Ramiz Raja: “Since Pakistan did not have an out-and-out fast bowler on that track, even Bangladesh, with that line-up stood tall against our pacers with speeds around 125 to 135 kph”
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Former captain Ramiz Raja expressed his disappointment at the bowling speed of Pakistan’s pace bowlers, saying it hovered between 125 and 135 kph.
Pakistan were recently in action in a two-match Test series against Bangladesh and Ramiz pointed out that the tourists found it easy to take on the men in green’s bowling attack.
He added that Test captain Shan Masood and the selectors need to find “an out-and-out fast bowler” in order to trouble the opposition batsmen and create pressure that will ultimately result in wickets.
“Their speeds have decreased, and so have their skillset. The Bangladesh fast bowlers seemed more penetrative while our bowlers were involved in more drama around their wickets,” Ramiz said on his YouTube channel as quoted by Cricket Pakistan.
“Since Pakistan did not have an out-and-out fast bowler on that track, even Bangladesh, with that line-up stood tall against our pacers with speeds around 125 to 135 kph.”
It should be noted that Bangladesh ended up winning the Test series 2-0.
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