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00:00Welcome to Sports Room, I am your host Najeeb Ul-Hasnain, we will start with a sad news.
00:20Former Test cricketer Nazeer Junior has passed away.
00:23Nazeer Junior was seriously ill for a week and was under treatment in the hospital.
00:27Nazeer Junior has played 14 tests and 4 one days for Pakistan.
00:31Nazeer Junior scored 7 wickets in the first inning of his Test debut, which was a record.
00:38He was the first spinner to do this.
00:40Nazeer Junior has also done an umpiring in 15 one days and 5 tests.
00:44We pray to God for his forgiveness.
00:51Moving on, Pakistan team has reached Zimbabwe.
00:54In this series, there are 3 one days and 3 T20s.
00:58Pakistan will try a lot of new players.
01:01Right now, the team is resting.
01:03After a day of rest, practice will begin.
01:06The first one day international will be played on Sunday.
01:08We have with us the former captain of Pakistan, Salman Butt.
01:11Salman, thank you very much for your time.
01:13First of all, I would like to know that the Pakistani team has reached Zimbabwe.
01:17We are trying a lot of new players.
01:20The question is, will we win 6 out of 6 matches?
01:24Or will we lose one or two matches because we are a Pakistani team?
01:29In Zimbabwe, you expect your team to win most of the games and probably don't lose any.
01:35But you shouldn't lose a match there.
01:38You are coming from Australia.
01:40You played a much better team.
01:43You have won tests and won one debut series.
01:45You have confidence levels.
01:47But yes, in T20s, you are making a combination.
01:50You can try out things for youngsters there.
01:54But I think Pakistan should still win.
01:57There are a lot of debates on this.
02:00Is it right or wrong to give rest to Babar Azam?
02:04What do you think? What decision is this?
02:07This is the right decision.
02:09All your senior players, like Shaheen and Naseem, should not play these matches.
02:15They need rest. They don't seem to have recovered yet.
02:19We won one-day series in Australia.
02:23There are a lot of debates on this.
02:25We played very badly in T20 series.
02:28Where do you think we made mistakes that led to this whitewash?
02:34We tried to make a lot of changes.
02:39By and large, I think Pakistan didn't play the youngsters in their numbers.
02:45Let's say, when you played Sibulla, it was a 7-over match.
02:49You tried to put an extra batsman in a 7-over match.
02:54In a small match, there are 5-6 batsmen in a 7-over match.
02:59Anyway, you put him in and didn't play in his number.
03:02Similarly, he didn't play in the next match.
03:05He played in the last match.
03:06Similarly, the other boys.
03:08As long as you don't give a chance to the new players,
03:12if you don't give them a chance in that particular position,
03:15their previous domestic record means not much.
03:18It's of no use.
03:20If you don't give them a chance in the place where they trained and played,
03:25it's not an ideal situation for them.
03:27There is already pressure from international cricket.
03:29You are in Australia and a new boy is playing in a new place.
03:33I don't think it's a good idea.
03:35Secondly, fitness is a big problem for Pakistan.
03:38One thing is to be fit from the unfit.
03:40Another thing is that you are fit.
03:43Because these boys have passed the test.
03:45But these boys are not fit compared to international athletes.
03:49The way other teams are.
03:50Especially if we talk about the power game of T20,
03:53we are not like the other teams.
03:54There is a lot of persistence in cricket, Salman.
03:56And the game has changed a lot.
03:58But we are playing T20 cricket very badly.
04:01Especially since 2023, our performance in T20 has been very bad.
04:06Salman, tell me, do you think we are on the right track in T20?
04:10Because if you look at Babar, Rizwan, Sahabzada,
04:14and then our deputy captain Salman Agha,
04:19these four players cannot play together in one team.
04:22If they play, the work will be slow.
04:25How do you see this?
04:28Only they can tell how it can be done.
04:30I guess you have limitations.
04:34Look, if I defend them,
04:36if I talk to them from the point of view of selection,
04:39then all the boys you tried, they did not do anything.
04:42They were unable to make a mark.
04:45Let's talk about Saim Ayub.
04:46He has done runs, he has done tests, he has done one day.
04:48People are talking about him today.
04:49Why are they doing it?
04:50Because this game has failed.
04:52Because when he was playing in T20-21, he did not do anything.
04:55Then Sahabzada Farhan came in his place, he also did not do anything.
04:58So the point is that the four you talked about,
05:00why are they playing?
05:01They are playing because a new player is not being successful.
05:04He is not able to create his impression there.
05:07And again, neither are they being enhanced,
05:10these four, because every time they are being talked about.
05:13Either they increase their game,
05:14or the one coming from below should do something to take their place.
05:17Both are not able to do it.
05:18And both have the same thing,
05:20a lack of strength on the international level.
05:23You are so lean,
05:26and you can only run,
05:28you cannot compete with international teams.
05:30The stats are also verifying it a lot.
05:34Because if you see,
05:36there are many players in the world who have scored 100 sixes in T20,
05:39but not a single one in our team.
05:44What to do?
05:45I have already answered this from the beginning,
05:47that this is a game of strength.
05:50When you talk about power hitting,
05:52you are only working on hitting.
05:53Where does the power come from?
05:54You don't get power just by spinning the ball.
05:57It is the usage of the muscle.
05:59Muscle is greater than resistance.
06:02Power is greater than force.
06:04And if you compare Pakistan's players with any international athlete,
06:09for example, Stoinis,
06:11or any other international player from South Africa,
06:14even when I went to the Emerging Cup,
06:17the fitness of the Afghanistan Indian team,
06:20I have never seen in my playing career,
06:23the Indian players,
06:24the way they have changed their physique now.
