Losing face after dropping pace!
Updated On: 27 August, 2024 08:02 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Former Pakistan stars blame incompetent players and inefficient administration for humiliating 10-wicket defeat to Bangladesh in 1st Test
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Bangladesh players successfully appeal for the wicket of Pakistan skipper Shan Masood (second from left) on Day One of the first Test in Rawalpindi last Wednesday. Masood scored just 6 and 14. Pic/Getty Images
A day after Pakistan suffered a 10-wicket defeat in the first Test at Rawalpindi to Bangladesh—the first time they have lost a Test at home by this margin—its former players have sharply criticised both, the players as well as the administration.
Pakistan did not field a frontline spinner and went with an all pace attack and failed to contain Bangladesh on a docile pitch as the visitors scored 565, after the hosts declared at 448-6. On Day Five, Bangaldesh spinners Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Shakib Al Hasan took seven wickets between them in the second innings to dismiss Pakistan for just 146, after which the visitors chased down 30 in 6.3 overs for their first-ever Test win over Pakistan.
Latif rues loss of pace
Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Rashid Latif, 55, rued the downfall of the side’s fast-bowling stocks. “The world knows that pace used to be our strength, but our top fast bowlers no longer bowl at breakneck pace. It was the root cause of this defeat [on Sunday]. Their speeds have come down drastically. If they are carrying injuries, they should reveal it. Shaheen [Afridi], Naseem [Shah], and Khurram [Shahzad] started off with pace of 145. They all have come down to 130,” Latif, who collected 1,381 runs in 34 Tests at an average of 28.77, told Cricbuzz.
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