Pakistan former All-rounder Abdul Razzaq has lamented on the painful state of cricket in the country, as the former World Cup winner struggles to qualify directly to the upcoming World Cup to be held in 2019.
As a player who played for Pakistan it is very painful to see the present situation. Pakistan to reach such a stage of being not sure of qualifying for the World Cup is bad and if they do not get a direct qualification, the whole team will feel the pain, said Abdul Razzaq, quoted Gulf News, during the launch of the Masters Champions League (MCL) Cricket Academy.
Razzaq who was Pakistans go to man, with his hard hitting batting and right arm medium pace bowling, was quick to pinpoint out the weaknesses of the current squad, saying that there is a serious dearth of talent at current.
They are lacking in talent. There arent player of the excellent calibre like in the past. To add to this the players are mentally weak. Its no longer the real Pakistan team. If they all did play as a team surely Pakistan ranking would have been high.
He further pointed out the shortage of all-rounders in current squad, and offered his assistance to overcome it.
In the past God had gifted Pakistan with many all-rounders. Unfortunately it is lacking today. Since we have a dearth of all-rounders they should have given the task of grooming all-rounders to players like Azhar Mahmood, Wasim Akram and myself. We would have tried to produce some good all-rounders.
Razzaq however, hoped that the team would bounce back and win matches to save themselves from going into the qualifying round. I only hope that in the coming days they win matches and not go through the process of having to play in the qualifying round.
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