Shaheen Afridi continues to hog the limelight for all of the unsuitable causes. Issues haven’t gone effectively for the Pakistan tempo spearhead this yr and he might land in additional hassle after the current allegations of misbehaving with the coaches.
The left-arm pacer has been underneath the scanner for fairly a while now as he has did not carry out effectively. He confronted criticism from a number of quarters on the very starting of the yr for not enjoying the Sydney Take a look at in opposition to Australia. It was adopted by a 4-1 loss in opposition to New Zealand in T20Is underneath his captaincy.
He had a disappointing outing within the Pakistan Tremendous League as effectively. Below his captaincy, Lahore Qalandars completed on the backside of the factors desk with simply 1 win from 10 video games. Quickly after the PSL, he was changed by Babar Azam as Pakistan’s T20I captain.
Shaheen Afridi had the chance to reply his critics in final month’s T20 World Cup however he did not dwell as much as the expectations. In 4 video games, he picked up 5 wickets with 3 of them coming in a single match. He went wicketless in opposition to the USA earlier than taking 1 wicket in opposition to India as Pakistan misplaced each video games and finally bowed out of the event on the group stage.
Shaheen Afridi accused of misbehaving:
In response to a current report from Pakistani information outlet Geo Information, Shaheen Afridi misbehaved with the coaches and administration in the course of the excursions of Eire and England, simply earlier than the T20 World Cup. Nonetheless, no motion was taken in opposition to him by the group managers.
The accountability of sustaining self-discipline within the group was on the managers however they failed to take action. It is among the fundamental explanation why the Pakistan Cricket Board just lately sacked group supervisor Mansoor Rana. The PCB additionally parted methods with former gamers Wahab Riaz and Abdul Razzaq who had been serving as selectors.
The PCB is at present investigating why no motion was taken in opposition to Shaheen Afridi regardless of his poor conduct. The report additional acknowledged that the gamers who shaped lobbies within the group are additionally underneath the scanner.
In the meantime, PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi just lately met Pakistan’s red-ball coach Jason Gillespie, and white-ball coach Gary Kirsten in Lahore. The PCB acknowledged that the chairman has given each coaches a free hand to cope with the gamers.