"Asia Cup mein Captain ko Qasoorwar Nahi Tehra Sakte." Kamran Akmal opens on Asia Cup matches
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00:00 Babar Azam's performances as a batsman are amazing
00:04 and obviously he is one of the greatest players right now
00:08 but there is always a question mark on the captain and that was a bit more exposed in the Asia Cup
00:13 World Cup is a big event, a mega event
00:16 What advice would you give Babar for the captain? How will the captain improve?
00:22 Look, it's okay that the Asia Cup didn't go well
00:27 We are all saying that Babar's captaincy is not good
00:31 Look, the whole team didn't perform well
00:34 We can't blame the captain, he didn't perform well
00:37 When all the players perform well, the captaincy is also good
00:41 He has been doing captaincy for 4 years, he has got everything
00:45 He has got the players, he has got the management
00:47 So he should do better
00:49 Sometimes a bad captain is not good
00:52 He should think, he should tell the management, he should identify
00:56 What should he have done
00:58 That thing should not repeat
01:00 And I think in the World Cup, I think we will not see these things repeat
01:05 And we will see good decisions, good captaincy
01:07 If he has been doing it for 4 years, it's good
01:10 So he has been doing it for 4 years
01:12 So I will say this
01:15 You don't have any other option
01:17 Anyway, it's the World Cup, even after the World Cup, you can't get a better option than this
01:21 So I think as long as the player doesn't leave himself
01:25 I think Pakistan Cricket Board should change
01:29 Regardless of whether the team performs or not
01:32 Kamran, there are two things here that we always talk about
01:37 You have been talking about it before in the Asia Cup Transmission
01:39 One is the problem of taking wickets from our middle overs
01:42 And the other is the problem of our middle order
01:45 So we get stuck in both parts
01:47 And it's not anyone else's fault, it's our own fault
01:50 Because we didn't try our bench
01:52 We didn't give young boys a chance
01:54 India is an example
01:58 Because of their rotation policy, their team is coming into the World Cup with a great combination
02:04 Our problem is that we gave the chance to the ones we relied on
02:10 So is it their turn to justify their selection?
02:13 How will this problem be solved?
02:15 Look, the middle order will have to perform well
02:21 There is a need for good players, and on top of that there is a batting collapse
02:25 If you don't have Fakhar in the form, then the pressure on the middle order will be less
02:30 But you have to play with responsibility and with good intent
02:35 In today's modern day, the cricket that is happening in India
02:39 You have to play against big teams and play good and positive cricket
02:44 And the middle order has to play well because you have a 4th number player, Razwan
02:50 On 5th, Salman Ali will come and play a 100-game game
02:53 Then Iqtikhar will play
02:55 They have to play with the intent of 8-9
03:00 They have to play with the intent of 8-9
03:02 There will be main bowlers, you won't get any good players there
03:06 You will get proper bowlers there
03:08 Then I think you will get to know their approach
03:12 After that, you will have to go to the bowling middle with a specialist
03:16 Otherwise, you know that the Pakistan team will have 350+ runs
03:21 The big teams that are playing, the 400-400 runs that they have done
03:25 India, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand are chasing big runs
03:30 They are doing it for the first time
03:32 So, you will have to go with a bowling specialist
03:36 Then it will be beneficial because you don't have a good luck
03:39 If you go with too many odd-unders, you will get 40-50 extra runs from bowling
03:45 Cameron entered as number 1 one-day side
03:49 But when Asia Cup ended, the performance was in front of everyone
03:53 That we couldn't make a place in the finals
03:56 Now we are going to the World Cup, so we are not number 1
04:00 But we were number 1 for a few days
04:03 So what do we have to do to get that position back?
04:07 How will the World Cup start well?
04:10 Yes, you are right, Pakistan has been number 1 for a short time
04:18 But it is a joy that Pakistan is number 1
04:22 But to keep this thing going, the World Cup will start on 14th
04:29 Which will be a match with big teams
04:31 Sri Lanka, Netherlands, Afghanistan, Bangladesh
04:35 Let's put them aside
04:37 We are good in comparison to them
04:40 But how to become better, how to become a top team
04:44 We will know that on 14th, which will be a match with big teams
04:50 For that, the Pakistan team will have to play hard in the first two matches
04:54 If it is the first batting, then they will have to bat at least 350 runs
05:00 They will have to bat 300+ runs
05:02 Netherlands should bat 450+ runs
05:06 The pitches, the team, they are lucky to qualify for the World Cup
05:11 But when you play against a top team, then you have to show yourself against such teams
05:18 Thank you very much, Kamran Akmal was with us