PCB chief Ramiz Raza asks Pakistan cricketers to channelise their anger by performing properly in T20 World Cup

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raza on Saturday mentioned that New Zealand’s abrupt withdrawal from its tour on safety grounds had put an undesirable query mark over Pakistan’s capacity to host worldwide matches.

New Zealand deserted the tour on the day of the opening fixture on Friday citing a authorities safety alert, whereas England are additionally reconsidering their males’s and ladies’s staff visits to Pakistan subsequent month.The tour was on account of begin with the primary of three one-dayers in Rawalpindi, however New Zealand didn’t journey to the stadium.Raza, who took over the PCB chairman position on Monday, urged his gamers to channelise their anger and frustration by performing properly within the upcoming T20 World Cup to be held in Oman and UAE.PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja has a message for Pakistan cricket followers pic.twitter.com/cwEfcQXxus— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) September 18, 2021
In a video message launched by the PCB, Raja mentioned he was as dissatisfied as each Pakistani on the cancellation of New Zealand’s tour.”Release your frustration and anger by channeling it towards your performance. Take out your frustration in the coming World Cup by performing well,” mentioned the brand new PCB chief.”Once you become a world-class team, people will start lining up to play. Everyone will want to play against you. So I want us to learn from this, move forward and keep strong. There is no need to be disappointed,” he mentioned.A 33-member Black Caps squad was on account of fly again house later Saturday after New Zealand deserted its tour to Pakistan minutes earlier than the beginning of the primary one-day worldwide at Rawalpindi on Friday.“There’s a lot of pressure created on Pakistan cricket and (especially) Pakistan cricket at home,” mentioned Ramiz Raja.“The fight to survive is the base on which we challenge the whole world. If such a situation is developed (again) when international cricket comes under pressure in Pakistan, we will challenge them once again.”Raja, a famend cricket commentator and is thought within the cricketing fraternity because the ‘Voice of Pakistan.’ He appealed for Pakistan’s followers to assist the staff come out of this disaster.“Your pain and my pain are the same, it’s a shared pain,” he mentioned. “Whatever happened is not good for Pakistan cricket … The point is that we have experienced this before but we have to move forward.”Pakistan will open their T20 World Cup marketing campaign in opposition to arch-rivals India on October 26. They will face New Zealand on October 26.