The history is a witness that the people of Pakistan love the cricket immensely. The happiness of the nation is visible on the good performance of the national team, but when the team loses, it is also criticized, which is a natural process.
In recent days, the national cricket team faced severe criticism for being whitewashed in the Test series by England, while some senior players suggested to change the captain. While some critics said that the main reason behind the defeat is absence of enough fast bowlers in the team. But now that the New Zealand cricket team has arrived in Pakistan, it is to be seen what strategy the national team devise to win.
While reacting to the worst performance of the team, former skipper Shahid Afridi said that to change Babar Azam as captain as not the solution of the issue, but it is necessary to change the mindset of the skipper. He said that as per him, only Babar Azam is not responsible for the defeat but the management is also responsible.
Now, the reins of cricket in the country has come into the hands of Najam Sethi, who has been appointed as the Chairman of PCB again. Soon after taking charge of his portfolio Sethi said that When Imran Khan’s government established in 2018, he was given a message from a very high level that he will not be moved, but he resigned. Sethi said that the Patron in Chief has the right to appoint a chairman of his own choice.
Najam Sethi being the ex-chairman of PCB has a good experience of cricket and has also been trying to improve cricket in his previous tenure. On this basis the cricket fans have good expectation from him, that he would take effective steps for the betterment of cricket. Now that the teams of other countries have started visiting Pakistan, we should move forward with positive thinking in this regard, so that departmental cricket can be restored in the country and employment opportunities can also be available to the cricketers.
