Former captain calls for a consistent three-year plan for better results
\n islamabad
\nFormer Pakistani captain Shahid Afridi has sharply criticised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), attributing the team\u2019s poor performance to frequent changes in leadership and structure.
\nIn an interview with a local news channel, Afridi emphasised that the administration needs to allow at least three years for any system to take effect and deliver results.
\n\u201cWhen you change or bring in any new structure, you must give the system time. Every year, a new chairman comes, and a new system is introduced. Things don\u2019t work this way,\u201d Afridi said.
\n\u201cAll the senior board members and senior players should sit together at one table and make a plan. Then, let that plan be executed for three years. Let the results come. If you keep changing the system every year, what results can you expect?\u201d he added.
\nPakistan experienced disappointing defeats against the United States and India in their first two matches of the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup 2024, leading to an early exit from the group stage.
\nThis marked the first time in T20 World Cup history that Pakistan failed to progress beyond the first round.
\nMany fans and former cricket stars have blamed captain Babar Azam for the team\u2019s poor performance, calling for his resignation.
\nIn response to Pakistan\u2019s early exit, the PCB has made several changes to the backroom staff, including sacking selectors Wahab Riaz and Abdul Razzaq.
\nThe board is also considering significant decisions regarding Babar Azam\u2019s future as captain. The PCB has seen a rapid turnover in leadership recently.
\nRamiz Raja served as chairman in 2022 before being replaced by Najam Sethi later that year.
\nIn mid-2023, Zaka Ashraf took over from Sethi, only to be replaced by Mohsin Naqvi in February 2024. After just one series, Naqvi dismissed Shaheen Afridi as T20I captain, reinstating Babar Azam in the leadership role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Former captain calls for a consistent three-year plan for better results islamabad Former Pakistani captain Shahid Afridi has sharply criticised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), attributing the team\u2019s poor performance to frequent changes in leadership and structure. In an interview with a local news channel, Afridi emphasised that the administration needs to allow at least […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420769,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-420746","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n