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Hearing a lot about Babar’s removal as ODI and Test captain so thought of writing a thread as to how it is a continuation of PCB’s intentional move of ensuring Pakistan cricket does not have a star who can challenge the board
#CricketTwitter
#Pakistan
- No board in the world would throw their team under the bus in the middle of the World Cup of any sport
- No journalist in any country would try to settle the score against anyone in the middle of the World Cup
This is beyond pathetic. This is a shit show of epic proportion
they just showed babar azam's priv whatsapp convo with someone on live tv without his consent. this is pakistan's captain. how can you stoop so low
@Shoaib_Jatt
and how can you approve to show this on your show
@WaseemBadami
, expected better from you. ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC. LANAT.
Perhaps the only country where a sports journalist celebrates the return of a player, that too of a player who was convicted for spot-fixing & who mocked his teammates during the World T20 transmission.
👇🏻 tweet is another example of sports journos working on their agendas
#SAD
فاختہ نے بتایا ہے کہ مینجمنٹ کمیٹی پی سی بی نے سابق فاسٹ باؤلر محمد عامر کو نیشنل ہائی پرفارمنس سنٹر میں پریکٹس کرنے کی اجازت دے دی ہے آج سے محمد عامر نیشنل ہائی پرفارمنس سنٹر میں پریکٹس سیشن کا باقاعدہ آغاز کرینگے... آیا رے آیا عامر آیا
Welcome back king in NHPC
@iamamirofficial
Till now, it's unbearable... literally unbearable....such an unacceptable behavior from Babar and Rizwan, they trying to betray the academy, the same academy which given them utmost respect in every situation ☹️😓💔
#PAKvNZ
Babar Azam faced a lot of criticism for his captaincy, but today he should be applauded.
Went against Sammy's suggestion and backed Aamer Jamal. Stayed calm under pressure and made the right moves.
Time to celebrate 👑 👏
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#HBLPSL8
#SabSitarayHumaray
#IUvPZ
Bangladesh have every reason to feel hard done by. There is a perception that
@ICC
is not a neutral organisation and some umpiring decisions in this competition with India involved is only helping that perception grow
#INDvsBAN
#T20WorldCup
Just had an extraordinary dinner at Waheed’s on Burns Road, Karachi! The dhaaga kebabs were simply divine. A huge thank you to Minister Ali Hassan for the fantastic company and making the evening memorable.
Heard a lot about Shan Masood's captaincy, how astute of a captain he is, how technically sound of a captain he is & so on. Today, his captaincy during Bangladesh's 9th wicket partnership, was one of the worst I have seen during my broadcasting career
#CricketTwitter
#PAKvBAN
Heard reports about how
#NaseemShah
complained about shoulder pain a lot of times but the team doctor did not pay not any attention.
Apparently, it is the same doctor who was sacked for his poor performance in 2021 but was brought back by Sethi & Co.
This is EXACTLY what
Announcement 🚨
After back-to-back awe-inspiring magnificent Innings in this
#T20WorldCup
International tuktuk academy council (ITAC) decided to promote Professor Aaron Finch to the 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗕𝗗𝗖 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁🔥❤️🔥
Hearing reports of
@ahsannagi
returning to Pakistan tomorrow as he has been replaced as the media manager of the Pakistan cricket team. We are truly a 'baba republic' where a competent individual, who made his way to the very top with sheer hard work, will pay to satisfy the ego
Rashid Latif claimed on PTV that captain Babar Azam messaged the PCB Chairman in the last two days but he has not responded.
He also claimed that Babar messaged CEO Salman Naseer, who has not responded as well.
Absolute 🤡🤡🤡
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#PakistanCricket
#ICCWorldCup2023
Behave? Maal banao? Bhaiyaa haq halal ki khata hoo, na kisi ko blackmail karta hoo, na hi kisi ki izzat uchalta hoo. Behave woh kare jis ko na baat karnay ki tameez aur na hi kabhi kisi ki izzat kee.
Baat rahi assignments ki, tou woh unhain miltay hai jinhain kaam karna aata hoo
Mr Azeem behave
You just Focus on Board Incentives, I can understand you wana more assignments so you have to troll me for them.
