All posts tagged: Pakistan bench strength

Champions Trophy | Pakistan will struggle to beat India B team, says Sunil Gavaskar | Cricket News

Champions Trophy | Pakistan will struggle to beat India B team, says Sunil Gavaskar | Cricket News

Sunil Gavaskar had a scathing comment on Pakistan’s recent woes when he said that this Pakistan team would struggle to even beat a second string Indian side. Champions Trophy hosts Pakistan have been in the receiving end of endless criticism ever since they lost to India on Sunday and it got much louder after they were dumped out of the tournament after New Zealand defeated Bangladesh on Monday. “I think a B team (from India) certainly (can give Pakistan a run for their money). C team, I am not too sure. But a B team will be very, very hard to beat for Pakistan in their current form,” Gavaskar said on ‘Sports Today’. “I think it’s surprising-this lack of bench strength. Pakistan always had natural talent. Natural in the sense that they may not have always been technically correct, but they had an instinctive understanding of bat and ball. Look at Inzamam-ul-Haq, for example. If you look at his stance, you wouldn’t recommend that to a young batter, but he had great temperament. With that …

‘Babar never tried to build up bench strength due to his likes and dislikes’: Umar Akmal slams former PAK captain | Cricket News

‘Babar never tried to build up bench strength due to his likes and dislikes’: Umar Akmal slams former PAK captain | Cricket News

Former Pakistan batter Umar Akmal became the latest person to slam Babar Azam after Pakistan made a disappointing start to their Champions Trophy campaign with a loss to New Zealand. Akmal, who hasn’t played for the national side since 2019, said that Babar had failed to build Pakistan’s bench strength during his stint as skipper. “Babar was captain for nearly five years most of the time in all formats and he never tried to build up the bench strength due to his likes and dislikes,” Umar told a TV channel. Akmal also stated that he had approached Babar for a chance to make his comeback to the national side but his request was swiftly rejected. Story continues below this ad “I told Babar that look give me a fair chance. You are doing well in the top order and I can be your finisher and we can win matches regularly and it will be good for Pakistan cricket,” he said. “He didn’t listen to me and for five years when he was captain he never …