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00:00Welcome to SportsZoom. I am your host, Najeeb Ulhasnain.
00:16Viewers, as you know, the mission is to win the Champions Trophy.
00:19Before that, there is the tri-series.
00:21The Pakistan team has started preparing for the tri-series in Lahore.
00:25The first match will be played in Gaddafi Stadium on Sunday.
00:29Former fast bowler Abdul Rauf will join me in the program.
00:34Rauf, Assalam-o-Alaikum. Welcome to the show.
00:36Yes, Walaikum-as-Salaam.
00:38Rauf, first of all, I would like to know that this tri-series is very important for this event.
00:44And there will be a lot of ideas in both ways.
00:47Firstly, there have been upgradations to your fields.
00:50So, they will also get a chance to check the venues.
00:54Most importantly, your team will be well-prepared for the big event.
00:58So, how do you see it?
01:00Yes, absolutely. I think both things have started a little late.
01:05The preparation of the team has started late.
01:07And the renovation of the stadiums has also started in the 11th hour.
01:10But it's okay, it's okay.
01:12Both things have been completed.
01:14The team has also announced it.
01:15And the renovation has also been completed.
01:17So, now there will be a test.
01:19So, now there will be a test.
01:21What is the progress of both of them?
01:25What is the expectation from them that the Pakistan team will perform better in the Champions Trophy?
01:32Can it perform better or not?
01:34And a lot of things will be cleared in this tri-nation series.
01:39A lot is being said about the team selected for the Champions Trophy.
01:45I myself have been saying for a long time that the Pakistan team is very stable in one day.
01:49And we expected a great performance here.
01:52Our condition is good.
01:54Everything is according to our standards.
01:56But the team doesn't seem so strong.
01:59It seems that the selectors are confused.
02:02Do you agree with this?
02:04Look, this is not the first time.
02:06The selectors of Pakistan are always confused.
02:09Not only the selectors, but the entire cricket board is confused.
02:12Do you remember the hybrid model of the Asian Cup?
02:16There was confusion in that too.
02:18Sometimes Zagha Ashraf was going there, sometimes he was coming here.
02:20Then in the World Cup in India, there was a lot of confusion.
02:23Our team went to play the World Cup and there were a lot of players' reservations on the Central Contract.
02:30Then in the first round, your team's performance was very bad.
02:34Then the selection committee was changed.
02:36And all these things were sacked.
02:38That vote is still pending.
02:40Then when I took charge of the current chair,
02:44they made a new selection committee.
02:46The way the team was selected in the T20 World Cup in America,
02:51you must have seen how interesting the style of play was,
02:54which was going on like this when the press conference was held.
02:56And then the results were very disappointing.
03:00And now again, a similar drama was staged before the Champions League.
03:04A new selection committee was made and a team like this was selected.
03:08The real issue is the reservations of the Pakistani people.
03:12Because we have only one game with the Pakistani people,
03:16which we take entertainment and enjoy.
03:19So everyone's eyes are on this.
03:21So when you do this kind of blunders, then the criticism will come to you.
03:25You see that you have five players who have not been a part of your plan for the past two years.
03:29They were not included in your one-day squad.
03:32Then from nowhere, you suddenly came to Pakistan.
03:35No, Rahul, I want to ask you the same thing.
03:38When you talked about the past, there were already problems there.
03:42There was confusion. The environment was also like this.
03:46The one-day series that we won in South Africa, Australia, Zimbabwe,
03:51we have given such a great performance.
03:54So there was no need for such major changes here.
03:56One was your force change.
03:58That you had to bring someone in place of Saim Ayub who is injured.
04:02And everyone was thinking that he would be the Imam.
04:04Secondly, you thought that you could use Sufian Mukeem.
04:07That it could be a surprise.
04:10Here we are going with one spinner.
04:12There is no proper opener.
04:14I don't understand anything.
04:16Look, the basic reason is that the preparation you did.
04:19You remember when Pakistan went to Australia.
04:21There was going to be a test series between Australia and India.
04:24And their focus was on the Australian cricket.
04:27It was on the test series against India.
04:29They also gave a chance to the youngsters.
04:31And they were able to perform that much.
04:33Pakistan won in two rounds.
04:35And then you went to South Africa.
04:37In that, your one-man show was Saim Ayub.
04:40Who dominated very comprehensively in both the series.
04:44Because Zimbabwe was a very weak team.
04:47They didn't care about their opponents.
04:49But this was a performance against two teams.
