Salman Butt: “I think this is the first time that the average speed of Bangladesh bowlers was higher than ours. They looked more fit than us. Our junior fast bowlers did better than our senior ones”

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Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has pointed out that Bangladesh’s bowlers were, on average, faster than Pakistan’s during their recent two-Test series.

Salman said this while listing out everything that went wrong for the men in green in the series, which they lost 2-0 despite playing on home soil in Rawalpindi.

In addition to the bowlers’ bowling speed, he noted that the Bangladesh cricketers looked fitter and Pakistan’s senior fast bowlers failed to step up. Furthermore, he questioned the team selection and declaration made by Test captain Shan Masood in the first Test.

“Where should I start? Playing four fast bowlers, the declaration, the line and length, everything went wrong. I think this is the first time that the average speed of Bangladesh bowlers was higher than ours. They looked more fit than us. Our junior fast bowlers did better than our senior ones. So, there is a list of mistakes made by the team. Where should we start? Who should we pick and blame because the list goes on,” he said on his YouTube channel as quoted by Cricket Pakistan.

Pakistan Squad for Bangladesh Test Series: Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali, Muhammad Hurraira, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper), Shaheen Shah Afridi

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