06:27I think Pakistan is following those patterns.
06:29There is a lot of importance in hitting sixes in T20 cricket.
06:33And our batters are far behind this fund.
06:36Yes, so you saw that hitting sixes is an art,
06:39and the Pakistan team is behind it.
06:41That's why they are not able to perform so well in T20.
06:44Salman Butt is with us.
06:45Let's take a short break here.
06:46Don't go anywhere. We'll be right back.
06:51Glad to have you back once again to Sportsroom
06:53in conversation with former captain of Pakistan, Salman Butt.
06:56Salman, I would like to know from you,
06:58that you have always supported Babar Azam,
07:01and have given him advice,
07:03but it seems like he was out of form,
07:08but still he is not able to play to his standards.
07:11What would you say?
07:14Look, there is a dip in performance.
07:16It comes only in international cricketers,
07:18in big players.
07:19Kohli did not score a hundred in three years.
07:21I think he is the greatest player of modern era.
07:24People don't even come close to him.
07:26That's his record.
07:27So it's not surprising that he is out of form.
07:30He hasn't reached that level of form yet,
07:33but despite that,
07:35you can see that his 30, 40, 50 runs are not enough for us.
07:39So it's his creation,
07:41that he has made his impression on people.
07:43But I am a supporter.
07:45Listen to me.
07:46The person who is running for Pakistan,
07:48we should all support him.
07:50We are all working together to bring him down.
07:52I have a question for you.
07:54You say that he is not a good player.
07:56So let him play.
07:58Everyone is saying that Babar is not a good player.
08:01But in his counter-arguments,
08:02they say that look at Stoinis,
08:04look at Travis Head,
08:05look at someone from India.
08:06They want to play for their own team.
08:08Tell us a player who can replace him.
08:10Tell us a player who can replace him.
08:12Let him play.
08:13Let Babar say that he doesn't want to play,
08:17or he says that no one will play except him.
08:19Do you have a good player?
08:21He has a right to play.
08:22He has a right to play.
08:23Pakistan has a right to play against him.
08:25That's right.
08:26Tell me,
08:27let's talk about Champion Shroffy.
08:29India is adamant that he won't come to Pakistan.
08:33Pakistan says that they won't go for a hybrid model.
08:36What do you think will happen?
08:39What is your opinion on this?
08:43There is no news about this.
08:45This was supposed to happen.
08:46The news would be that India would come to Pakistan.
08:48So this is a never-ending debate.
08:51They have their own stance.
08:53We have our own clear stance.
08:55There is no security issue in Pakistan.
08:57Teams from all over the world are coming.
08:59It is Pakistan's right.
09:00If Pakistan gets hosting rights,
09:02then the tournament should be held in Pakistan.
09:04In every way,
09:05Pakistan deserves to be rejected.
09:08What will happen?
09:09What happens in the world,
09:10there is no merit in that.
09:11What happens in that?
09:12Economic power has that weightage.
09:15So let's see what happens next.
09:17It is a question of the credibility of many institutions.
09:19As a former player,
09:20what do you think?
09:21How should Pakistan control this situation?
09:24Because as you said,
09:26everything is not based on merit.
09:28Justice is not that much.
09:30So should Pakistan take this decision
09:33that if India is not coming,
09:34then we ourselves should refuse that we don't want to play?
09:38Look, I can't say anything about what PCB will do.
09:41But PCB's stance is very clear.
09:43And PCB is on the right.
09:45And I congratulate them for this.
09:47Because whatever stance they have taken
09:49regarding this tournament,
09:50so in that,
09:51by and large,
09:52PCB is absolutely right.
09:54From India's side,
09:55you would expect that.
09:57In every forum of Pakistan,
09:59whether it is journalistic,
10:01players' forum,
10:02players' community,
10:03Pakistan Cricket Board,
10:04other players,
10:05every walk of life welcomed India.
10:08That you come,
10:09we want to see you here.
10:11If they don't want to come,
10:12then we have no solution for this.
10:14Obviously,
10:15from this reference,
10:16it is being said that
10:17the next 24 hours are very important.
10:19And there will be some update in this.
10:21And everyone is also waiting for the schedule announcement.
10:23Let's move on quickly
10:24and talk about Aqib Javed.
10:26When he came in the selection,
10:27there were a lot of positive changes.
10:30Now the role that is being given to him,
10:32he will be a coach,
10:33he will be a head coach,
10:34and at the same time,
10:35he will also be a selector.
10:36Earlier, this formula
10:38with Mizbaul Huq
10:39was not so successful.
10:40What would you say?
10:42Look,
10:43there are two different roles.
10:45One is to have
10:47very good and close relations with the players,
10:50the coach.
10:51And the player has to talk to him in a harsh way.
10:53He has to talk about his lifestyle,
10:55he has to talk about his habits.
10:57And he has to know him very closely
11:00so that he can take his optimum performance,
11:02the coach,
11:03and keep him at ease.
11:06The job of the selector
11:07is either in or out
11:09with the player.
11:10When two people play the same role,
11:13as a player,
11:14you often don't know
11:15how you will meet.
11:16Who will you meet today?
11:18Because the man in front is the same.
11:20But Aqib bhai has no doubt
11:22about both the capabilities.
11:24He doesn't doubt his ability.
11:26The thing is that
11:27only one person is doing both.
11:28So now we will see
11:30how this works.
11:31He said there is no such thing.
11:32But as a player,
11:33it's not easy.
11:34Okay.
11:35Thank you very much, Salman Bhatt,
11:36for being with us today.
11:37I hope you liked the program.
11:39Give permission to your host,
11:40Najeeb-ul-Hasnain.
11:41Take care of yourself.
11:42Allah Hafiz.