World Cup 2023: Shadab Khan, Nawaz mustn’t play collectively, says Wahab Riaz after Pakistan lose to India

Former pacer Wahab Riaz mentioned that Pakistan ought to chorus from enjoying Shadab Khan and Mohammad Nawaz collectively in ODIs. Riaz, who retired from worldwide cricket again in August, requested the Men in Green to usher in Usama Mir for Pakistan’s remaining matches in World Cup 2023.

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On Saturday, October 14, Pakistan misplaced to India by seven wickets on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Wahab, who represented the nationwide crew in three 50-over World Cups, mentioned that Pakistan want to seek out wicket-takers within the center overs in case the pacers fail to make early inroads into the opposition bowling.

“Shadab and Nawaz should not play together for Pakistan. I would rather have Usama Mir in place of either of those two. Pakistan have been obsessed with all-rounders, but we haven’t been able to understand who our strike bowler is if pacers don’t deliver. You need to have bowlers who give you wickets,” Wahab was quoted as saying on PAK Skills.

Wahab was of the opinion that Pakistan want to seek out methods of bowling opposition out on wonderful batting pitches on Indian soil.

“If you have to win the World Cup in India, you have to bowl the opposition out. And we have not done that apart from the Netherlands. This is where we have to understand that other teams will take us for granted. Scores will be around 300 to 350, but you can think of restricting the opposition if you pick up wickets,” he added.

After the loss to India, Pakistan are positioned fourth within the desk with 4 factors and a internet run price of -0.137. Babar Azam’s males can be seeking to get again to profitable methods after they face Australia on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on October 20.

Edited By:

sabyasachi chowdhury

Published On:

Oct 15, 2023