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00:00Hello and welcome to Sports Room, I am your host Najeeb Ulhasnain.
00:20Viewers, as you know that the first test match of the series between Pakistan and Bangladesh is starting from Butts in Rawalpindi.
00:26All-rounder Aamir Jamal has been released from the squad due to his fitness.
00:31Bangladeshi opener Mehmood Ulhasn Joy has also been released.
00:35To talk about this, Sports Correspondent Mr. Shahid Hashmi is with us.
00:38Mr. Shahid, Assalam-o-Alaikum.
00:40First of all, Mr. Shahid, tell us that Pakistan's team is going with a new coach and a new Hikmat-e-Amli.
00:46How do you see this?
00:48There is a bit of Australian mentality in Pakistan's team and in Pakistan's set-up.
00:53You can see that Pakistan is losing 3-0 to Australia.
00:56Pakistan has been losing continuously since 1999.
00:59We lost in 1999, we lost in 2004, we lost in 2010, we lost in 2016, we lost in 2019.
01:07And this year too, Pakistan has been whitewashed 3-0.
01:13So, there is an Australian mentality.
01:15It is the first series of Jason Gillispie.
01:17He has been working for a month or two.
01:19He came here in the beginning of August.
01:21He is in Islamabad.
01:22He has worked with both teams.
01:24With Pakistan's Shaheen's and with Pakistan's national team.
01:27And then we have brought a new curator.
01:29Damien Huff from Adelaide, Australia.
01:32He has a lot of experience.
01:33He has to prepare for pitches in Pakistan.
01:36He is on a two-year contract.
01:38He is on a two-year contract with Jason Gillispie.
01:40So, good luck to Pakistan's team.
01:42There is an Australian mentality.
01:43When I spoke to Shaheen Masood, he said the same thing.
01:47From Jason Gillispie and whatever Australian approach we are bringing,
01:51we expect to become good human beings.
01:55Become good cricketers.
01:57And we will be among the top teams.
01:59If there is a world test championship cycle,
02:01then I don't think Pakistan will be able to qualify for the final.
02:04Now Pakistan is at 6th number.
02:06India is at first, Australia is there.
02:08And then there is New Zealand.
02:10But England's team will come up quickly.
02:12They have won three tests from West Indies.
02:14They will also win three tests from Sri Lanka.
02:16So, England's team will come up quickly.
02:18It is important for us that we not only win these two tests,
02:21but also win three tests from England.
02:23Which will be difficult.
02:24And then we win two tests in South Africa.
02:26That will also be difficult.
02:27So, according to me, Pakistan has less chances in the test championship.
02:30In this series, Pakistan should win both these tests.
02:33Shaheen, building up to this first test match,
02:36we know that our focus is on fast bowling.
02:40So, who will be our pacers?
02:43And what do you think?
02:45Which fast bowlers will be successful in making space?
02:48What will be the bowling line?
02:49Look, it seems that Shaheen Shahab Didi and Naseem Shah
02:53are Pakistan's first choice.
02:56Pakistan has to win the first test and improve in the series.
02:59So, Naseem Shah and Shaheen Shah are obvious choices.
03:02Both will play.
03:03Two of the remaining three fast bowlers will play.
03:06If Mir Hamza plays a left arm fast bowler,
03:09then another right arm fast bowler will be played.
03:12And obviously, it will be Khurram Shehzad and Muhammad Ali.
03:16My vote will go to Muhammad Ali
03:18because Muhammad Ali swings the ball.
03:21If there is an overcast condition,
03:23then Muhammad Ali will come in handy.
03:25These four fast bowlers will play.
03:27Bangladesh also has fast bowlers.
03:29Sharif-ul-Islam, their left arm fast bowler is good.
03:33Khalid Hassan is good.
03:35I have heard about Naheed Rana
03:37He bowls with a speed of 150+.
03:39He has played only one test match against Sri Lanka this year.
03:42He had five outs.
03:43So, he will play.
03:44Let's see how Hikmat-e-Amali Pakistan's all-face attack is successful.
03:52It will definitely be successful.
03:53May Allah not backfire.
