{"id":180083,"date":"2025-09-30T13:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T13:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/180083\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T13:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T13:17:08","slug":"shoaib-akhtar-slams-pakistan-cricket-no-room-for-strong-personalities-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/180083\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoaib Akhtar Slams Pakistan Cricket: ‘No Room for Strong Personalities…’ | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Updated:September 30, 2025, 12:11 IST<\/p>\n

Shoaib Akhtar criticizes Pakistan Cricket Board after Asia Cup defeat to India, highlighting lack of strong personalities.\"font\"\"Pakistan's<\/p>\n

Pakistan’s players celebrate the wicket of India’s captain Suryakumar Yadav (Picture credit: AP)<\/p>\n

Former cricketer Shoaib Akhtar has said that the Pakistan Cricket Board is looking for players who will abide by everything that they say and don\u2019t hold a strong personality, slamming the administration after Pakistan suffered a defeat to arch-rivals India in the final of the Asia Cup.<\/p>\n

Akhtar pointed out systemic flaws in Pakistan cricket, saying that the side lacks aggression and character.<\/p>\n

Pakistan lost to India in Sunday\u2019s final, after which the Indian cricketers refused to accept the winner\u2019s trophy from Mohsin Naqvi, who heads the Asian Cricket Council and the Pakistan Cricket Board.<\/p>\n

The tournament had been fraught with tension from the very start and the animosity carried into the final, which India won by five wickets on a rather long Sunday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cHumey ab shareef bacche chahiyen, jo aaath baje curfew lagake ghar pe baith jaye. Cricket board ko in jaise bechare, lallu-kattu chahiye. They don\u2019t want strong personalities. This is the reflection of the PCB policies,” Akhtar said while speaking on\u00a0ARY News.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere will the attitude come when the captain is not inspiring? The captain is a reflection of the board\u2019s choices. Senseless and headless-chicken management. The team combinations were not right, the captaincy was not spot on and they were not willing to listen to us,” Akhtar added.<\/p>\n

The former Pakistan player used humour to highlight the decline of the country\u2019s once-proud pace-bowling tradition.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the first day after my retirement, I had decided I would never join PCB, as whoever has gone there has never come out with respect. I work in TV, take money and sit,” Akhtar said.<\/p>\n

The former player criticised Pakistan\u2019s Asia Cup<\/a> final performance, pointing to poor strategy, including dropping Hasan Nawaz, dubious bowling changes and a shaky middle order.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow there is Mohsin Naqvi, next time koi aur saab aa jayenge. Unless you bring in a visionary, educated man, history will remember if you start this,” Akhtar said.<\/p>\n

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September 30, 2025, 12:08 IST<\/p>\n

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