Pak media slam team’s poor show
17 Feb 2015 12:58 AM GMT
Pakistan on Sunday lost their sixth straight match to India in World Cup since the rivalry started way back in 1992.
A Lahore based national daily Daily Times headlined its piece ‘Pakistan fail to break World Cup jinx against India’. “As expected, Misbah ul Haq and his charges failed to break their World Cup jinx against India in Adelaide on Sunday. It was written on the wall from the very beginning but still many were hoping for a miracle. But miracles seldom happen,” wrote ‘Daily Times’. The headline in the Dawn newspaper said ‘India preserve flawless World Cup record against Pakistan’.
“In what was an important game for both teams, India ticked all the right boxes at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday to ensure they preserved their flawless record against fierce rivals Pakistan in World Cups,” wrote in ‘Dawn’.
In another piece in Dawn, a sarcastic comment made in the article said: “Hey, what’s an India-Pakistan World Cup match without a man named Akmal messing opportunities behind the stumps, right?”
Meanwhile, local media quoted former Pakistan great Javed Miandad from ICC column -- ‘Mindboggling experimentation’ -- saying that “in big cricket matches, a team fields its best playing XI and does not experiment”. “It was nothing but a mindboggling team selection that shocked millions of its fans around the world. What’s the science behind promoting Younis Khan as an opener? What’s the logic of leaving out a specialist wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed when he could also bat aggressively? It was like pushing the panic button before the start of an all-important event like the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015,” wrote Miandad.
He further added: “To me, it seems Pakistan team management is confused about where its strength lies. It wants to bat deep down to No.8 and also doesn’t want to miss out on the sixth bowler. I am afraid that’s not the right approach in big tournaments.”
A Lahore based national daily Daily Times headlined its piece ‘Pakistan fail to break World Cup jinx against India’. “As expected, Misbah ul Haq and his charges failed to break their World Cup jinx against India in Adelaide on Sunday. It was written on the wall from the very beginning but still many were hoping for a miracle. But miracles seldom happen,” wrote ‘Daily Times’. The headline in the Dawn newspaper said ‘India preserve flawless World Cup record against Pakistan’.
“In what was an important game for both teams, India ticked all the right boxes at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday to ensure they preserved their flawless record against fierce rivals Pakistan in World Cups,” wrote in ‘Dawn’.
In another piece in Dawn, a sarcastic comment made in the article said: “Hey, what’s an India-Pakistan World Cup match without a man named Akmal messing opportunities behind the stumps, right?”
Meanwhile, local media quoted former Pakistan great Javed Miandad from ICC column -- ‘Mindboggling experimentation’ -- saying that “in big cricket matches, a team fields its best playing XI and does not experiment”. “It was nothing but a mindboggling team selection that shocked millions of its fans around the world. What’s the science behind promoting Younis Khan as an opener? What’s the logic of leaving out a specialist wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed when he could also bat aggressively? It was like pushing the panic button before the start of an all-important event like the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015,” wrote Miandad.
He further added: “To me, it seems Pakistan team management is confused about where its strength lies. It wants to bat deep down to No.8 and also doesn’t want to miss out on the sixth bowler. I am afraid that’s not the right approach in big tournaments.”
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