Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan spoke to the media in Peshawar to handle the group’s early exit from the T20 World Cup within the Americas. Pakistan crashed out of the T20 World Cup within the group stage after shedding to event hosts and debutants USA, in addition to arch-rivals India. The gamers have been closely criticised, with some former gamers demanding that all the group must be sacked. There have additionally been rumours of groupism inside the group, which has had a damaging affect on the dressing room surroundings.

Whereas Rizwan admitted that whereas the criticism from the followers is justified, he rubbished the rumours of politics and groupism inside the group, labelling it as ‘exterior chatter’. 

“Individuals are saying that there is some politics inside the group, and there are some variations. If there have been any variations, we have now additionally misplaced video games earlier than. That is simply exterior chatter. This identical group has performed finals, semi-finals, however it’s true that we have not gained a trophy,” Rizwan mentioned throughout a press convention in Peshawar.

“The criticism the group is dealing with is justified, and we deserve this since we did not meet expectations. Gamers who cannot face criticism will not be capable to succeed. We’re upset with our efficiency within the T20 World Cup. There are a number of causes behind our losses. When a group loses, one cannot say that bowling and batting is doing nicely,” he added.

In line with a report, the most important problem earlier than Babar Azam on his comeback as captain was to unite the group however he couldn’t achieve this due to the groupings. 

Shaheen Afridi was upset at shedding the captaincy and Babar not supporting him when required whereas Mohammad Rizwan was sad at not being thought of for the captaincy.

Nevertheless, a number of dependable sources have additionally confirmed that PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi won’t be making a direct name on Babar Azam’s captaincy since Pakistan now performs its subsequent white ball sequence in November.

(With PTI Inputs)