“Usko kuch pata nahi hai” - Shoaib Akhtar roasts Pakistan skipper Salman Ali after six-wicket defeat to India

Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar has slammed the national team skipper, Salman Ali Agha, and head coach Mike Hesson, for their poor selection calls against the Indian team in the Super Fours clash on Sunday, September 21, in Dubai.

Speaking exclusively on PTV Sports, Akhtar has asserted that Salman doesn’t know anything and questioned his batting order, adding that he is the weakest link of the team. Moreover, he questioned his place in the playing XI.

“I am very surprised by the coach (Mike Hesson). As far as the captain, he doesn’t know anything anyways (usko kuch pata nahi hai) what is he captaining, what is he playing in the middle,” Akhtar told PTV Sports.

“He is the weakest link of the team. Does he deserve to play in the spot he is playing? No one will discuss this. He is the weakest link in the middle. What does he do? Tell me? He comes at No.6 and for India, you have Hardik Pandya or Tilak coming there. Karo comparison,” he added.

“Good boy is teek hai, fine with me, so captain is fine with me – but what does he produce as a talent?” he stated.

Additionally, Akhtar has given his opinion on the Pakistani team selection against India. While they started off well with 91/1 in 10 overs at the halfway stage, they could post only 171 runs eventually in 20 overs.

“First of all the team selection was wrong. From 91 in 10 overs , they could have been 140 by 15th and reached 200. The pitch was so good today. If an established player was playing at that point. Hussain Talat came and slowed down [he made 10 runs from 11 balls]. Then Mohammad Nawaz played 19 balls [made 21 runs] and got run out,” he observed.

“Second, If you had to get Saim Ayub to bowl in the powerplay, get him three overs, then you might as well have picked more fast bowlers. What are they thinking? What’s the process behind team selection – that’s all I want to know. I don’t want to hear anything else. If someone can call me and tell me this is the reason we didn’t pick,” he concluded.

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