Mohammad Wasim: “I will not take names here but I can tell you that as many as four coaches believes that there is a group of players who are like ‘cancer’ to the team. If they are in the team, this side cannot win”
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Former Pakistan chief selector Mohammad Wasim has revealed that “as many as four coaches” thought “a group of players” were a “‘cancer’ to the team”.
Wasim refused to name the players, but noted the men in green cannot win if these cricketers continue to remain in the squad.
He added that he “tried to get rid of them”, but the team management opted to “bring them back”.
“I will not take names here but I can tell you that as many as four coaches believes that there is a group of players who are like ‘cancer’ to the team. If they are in the team, this side cannot win. I tried to get rid of them but the team management once again have decided to bring them back,” Wasim was quoted as saying by NDTV.
The Pakistan team recently featured in the 2024 T20 World Cup and lost to the United States of America and India before bouncing back to take down Canada and Ireland.
Despite winning those two matches, they were eliminated in the group stage of the tournament.
Pakistan Squad for 2024 T20 World Cup: Babar Azam (capt), Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Azam Khan (wk), Usman Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Amir, Abbas Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed