any absolute change.

“I’m bright in my apperception that Pakistan candid needs a complete revamp. I aswell accept that the accepted humans (in the Board) can’t do it.

“Unless we accompany in professionals and advance heavily in our calm candid annihilation would absolutely change and we will accumulate on experiencing disappointments and heartbreaks,” said Wasim, who took the endure sip of his tea afore adage goodbye.