‘Travelling is just an excuse’: Shoaib Malik slams lack of ‘professionalism’ in Pakan players, calls it main reason behind team’s poor campaign | Cricket-world-cup News

Former Pakan captain Shoaib Malik has made a scathing attack on Babar Azam-led team and questioned their “professionalism” after they failed to qualify for the semifinals of the ODI World Cup.
“Travelling are excuses. The whole world is travelling. Look at India’s calendar. Their pacers didn’t lost pace and swing. It is the professionalism, which is missing in our team,” Malik said on the A Sports.
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“You ask half of them and they would not know how to recover. In the recent past, we didn’t had any ingredient, which can help you to get rid of cramps. We saw that in case of Maxwell, they gave him some gels and he played with severe cramps. It is all excuses. Travelling doesn’t matter,” he said.
Malik also explained why players get the cramps and how it is not related to dehydration only.

“You pick players after one match performance in the PSL. When you go to the crunch situation, your nerves will be tightened and then it will be followed the cramps. It is not that only because of dehydration you get those cramps, it comes because of pressure as well,” he said.
Malik also requested the Pakan Cricket Board (PCB) to play their B side if the touring teams are not sending their top sides.
“They should make a rule that if the travelling team has sent their B squad, make sure that our B players are facing them for the sake of their development,” said Malik.
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Malik also questioned Babar Azam’s captaincy. He said: “Lack of resources. No street smartness from the captain. We have only won against small teams.” Most Read
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“He is captain for the past three years and there is no improvement.”
Former Pakan captain Misbah-ul-Haq said that we were living in the delusional that this team was No 1 in the rankings.
“Realically, we have not played against the tough teams. We were also happy but deep down as a player you should know that why we become No 1. It is not our fault that we have got such oppositions, but still we should not live in that delusion. We must see where we are lacking,” he said.