Shahid Afridi asks former Pakistan greats to comply with Rahul Dravid’s footsteps in grooming younger abilities

In awe of the work being finished by Rahul Dravid in grooming proficient Indian gamers, former captain Shahid Afridi has referred to as on Pakistan greats to take a cue and nurture the younger cricketers of the nation.
Speaking at a operate in Lahore, Afridi urged former cricketing stalwarts of the nation to comply with within the footsteps of Dravid, who served as head coach for the India under-19 and India A groups from 2016 to 2019.
Afridi famous that Dravid, who’s at the moment heading the National Cricket Academy (NCA), had finished a variety of laborious work with the younger Indian gamers on the under-19 degree.
“I think as it is we are facing a shortage of quality talent so what is coming through needs to be groomed properly by our former greats. They can do a lot with these young players,” he mentioned.
He famous that greats like Inzamam-ul-Haq, Younis Khan and Muhammad Yousuf can do rather a lot in shaping and sharpening the younger cricketing expertise of Pakistan.
Deliberating on the Muhammad Amir difficulty and his refusal to play beneath the teaching of Misbah-ul-Haq and Waqar Younis, Afridi mentioned this was an outdated downside in Pakistan cricket.
“Even in my time bowlers had problems with the coaches. My issues with Waqar are well documented. I think this can only be prevented when the board (PCB) opens up and listens and talks to disgruntled players,” he mentioned.
Amir, who retired from worldwide cricket just lately, had mentioned that he is not going to take again his choice till the current administration of the Pakistan group is in place.
Afridi urged the PCB to talk to Amir and resolve the problem because the left-arm pacer nonetheless has rather a lot to supply to the nation.
Afridi additionally took a dig at Pakistan head coach Misbah, insisting that he had learnt as a global cricketer that one can’t survive and carry out with a rooster coronary heart on the high degree.
“Players need to be encouraged to be aggressive and play with a big heart, then only results will come,” he mentioned.