تم مال بناؤ جو تمہارا کام ہے
With all due respect, this trophy has nothing to do with 'giving smile' to Pakistan fans. It's a league of former cricketers, and these kinds of competitions are NEVER taken seriously ANYWHERE in the world 🙏🏼
Update: Rain has just stopped. Covers are on and they have a lot of water. No update about the resumption of play as of yet
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#PAKvSL
#SLvPAK
Interestingly, not a single high-profile sports journalist is talking about Bilal Afzal's PARACHUTE selection in PCB's selection committee. Those same people used to tell us how a particular member was selected/ how much he was getting paid, etc. when Wasim Khan and later Ramiz
This man Bilal Afzal without any relevant cricket experience is now part of PCB Selection Committee. Previously he served as Caretaker Minister for Communication and Works at Government of Punjab under Mohsin Naqvi 🙏
Wasn’t expecting this from Imad Wasim. Agar Babar ki jagah T20 me nehi hae to Karachi Kings me Babar ko nikaal ker us say zayada achay players kyu nehi pick keye phir Imad ney ?
Babar T20i performances, averages and SR is remarkable. Kis performance per he should be axed ?
How come there is no one talking about top 8 run-getters in
#PakistanCup
but some journos are constantly focusing on propogating about the form of Umar Akmal (no.10 on the list) and Ahmed Shehzad (no.13 on the list of most runs) 🤨🤔
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Good news for fans as covers are nearly off and the Pakistan team is set to start the warm-up.
Umpires are also out in the middle as inspection is currently underway
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#PAKvSL
#SLvPAK
Stat alert: Abdullah Shafique's innings lasted 524 minutes which is the longest amount of time someone batted in the fourth innings of a Test match in a successful chase
#PAKvsSL
#CricketTwitter
THAT'S A WRAP!
34 matches in 28 days it was but it took nonstop effort of many more days and nights to make
#PSL7
a success on screen. It's been a fantastic journey of working alongside some of the finest in sports.
Upwords and onwards, InshAllah 🙏
#LQvsMS
#PSL2022
Update: The rain has stopped a while back but there is a lot of water on the covers. Ground staff has not started any efforts to get the game underway. More delay expected
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#PAKvSL
#SLvPAK
Started watching cricket back in 1992 and by 2007, Pakistan had a lot of superstars who would make the PCB higherups change their position to accommodate them. First, it was Imran, then it was Wasim, Waqar, Shoaib, Saeed Anwar, and even Inzi for that matter 1/
Ground staff is here, but the work to dry the ground & remove covers has not begun, largely because there is more rain expected. Seems like we won't have any cricket today, but there is no official word yet. Keeping fingers crossed 🤞
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#PAKvSL
#SLvPAK
PCB has done the exact same thing over the years and they are doing it again. They cannot afford to have a captain who can run the show on his own and that's why, they will get rid of Babar and find a way to replace him with another of their 'good boy'. End of 25/
With this victory, Pakistan become the most successful visiting team playing in Sri Lanka. This is Pakistan’s 10th win against Sri Lanka in their own backyard, most by any team in the world
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#PAKvSL
#SLvPAK
Since then, I believe PCB intentionally ensured that no cricketer will become that big of a star who can challenge the board or will get away with doing it his way. Not saying players are innocent in all of this 2/
In all, what PCB has done over the years with captains is similar to what our establishment has done with the Civil govt over the decades. They will never let a strong PM come to power who can challenge them and if he will, they will get rid of him 24/
If
#NaseemShah
is indeed out of the
#ICCWorldCup2023
, I hope Pakistan team management will select Zaman Khan over Hasan Ali or anyone else.
Losing Naseem will weaken our bowling in the first 10 but we can become the best in the world in Death Overs by having Zaman and Haris
Perhaps, back then, they didn’t realise that Babar was pretty quickly becoming a nightmare for the ‘babas’ in the board as the common public see him as a leader and a great batsman which he truly is 20/
However, in limited-overs cricket, the captaincy was given to Shahid Afridi, another star who had the balls to say no to the board. Despite leading the side to the semis in the 2011 World Cup, he was made to leave his captaincy a few months later after losing a series in WI 11/
He was replaced by Younis Khan and he turned out to be anything but a good, smiling character that he was while in the ground. He challenged the board and despite leading Pakistan to a T20 World Cup triumph in 2009, he was removed soon after 4/
The tone, the words, everything about this man is full of hate, arrogance and with the sense of superiority. Condemnation is just not enough. More actions must be taken 🙏🏼
پٹھان اور بلوچ طلباء پنجاب پر حملہ آور ہیں وہ مطالعہ کے قابل نہیں ہیں وہ صرف ٹرکوں کو ٹھیک کر سکتے ہیں انہیں مہذب بننے کی ضرورت ہے۔
یہ متعصبانہ سوچ والا نفرت بھرا نام نہاد تجزیہ کار واقعی کوئی صحافی ہے یا کوئی ذہنی مریض ہے؟
#SickJournalism
#HateSpeech
So now, there is a similar exercise underway. This exercise is to ensure that Babar — the biggest star in Pakistan cricket over the last 2 decades — remains in check. That he will either become a ‘good boy’ or he will be replaced by a ‘good boy’ 21/
Let’s take a look at what happened in 15 years since the 2007 World Cup. PCB appointed a young Malik, who became powerful after guiding Pakistan to the final of the 2007 T20 World Cup, eventually losing to India. He was removed from captaincy later after reports of grouping 3/
This theory also gains some strength when you hear the name of Shan Masood in the mix to become an ODI captain. The question is how and why, especially when you have Shadab Khan in the mix and Mohammad Rizwan as well 22/
By appointing Shan, PCB will ensure having another weak captain in charge, who will have no space to challenge the higherups because well he will not be an indispensable one, which Babar is 23/
Corruption, moral or financial, leads to this kind of ignorant behaviour where you are so self-centred that you don't care about anything but yourself, your own seat and that's it.
