'Completely clueless': Akhtar blasts Pakistan, fires warning to Mohsin Naqvi

Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar has indirectly questioned the enactment astatine the Pakistan Cricket Board aft Pakistan crashed retired of the T20 World Cup 2026 contempt signing disconnected their Super 8 run with a triumph implicit Sri Lanka.Pakistan’s triumph successful their last Group 2 fixture was not capable to overhaul New Zealand’s superior nett tally rate, which meant different semifinal miss astatine a planetary event. It marked Pakistan’s 4th consecutive nonaccomplishment astatine ICC tournaments, pursuing aboriginal exits astatine the 2023 ODI World Cup, the 2024 T20 World Cup and the 2025 Champions Trophy.

Speaking connected Tapmad, Akhtar did not mince words portion criticising the team’s deliberation tank.

He labelled the absorption “clueless” and suggested that flawed enactment calls implicit the past fortnight had outgo Pakistan dearly.“Pakistan’s absorption looks wholly clueless. Today’s squad enactment lone confirmed that the XI picked implicit the past 15 days was wrong. There was 1 wide mistake — Saim Ayub should person played alternatively of Khawaja Nafay. Saim could person contributed with the shot arsenic well,” Akhtar said.

He pointed retired that Pakistan’s beardown showing against Sri Lanka highlighted what had been missing earlier successful the tournament.“This enactment showed that erstwhile you prime the close players for the close roles, they perform. Fakhar Zaman is simply a earthy opener, yet helium wasn’t played earlier. Today, Farhan, Fakhar and Abrar each delivered. That tells you everything.”Akhtar past shifted the spotlight towards PCB president Mohsin Naqvi, suggesting that portion the main whitethorn person bully intentions, the operation astir him is failing the team.“I person thing against Mohsin Naqvi. From what I hear, helium is simply a bully person. He is 1 of the astir almighty chairmen successful Pakistan’s cricket history. He has influence, resources and authority. But if helium cannot physique a beardown absorption structure, and the squad has failed to suffice successful 4 consecutive tournaments, past thing is earnestly incorrect wrong the board.“I recognize that helium whitethorn not beryllium a cricket adept and genuinely wants the squad to bash well.

But is helium seeking the close advice? It doesn’t look so. This is simply a petition to Naqvi: the radical advising you are making you look bad. The enactment committee is not doing you justice.“He whitethorn privation occurrence for Pakistan cricket, but the strategy astir him is not helping. The existent question is — who are these people? At this stage, Naqvi remains Pakistan cricket’s past hope, but helium needs the close enactment operation to crook things around.”