Ramiz Raja ne kaha ‘Mujhe nahi pata mai ise kaise defend karu’ jab Pakistan cricket mid-tour turmoil face kar raha hai (Source: Gettyimages)
Former Pakistan cricketer aur Pakistan Cricket Board ke chairman Ramiz Raja ne admit kiya hai ki wo Pakistan cricket ki halat ko defend nahi kar paa rahe hain, jab 2026 mein England ke khilaf chal rahi Test series ke beech tour se hi saaf 7 players aur 2 coaches ko bahar kar diya gaya. Ye bade badlav tab dekhne ko mile jab Pakistan pehle do Tests bohot buri tarah se haar gaya, aur 9 September ko Edgbaston, Birmingham mein hone wale teesre Test se pehle series mein 2-0 se piche ho gaya.
Jo 7 players mid-tour ghar wapas bhej diye gaye hain unme Mohammad Rizwan, Imam-ul-Haq, Salman Ali Agha, Ali Usman, Aamir Jamal, Muhammad Awais Zafar aur Khurram Shahzad shamil hain. Head coach Sarfaraz Ahmed aur bowling coach Umar Gul ko bhi hata diya gaya hai. Mike Hesson ko unki jagah naya head coach appoint kiya gaya hai, jabki Ashley Noffke naye bowling coach ke roop mein aaye hain. Saim Ayub, Abdullah Fazal, Arafat Minhas, Saad Baig, Muhammad Randhawa, Razaullah aur Muhammad Imran Jnr jaise 7 replacement players ko squad mein bulaya gaya hai.
‘Mera matlab hai, ye sach mein unprecedented hai. Mujhe nahi pata mai ise kaise defend karu kyunki aap aisa nahi kar sakte; ye dukhdayak hai. Lekin situation aapke samne hai, aur mai bas yahi umeed karta hu ki players mentally in sync honge ki aage kya karna hai,’ Raja ne BBC Test Match Special par kaha.
### Pakistan ne mid-tour mein itne bade badlav kyun kiye?
Pakistan ki pehle do Test matches mein haar bohot buri thi. Unhone Headingley mein pehla Test ek innings aur 103 runs se haara, aur Lord’s mein dusra Test 194 runs se. In badi haaron ki wajah se Pakistan Cricket Board ko turant action lena pada, aur unhone teesre Test se pehle hi senior players aur coaching staff ko hata diya.
Chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq ne squad changes par salah na liye jaane ke baad resign kar diya. 1 September, 2026 tak PCB ne unka resignation accept nahi kiya tha. Ye saare decisions team setup ke key logon ko inform kiye bina liye gaye, jisne team ke andar chal rahi garbar ko aur badha diya.
### In badlavon ka captain Babar Azam par kya asar pada?
Pakistan ke captain Babar Azam ko squad changes ke baare mein PCB se directly nahi, balki media reports aur unke relatives ke zariye pata chala. Board ki taraf se apne hi captain ke sath communication ki is kami ne sabka dhyan khincha aur is baat par kafi criticism hui ki decisions ko kis tarah handle kiya gaya. Raja ne Babar ki situation par seedhe baat ki. Edgbaston mein hone wala teesra Test is badle hue Pakistan squad ke liye in halat mein pehla match hoga.
‘Babar Azam ke liye ye ek bohot hi tough kaam hone wala hai. Unhe shayad ye bhi nahi pata tha ki unke aas-paas kya ho raha hai. Aur ek captain ke liye, relatives aur media se aisi khabar sunna sach mein kaafi demoralising hota hai,’ Raja ne kaha.
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