Pakistan made a mistake by eradicating Sarfaraz, Arthur in 2019: Rashid Latif

Former Test captain and wicketkeeper Rashid Latif believes Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has made a giant mistake by eradicating Sarfaraz Ahmed and Mickey Arthur as skipper and coach of the nationwide group after the 2019 World Cup.
“Why was Mickey Arthur removed…what was the reason for his sacking? The team had done well under him and it was progressing well. Check the records and you can see but he was removed because of politics,” Latif mentioned on the YouTube Cricket Baaz channel.
He mentioned Sarfaraz additionally didn’t need to be booted out.
PCB had sacked Arthur one month after Pakistan failed to succeed in the semi-finals of the World Cup due to their web run price, whereas Sarfaraz was eliminated as captain of all three codecs after the nationwide group suffered a whitewash towards a weak Sri Lankan aspect in a T20 collection at dwelling in October-November 2019.
Sarfaraz and Arthur had mixed properly to take Pakistan to the Champions Trophy title in 2017.
“I don’t blame Misbah-ul Haq, perhaps he didn’t want to be head coach. He was young and inexperienced as a coach so why appoint him? It is the PCB to be blamed for what has happened,” Latif mentioned.
He after Sarfaraz and Arthur’s elimination, the group had undergone adjustments which had not labored properly for Pakistan cricket.
“Today we have lost to a second string England team badly in the One-Day series which means that our cricket is not good enough to even beat England’s bench strength.”
Latif hoped Pakistan can bounce again within the T20 collection towards England, beginning on Friday, after being whitewashed 0-3 by the hosts within the ODI rubber.
“Let’s just hope they can bounce back because we can’t afford anymore setbacks.”