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All the top cricket teams in the world are currently gearing up for the 2022 T20 World Cup to be held in Australia. The Super 12 leg of the mega-event will begin on October 22, while the Pakistan cricket team and the Indian cricket team will face-off on October 23. Both the teams are playing in bilateral series as well as in Asia Cup. Lead up to the showpiece event. all eyes will be on how Babar AzmiPakistan led team in T20 World Cup. In the 2021 edition, Pakistan impressed everyone with their performance and qualified for the semi-finals.
There will be a lot of expectations from the team in the 2022 edition as well. However, the former star spinner of the Pakistan cricket team Danish Kaneria Said that Pakistan played a ploy by not making a team for the future.
“I have been saying this for so many years that Pakistan needs to be ready for the future. Everyone is preparing their B team. There is so much franchise cricket and international cricket happening so you need backup and rotation of players. You can’t hang out with the same kind of cricketers all year round. It will burden them and then there will be things like injuries,” said Danish Kaneria, who played 61 Tests and 18 ODIs for Pakistan indiatoday.in,
“Pakistan made a mistake, they should have sent Shan Masood as captain of the Netherlands and placed him with a good bunch of replacements in the fast bowling and spin department. They have so many batsmen but I don’t understand their mindset. They have Saud Shakeel who should play. Shahnawaz Dahaniname is coming and zahid mahmood But the thing is they are just sitting on the bench and doing nothing. They are not getting those opportunities. Pakistan should have sent a young team to the Netherlands. The fear of losing is the factor. You can’t make a team when you have a fear factor, that’s the problem.”
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