03:55Because you have played a test match without a spinner after a long time,
03:59after five years.
04:00In 1995, he played a test match against Sri Lanka.
04:04Five years ago, he played against Sri Lanka at this venue.
04:08It is a very rare thing in Pakistan.
04:10Everyone is surprised that you don't have a proper spinner.
04:15I would like to know from you, what will Hikmat-e-Amali be?
04:18We told you that our focus is on pacers.
04:21You have three great spinners.
04:24Both teams have similar Hikmat-e-Amali.
04:29I was looking at the stats of Pindi Cricket Stadium.
04:32In the last year of first-class cricket, there have been a lot of trophies.
04:35Both fast bowlers and spinners have made outs.
04:38Abdullah Safi is a left-arm spinner.
04:40He made eight outs in one match.
04:42He made three outs in one innings and eleven in the next.
04:45Zahid Mahmood, who is not selected by Pakistan.
04:50Neither in Shaheen's nor in the main team.
04:52He is also a good leg spinner.
04:54He has also made a lot of outs in Pindi Stadium.
04:56Ali Usman was a top wicket taker in a season.
04:59He is from Faisalabad, Pakistan.
05:01He is a left-arm spinner.
05:03Noman Ali has also made outs.
05:05Fast bowlers have also made outs.
05:07Sameen Gul has made eight outs in one innings.
05:09Muhammad Ali, Khurram and Shehzad have made outs.
05:12Mir Hamza has also made outs.
05:14Fast bowlers have also made outs.
05:16If Pakistan succeeds in making a pitch like Damien Huff,
05:19then Pakistan will have an all-fast bowlers attack.
05:22But I also see injustice with Abrar.
05:26He is traveling with the team.
05:28He traveled with the team in the ODI World Cup, Substitute.
05:31He also traveled in the T20 World Cup.
05:33But he did not get a chance to play.
05:35This look is not good with Abrar Ahmed.
05:37He should have at least kept him in the test team spot.
05:40He released him in such a way that he is going on an all-pace attack.
05:44Bangladesh's team will feed their three spinners.
05:47Shakib Ul Hasan has 237 wickets.
05:49He is a very good left-arm spinner.
05:51We are very much out of our batters with left-arm spinners.
05:54Taijul Islam has 195 wickets.
05:57I think they will score 200 wickets in this test match.
06:00I hope they don't.
06:01Mehdi Hasan Veeraj has 164 wickets.
06:04Naeem Ul Hasan is their off-break all-rounder.
06:08He also has 30-34 wickets.
06:09They have very good spinners.
06:11We will go without spinners.
06:13Agha Salman will be a part-time spinner.
06:15Mr. Shahid, you stay with us.
06:16Let's take a break here.
06:17Don't go anywhere.
06:18We will continue the discussion.
06:19We will be right back.
06:25Once again, we welcome you to the sports room.
06:28Mr. Shahid Hashmi, our sports correspondent, is with us.
06:31We were just talking about Hikmati Amli.
06:33What do you have to say about the Bangladeshi coach?
06:35Let's show you.
06:37He has the real power to unite people.
06:40I am thankful to PCP for giving us time to come and play in Lahore first.
06:45In terms of preparation, I am very happy and looking forward to the challenge.
06:49This one looks like more favorable for fast bowling.
06:53Probably batting as well.
06:54Looking at their selection, they have not picked many spinners.
06:58Batting has been a concern for a while.
07:00As you know, when we played back home, we played in a result-oriented wicket.
07:06When you play these kind of pitches, batters have a tough time.
07:09I hope the pitchers in Pakistan generally favor batting.
07:14We will show a better result on these kind of pitches.
07:18These were the Bangladeshi coaches.
07:20Obviously, they are concerned about their batting.
07:22They are also saying that Pakistan has not picked a spinner.
07:25Mr. Shahid, next question.
07:26Aamir Jamal has been released.
07:28We had an update about his injury.
07:33What do you have to say about that?
07:34Also, there is a chance for Mohammad Hureyra to make his debut.
07:37I think Rizwan will get a chance.
07:39Do you think it will be Rizwan or Sarfaraz?