This is what Zaka did and if we get out of the ICC World Cup, remember his role in this debacle
Babar's class and fame is unmatched in Pakistan. There is no bigger cricket star than him in this country and he played a top, top innings tonight. Just sublime
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#PSL9
#PZvsIU
There were reports of the involvement of the team manager in the coup against Younis and that would never happen without the involvement of the higher-ups. Since Younis was replaced, he was replaced by another ‘good boy’ in Mohammad Yousuf but that didn’t work out well 5/
After going through a serious illness myself back in 2012-2014, I had tears in my eyes seeing the smile on this kid's face after meeting his heroes.
Incredible gesture from
@babarazam258
@iMRizwanPak
and
@ahsannagi
for ensuring this little one has a day to remember 🙏🏼🙌🏼
#Respect
Zahir Jaffer should be hanged, not once but thrice. Also, that guard who was standing in the video should be behind the bars for the rest of his life too
#noormukadam
There have been multiple stories of how Salman, Asif and Amir’s teammates informed PCB officials about their connection with bookies but they turned a blind eye. In result 3 of our big stars were caught red-handed for spot-fixing 7/
Had that incident never happened, Amir and Asif would’ve become the next two Ws, once again too big for the board. If that never happened, Butt would’ve become a powerful captain because he was performing and had too much knowledge to listen to these oldies 8/
Then let’s move to 2010. Pakistan cricket was once again rising. We found the best fast-bowling pair since Wasim, Waqar retired in Amir, Asif and had a very capable captain in Salman Butt. The same was written by Ian Chappell in an article 6/
Let's be very clear here. This is Arshad and only Arshad's achievement. No one, especially no official, from the PSB or POA deserves ANY CREDIT for this. It is only possible because of Arshad's hard work and nothing else 🙌🏼👏🏻🇵🇰🫡
#ArshadNadeem
#WorldAthleticsChampionships
So far that too happen, at some level, I believe people inside the PCB didn’t stop them from getting involved in spot-fixing. I am not saying the players were innocent, I am just saying they would’ve become too big for the board to handle had they continued playing back then 9/
We must know the facts regarding what has now become the saga of President
@ArifAlvi
‘s signing of the OSA and Army Act amendments. Clearly he did not sign,what circumstances kept him quiet for almost 30 hours before making this public? Hope he is not arrested & will speak up.
Jin ki poori zindagi ka maqsad doosron ki pictures release karna, aik controversy create karna ho, un ko kya pata kaam kya hota hai. Khair khush rahiye aap 🤷🏻♂️
He solidified his captaincy and position as a powerful captain by not only continuing winning ODIs but also by continuing to win T20s as well, making the side number 1 in the world and keeping it for nearly 2 years 16/
From then on, we had a typical ‘nice man’ Misbah in charge of the Test team and he was so unpopular for God knows why that PCB never feel threatened by him, hence they continued him in his role 10/
تمہیں صحافت کے اصولوں کاپتہ ہوتا تو تم یہ بات ہی نہ کرتے تمہارا کام ہی یہی ہے چاپلوسی کرو مال بناؤ صحافت کی آڑ میں تم صرف چاپلوسی کرنا جانتے ہیں تنقید کرو گے تو ظاہر ہے اسائنمنٹ چھن جائیں گے پھر تم ڈبل مال کیسے پیٹو گےwon't reply you anymore q ke main opportunists se bat nhu krta