Title holders lost Their introductory game for New Zealand for 60 runs in Karachi on Wednesday, before Sunday six-wicket defeat to archivors India pushed them on the edge of an early exit.
Pakistan needed Bangladesh to beat New Zealand on Monday to keep his slender hopes in the place in the semifinals, but the result gone otherwise.
On Thursday, the game with Bangladesh in Rawalpindi was reduced to a dead rubber match.
“We supported these players in the last few years, but they do not learn to improve,” Former Captain Wasim Akram told the AFP news agency.
“It’s time for wholesale shake. We need to improve our domestic cricket system so that we can produce quality cricketers, not ordinary.”
The lack of competitiveness in domestic scrike and low-quality terrains for not preparing the player for the international phase.
Sports in Pakistan is also maintained by frequent changes on the cricket plate, trainer teams and elective plates, critics say.
Such changes are initiated by politics, not merit, according to observers.
“I feel very desperate with the state of Pakistan Cricket,” said former Captain Rashid Latif.
“We need to follow the merits and bring professionals in the administration of the game, not people on political basis.
“Frequent changes in the Pakistan cricket board (PCB), the selection and captain committee failed in the formation of appropriate installation and team.”
Entrance to the country for the country concerning its first chief tournament for cricket in 29 years, after significant security improvements.
Former Captain Pakistan and Popular All-Round Shahid Afridi accused Pakistan to play outdated cricket.
“Pakistan is 2025. He played a cricket style in the 1980s and 1990s, while the other teams progressed well to adopt aggressive and modern style,” he said.
“We need a complete overhaul of the system so we can produce players with an aggressive way of thinking.”
‘Cricket is dead in Pakistan’
“We delighted that the international event finally returned to our country, but the joy was short-lived,” said 26-year-old Umar Siraj, a pharmacist in Rawalpindi.
“The hardest part of being a fan of Pakistan is to pray in the end for other teams to lose,” Chuckled. “It’s painful. I’m gut.”
Pakistani champion of the trophy flop is nothing new. They also collapsed from the World Cup 2023. in the first round in India.
After that, he followed their exit in the same phase in the twenty20 World Cup in the United States and West India last year – the tournament defeated the neighborhoods of India.
Pakistan finished the ninth last month and last time at the World Championship Test after drawing a domestic series with west indiques.
The latest debacle, and on the house soil, represents a new low.
“It’s disappointing that they didn’t even set up a fight,” said Naseem Satti, a 46-year-old worker.
“We don’t have any quality bowlers, there are no reliable battards and it seems that cricket is dead in Pakistan.”
Asma Batool, a 52-year-old housewife, underlined exactly what cricket means to people in Pakistan.
“Cricket is the only source of fun for our youth,” she said.
“Our nation finds comfort in this game.”

Injuries, Bad Task Form Lethal Smokes
Mohammad Rizwan was placed in the October of Pakistan’s white ball skippers and led Pakistan to an impressive 2-1 goes over the world’s Champions Australia – their first series for 22 years in the country.
They also won Zimbabwe and applied to South Africa their first home white exam, with a 3-0 bundle.
However, the quick opener Saim Ayub has injured its ankle during the next test in South Africa, and Pakistan delayed the announcement of his trophic detachment while the deadline was waiting for the ayub fitness even as left-handed.
To add to the adversity of the home, colleague opener Fakhar Zaman is excluded from the rest of the tournament after the first match – 60-run funnel for New Zealand – with muscle injury.
Pakistani attacking Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf – rested from the test series to keep them fresh – looked rusty and failed to control death.
When he was zamen excluded, the team brought in IM-ul-Haq as a replacement. He only made 10 like Pakistan knocked down the title of Favorite India with six wickets.
In the surprise move, they included the versatile Khushdil Shah and Faheem Ashraf based on their appearances in Bangladesh twenty20 leagues. Ashraf didn’t play go two years and Khushdil for three.
Latiff called these elections “political choice”, blaming external influence.

Fans to blame “Losers” thinking “
For fans, the loss against India brought a famous heart now.
Moizmer, the owner of the café in Karagi, said the customers asked him to change the TV channel to “avoid the humiliation” of his champion of the trophy defeat for India.
“For large parts of Indian Unikac, a good number of people turned their backs to the game – turned to his friends instead of the screen, such was disappointment,” said a 45-year-old in Karachi.
The winders who did not look at the view looked in India in the second time in eight months in the ICC, after the conflict in the ICC T20 World Cup.
“It was such a big match and we descended with a hypera,” said 42-year-old Zain Mursaleen, among a hundred viewers with a deflated mood that gathered to watch the game in Karachi.
“We like to see a good cricket and Pakistan that doesn’t do it – again.”
In Garrison City, the neighboring capital of Islamabad, the atmosphere was a wrap from the beginning before the Indian star star Virat Kohli hit unbeaten 100.
“They came into play with the loss of thinking and never tried to attack,” said 53-year-old Rasheed Saleem chef. “I doubt they even realize how to resemble fans to see the fans how they descend.”

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2025-02-25 15:28:00