07:42Aamir Jamal could not fit.
07:44That is why he was released.
07:46He gave a good performance in Australia.
07:48He not only bowled out, but also made runs.
07:50Aamir Jamal is a very passionate and hard-working cricketer.
07:53He impressed everyone in his first test series.
07:58Hureyra has been performing well in domestic cricket for the past 2-3 years.
08:02He scored 924 runs in one season.
08:05He scored 1000-plus runs in one season.
08:07He did not play many matches in the last season.
08:09When he left for Shaheen's side in this season,
08:12he scored double 100 runs in a four-day match in Darwin.
08:15He went to Sri Lanka last year.
08:17But he was not allowed to play in any of the two test matches.
08:20He should have played.
08:21But now he has got a chance.
08:23He will play in the place of Imam-ul-Haq.
08:25The same question, Rizwan or Sarfaraz.
08:28I think he will go for Rizwan.
08:31Because in the last two test matches in Australia,
08:33he performed very well.
08:35This is a good and healthy competition.
08:37Sarfaraz and Rizwan.
08:39Sarfaraz played very well against New Zealand in the last home series.
08:43Mr. Shaheen, the competition between the two teams is not good.
08:48Pakistan is a better side.
08:50What will be the impact of the political tension in Bangladesh?
08:57There will be a lot of impact.
08:59On 5th August, there was a political change.
09:01After a big protest, Sheikh Hasina Wajid,
09:06who was the Prime Minister for 15 years,
09:09was forced to leave the country.
09:11In fact, many people say that he was given a safe exit.
09:14After that, there was a big change in the cricket board.
09:17The chairman of the cricket board,
09:19who was the president of the cricket board for 12-13 years,
09:24also made a difference.
09:25And his foreign coaches,
09:27Hathuro Singh from Sri Lanka,
09:29Andre Adams, a bowling coach from New Zealand,
09:32and David Hemp, a batting coach from Bermuda,
09:35they stayed in hotels.
09:37They were not allowed to go out.
09:40The preparations for the series in Bangladesh were affected.
09:45But the Pakistan Cricket Board called them early.
09:48They called them four days before their scheduled arrival.
09:51They practiced well in Islamabad.
09:53They had two teams here.
09:55One team came here three days ago from the senior team.
09:58They played four matches there.
10:00Six players were also part of Bangladesh's national team, the A team.
10:04They got a good chance to prepare.
10:07But the performance and preparation was affected.
10:11The preparations from the practice session were not very good.
10:15Thank you, Mr. Shahid Hashmi was with us.
10:18Mr. Shahid will be in Rawalpindi during this test match.
10:21We will keep updating him from there as well.
10:24Moving on, we will talk about Salman Ali Agha,
10:26who has admitted that the team's atmosphere is very good.
10:31And the talks on social media do not make any difference.
10:35During the press conference in Rawalpindi, he said that
10:39all the players back each other and are like brothers.
10:43Let's have a look.
11:06Chairman PCP Mohsin Naqvi believes that
11:10before the Champions Trophy,
11:12the construction of all three grounds will be completed.
11:17He also said that the grounds are not being completed internationally.
11:22That is why this work was very important.
11:24Let's see what else he had to say.
11:26This is a big challenge.
11:28Not only the Lahore stadium, but all three stadiums were impossible for us.
11:33It was a big project.
11:35Hopefully, we will complete it before the Champions Trophy.
11:38Our stadium and other stadiums in the world were very different.
11:41It was not an international stadium in any way.
11:43Unfortunately, no stadium could qualify internationally.
11:48There were no seats.
11:49There was no bathroom.
11:50The view was such that you could see it from 500 meters away.
11:53In today's times, the world has gone very advanced.
11:55If I have to live in the 1980s model, it was very good.
11:58All the stadiums will be completely upgraded.
12:00Not only this, we will also upgrade the stadiums in Islamabad,
12:02Abbottabad and Kardu.
12:05The stadium in New York was completed in the last 10-15 days.
12:08Hopefully, we will complete it before the Champions Trophy.
12:11Mohsin Naqvi said that Karachi, Lahore and Pindi
12:15will be the three stadiums for the Mega Event.