04:51In this, you could see Saim Ayub dominating a lot.
04:54Now, just because of one injury, the entire selection poll of Pakistan was exposed.
04:58That after Saim Ayub's injury, you didn't have a replacement plan.
05:02Neither did you have a proper bench strength.
05:04From which you would have picked and chosen.
05:07The five players you selected, they were not a part of your plan.
05:11You see that South Skill was not a part of your plan.
05:14Because of this, you lost two series.
05:16Three series, he was not a part of your team.
05:19Khushnil Shah, the last one-day game against Pakistan in 2022.
05:22Against Netherlands.
05:23He was not with you for three years.
05:25Faheem Ashraf had a bad performance in the Asia Cup.
05:28And before that, he had a bad performance.
05:30He was dropped from the team for two years.
05:32He was not a part of the team.
05:33Then you made Usman Khan debut.
05:35He has only played one or two first-class matches.
05:38He has an average of 15-16 runs.
05:40His technique is completely shattered.
05:43And then Fakhar Zaman.
05:45I will tell you one more important thing.
05:48You only had one player for one-day.
05:51Who was capable of being continued.
05:54That was Fakhar Zaman.
05:55He played 18 matches and had an average of 46 runs.
05:58He has the highest average.
05:59And he has the best sprinting rank.
06:01And you are checking the IQ level of the Pakistan Cricket Board.
06:05It has kept him out of the team for two years.
06:07He has an average of 46 runs.
06:09And then when the crucial time came for the Champions League.
06:12You had to catch him and bring him back.
06:15And I think the pitches of Pakistan and India.
06:19It is very difficult for a player to comeback on them.
06:23Because these are spin and dominant pitches.
06:25The ball doesn't come with one speed.
06:28So you can't expect him to keep up with his past performance.
06:33If he was in the team, he should have kept up in the last two series.
06:37Absolutely right.
06:38Pakistan is ready to defend the Champions Trophy after 8 years.
06:42Which was 2007.
06:43And what is the difference in the current team?
06:46If we look at both the teams.
06:47The balance seems to be missing in this team.
06:51In Sarfaraz's captaincy, we had a fairytale run.
06:55Because the team was not performing well at that time.
06:59As soon as we came to the Champions Trophy, we started showing wonders.
07:02And we defeated big teams and won the trophy.
07:06What do you think this time?
07:09Basically, the team was a mixture of junior and senior.
07:12And the one who was leading, Sarfaraz Ahmed.
07:15He had a lot of experience in the past.
07:17In the first class cricket and elsewhere.
07:19Then we had Mohamed Afeez, Mohamed Ahmed, Junaid Khan.
07:23After that, we had Shahzad Khan.
07:27He had a lot of impact.
07:29Because he was new and it was difficult to check him.
07:31Because of the conditions in England.
07:33So that's why Pakistan dominated.
07:35But the pitches here.
07:37As you saw, Basim Akram is a very good customer.
07:40And he criticizes the players a lot.
07:42He also said that the ground realities and pitches.
07:46You didn't announce the team according to the conditions.
07:49Because the pitches of Pakistan and Dubai are dominated by spinners.
07:53As long as you don't have good spinners.
07:55Even if you have a team of 11 superstars.
07:57But if you keep it according to the pitch, it can't produce results.
08:01That's why if after 10 or 12 hours.
08:05Then you start having problems.
08:08Then you have 5 filters in the circle.
08:10After that, the work of your fast bowlers ends.
08:13Then if you have an exceptional spinner.
08:15Then they take you to 40 overs.
08:17So they dominate in that.
08:19They give you a victory or stop the runs.
08:21So this is an automatic choice that is missing.
08:24We don't have a spinner who can dominate.
08:27Who can continue the match from 15 to 40 overs.
08:31And can give you a victory.
08:33So that's why all the players.
08:35Past players or experts.
08:37They criticize because of this.
08:39That this team doesn't keep up with the conditions.
08:42Okay, thank you very much.
08:44Abdul Rauf was with us.
08:46And this is what everyone is understanding.
08:48That there are some selection issues in this team.
08:52You will need a spinner in this condition.
08:55You are going with a proper spinner.
08:57You don't know about the opening yet.
08:59It will be seen according to the match.
09:01So there are a lot of question marks.
09:03But I hope that in the try series.
09:05Things are clear.
09:07And Pakistan plays well and performs well.
09:09So that a good preparation is made.
09:11For the Champions Trophy.
09:13That's all for today.
09:15Take care.
09:17Allah Hafiz.