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Mohsin Naqvi, the chairman of the PCB, supports the selection committee despite opposing hasty changes following a single subpar performance because there is a small pool of talent from which to choose players. Chief executive of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Mohsin Naqvi, attributed the team's dismal performance to poor decisions made by the captain and coach. At Rawalpindi, Pakistan lost the first Test match against Bangladesh by a humiliating 10-wicket margin. Naqvi defended the selection committee in addition to blaming the team administration, captain Shan Masood, and head coach Jason Gillespie. He claimed that although the selection committee had chosen 17 players, Masood and the team management had remained with their starting lineup, which had performed appallingly in Rawalpindi. "It is unfortunate that Bangladesh lost, but the team only had 17 players chosen by the selection committee. It is up to the coach or captain to decide whether or not to play some of the...

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi clarified his previous remarks regarding the surgery of the national men’s team, lamenting the lack of a pool of players.  In an interview with the media on Monday at Gaddafi Stadium, Naqvi claimed that the senior men's selection committee lacked a pool of players from which to choose to replace the underperforming players. This suggests that the team's operation has been postponed. "The issue is that the players cannot be chosen by our selection committee from a bank of players." "When we used to discuss the operation, it was undoubtedly because we wanted to make up for our mistakes." "However, in order to say that we have a list of 10–25 players to replace, say, four players, we do not have [enough players] and data." Then, Mohsin Naqvi asserted that Pakistan Cricket would be able to discover and explore fresh potential thanks to the upcoming Champions Cup, and that the selection ...

In the One-Day Cup that will take place next month, Pakistan Cricket Board head Mohsin Naqvi named five mentors for five domestic teams, one day after his team suffered their first-ever Test defeat against Bangladesh. The teams participating in the new domestic Champions Cup have five mentors, as revealed by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on August 26. Three-year contracts have been awarded to Misbah-ul-Haq, Saqlain Mushtaq, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shoaib Malik, and Waqar Younis. The squads and sides have not yet been given official names. Currently active players are two of the mentors. Sarfaraz, the skipper who won the ICC Champions Trophy in 2017, is part of the current Test team for the two-Test series against Bangladesh. At the first Test at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Mohammad Rizwan was selected as the starting wicketkeeper-batter, and Sarfaraz was left out of the starting lineup. Agha Salman was also picked because of his prowess with the bat and ball. Shoaib Malik is the oth...

Shan Masood talked about the four-pacer strategy and early declaration decision following Pakistan's humiliating first-Test loss to Bangladesh. In the opening Test of the two-game series, Bangladesh defeated Pakistan at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, making history. After 13 meetings, Bangladesh has never triumphed over Pakistan prior to this one.  Pakistan's chances of making it to the World Test Championship final were severely damaged by the 10-wicket setback at home. After the loss, captain Shan Masood spoke about the team's widely criticized decision to field four pacers in the Rawalpindi stadium.  Pakistan had declared their first innings at 448 for six, and he gave the rationale for that decision. Pakistan fielded four pacers in their lineup because they thought the Rawalpindi pitch would favour fast bowlers. Bangladesh, on the other hand, had six alternatives for excellent spin bowling. In the end, the spinners turned out to be the decisive element after five d...

Mohammad Rizwan, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), received high accolades from Mohsin Naqvi for his undefeated 171-run performance in the first innings of the first Test match against Bangladesh on Thursday at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Mohsin Naqvi praised Mohammad Rizwan on X, the former Twitter platform, saying that the player has shown himself to be a valuable member of the Pakistan Test team. "What an incredible force Muhammad Rizwan demonstrated throughout today's Test Match! Thank you for helping him get 150 runs with three sixes and nine fours! He has undoubtedly shown that he is a valuable addition to Pakistani Test Cricket.  What a pleasure to observe! I'm hoping he does even better in the upcoming games; he has undoubtedly made Pakistani cricket fans proud," he continued.  Interestingly, Pakistan declared their first innings at 448/6, meaning that Mohammad Rizwan was denied a well-earned double century. With an undefeated 171 off 239 d...

Imam-ul-Haq is not included in the Bangladesh Test Series team. The future of Imam-ul-Haq, Pakistan's best batsman, was discussed by Test skipper Shan Masood during his pre-series press conference on Tuesday for the Bangladesh Test series.  Mohammad Huraira took Imam's place throughout the two-match series when he was dropped. Saim Ayub received his first cap in the most recent Test match between Pakistan and Australia, whilst Imam was absent from the field. When asked about the substitutions made before the game, Masood said, "Imam-ul-Haq is part of the plan but not part of the squad."  Imam-ul-Haq has been rested for the Bangladesh series, he continued. He continued his chat by answering the query of the substitution of Huraira for Saim Ayub and Mohammad Ali for Mir Hamza. Masood, 34, clarified that we are not suggesting that one bowler is superior to the other in this sense; rather, we are stating that the particular bowler is not appropriate for the circumstan...

 The playing XI for Pakistan's first Test match against Bangladesh, which is set to start in Rawalpindi on August 21, was revealed on Monday. For the first time in a home series, left-handed hitter Shan Masood will be the team's leader, with middle-order hitter Saud Shakeel serving as his vice. Pakistan's inning will be opened by Abdullah Shafique and Saim Ayub, then Masood and star batsman Babar Azam. Salman Agha, an all-rounder, will be the only spinner for the Shan Masood-led team in the first Test, while Muhammad Rizwan has been chosen as the wicketkeeping batsman. Mohammad Ali, Naseem Shah, Khurram Shahzad, and Shaheen Shah Afridi are the four pacers in Pakistan's bowling assault. It is important to note that the Pakistani team for the first Test was relieved of wrist spinners Abrar Ahmed and Aamir Jamal one day prior. Aamir was told to concentrate on his recuperation at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore, and Abrar Ahmed will now play for Pakistan Shaheens ...