12:17According to the international standards of cricket,
12:21these grounds were not like that.
12:23That is why they have to be repaired.
12:24Let's go to Karachi first.
12:26Ali Hassan is with us.
12:28Let's talk to him.
12:29Ali, tell me.
12:30How far has the construction process reached?
12:36What do you think will be completed before the Champions Trophy?
12:42Naseem-ul-Ghani and Iqbal Qasim enclosures
12:46were demolished.
12:50The old scoring tower has also been demolished.
12:53Now, only the demolition work is going on.
12:56The chairman of the PCP says that
12:58the work will be completed before the Champions Trophy.
13:00He can only guarantee this.
13:02The condition is that the work is going on 24 hours.
13:06It was thought that the work will be stopped
13:09during the match hours.
13:13But now the match has started from Karachi.
13:16There is no hurdle in the work.
13:18It will continue.
13:19But it is being said that when it is done,
13:21a new model will come out.
13:23It will have a new shape.
13:24Viewers will be able to enjoy the match properly.
13:27There are media boxes, galleries,
13:30VIP boxes are also being built.
13:33It is a new sign.
13:35But the best option is that
13:36until the activity is completed,
13:38it is not said that the work will be stopped.
13:41Ali, tell me one thing.
13:43You started this construction work.
13:47You knew that you had to prepare it
13:49before the Champions Trophy.
13:51Why was this an option for the Bangladesh series?
13:54Then you said that we will do it in closed doors.
13:57First, the ticket sale started.
13:59Then it was stopped.
14:00Those who bought tickets,
14:01they were returned the money.
14:03After that, it has been completely shifted to Pindi.
14:06Won't the world laugh at this?
14:08You don't have any planning of your own.
14:10You are absolutely right.
14:12We had a prediction that
14:14when the starting match is going to be held,
14:16the weather condition there is not very good.
14:18It is raining continuously.
14:20We should see this.
14:21In 2003,
14:22when renovation work was going on in Melbourne Cricket Ground,
14:25India and Australia played the match in the same ground.
14:28The work was stopped there too.
14:29This does not mean that
14:30you do the planning first.
14:31We are going to sell the ticket.
14:33People purchase it.
14:34Then you say that no,
14:35you are not public allowed.
14:36We will refund it.
14:37Then you start preparing for the match on the ground.
14:40Then the queue rate goes there.
14:42The ground staff was working day and night.
14:44It was raining here too.
14:46Their manpower skills were also lost.
14:49The planning seems to be right.
14:51As you said,
14:52the people who work with JMPCB
14:54do not understand cricket well.
14:56It is possible that
14:57they came here before us.
14:58Because of this,
14:59they took the money.
15:00But it is the duty of the government
15:01to do the planning.
15:02Thank you very much for being with us, Ali Hassan.
15:04Let's move on quickly.
15:05Our representative, Shehzad Malik is with us.
15:07Shehzad, tell us about the progress of Kazafi Stadium.
15:11Yes.
15:12This morning,
15:13Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board Mohsin Naqvi
15:15visited Kazafi Stadium.
15:17He took a look at the ongoing development work there.
15:21The representatives of NETPAC, Engineers, FWA and PCB
15:27briefed him on the development work.
15:30After that,
15:31Mohsin Naqvi said in a media interview
15:33that we have started this work
15:35keeping in mind the rainy season.
15:38The rains will not affect it.
15:41In December,
15:43all three stadiums,
15:46Lahore, Karachi and Pindi,
15:48will be completed.
15:50If the stadium can be prepared 15 days before the event in America,
15:54why can't we do it?
15:56We will also prepare the stadium within time.
15:59Thank you very much, Malik.
16:01These were the updates from Karachi and Lahore.
16:03We talked a lot about cricket.
16:04Let's move on to Mixed Martial Arts.
16:06On the first day of the Mixed Martial Arts Championship,
16:08Pakistani fighters rocked Lahore.
16:11These matches were broadcast live on Pakistan's first HD Sports channel, A-Sports.
16:20That's all for today.
16:22I'll take your leave now.
16:24Take care.