As the cricketing universe turns up the warmth on the Pakistan cricket crew, skipper Babar Azam has been dealing with extreme criticism. But, different gamers have not been immune both, with the likes of Shaheen Afridi, Imam-ul-Haq, Haris Rauf, and so on. additionally coming within the line of fireside. Amid this state of turmoil within the Pakistan crew, Shoaib Malik has taken a pointy swipe at Imam, reiterating one in all his previous tweets the place he had questioned ‘friendships and favours’ within the Pakistan crew.
In a chat on A-Sports, Malik doubled down on Imam, questioning his lack of boundary depend.
“When he was scoring runs consistently with same strike rate, no sixes, maybe two fours. We were okay as a nation. Why were we ok that time? Why did it not bother us? If you remember, I was the one who tweeted. Now, everyone remembers that. I tweeted, ‘when will we come out of friendships and favours? God helps those who are honest’,” requested Malik.
Shoaib Malik on Imam UlHaq – “Why were we happy when Imam was scoring fifties with no boundaries a few months back? Why were we enjoying his performances at that time? I was the first one who tweeted a year ago that friendships must end in Pakistan Cricket Team.”#PAKvsAFG pic.twitter.com/mIwSK0UZo8
— Usman Awan (@mutzoologist) October 24, 2023
“I talked about everything in our system (in the tweet). If I were diplomatic, I wouldn’t shoot myself on the foot when the World Cup squad (T20 World Cup 2022) was about to get announced. It was about the whole infrastructure. And I’m sticking to my tweet,” he added.
– When will we come out from friendship, liking & disliking tradition.
Allah at all times helps the sincere…— Shoaib Malik(@realshoaibmalik) September 11, 2022
With defeats towards India, Australia and Afghanistan, Pakistan’s World Cup semi-final hopes are hanging in stability. Babar Azam’s males do not simply have to win all of their remaining matches but in addition hope to see a number of the different outcomes fall of their favour.
As the World Cup marketing campaign concludes, the way forward for quite a few Pakistani cricketers could possibly be up for dialogue with the selectors and the board.
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