{"id":460979,"date":"2024-06-05T07:27:38","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T07:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/06\/05\/i-understand-if-you-were-ms-dhoni-ahmed-shehzad-slams-pakistan-cricket-board-accuses-babar-azam-of-favoritism-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T07:27:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T07:27:38","slug":"i-understand-if-you-were-ms-dhoni-ahmed-shehzad-slams-pakistan-cricket-board-accuses-babar-azam-of-favoritism-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/06\/05\/i-understand-if-you-were-ms-dhoni-ahmed-shehzad-slams-pakistan-cricket-board-accuses-babar-azam-of-favoritism-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I understand if you were MS Dhoni&#8230;&#8217;: Ahmed Shehzad slams Pakistan Cricket Board, accuses Babar Azam of favoritism | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-110726765,imgsize-70560.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: Former opener <!-- -->Ahmed Shehzad<!-- --> criticized <!-- -->Babar Azam<!-- -->&#8216;s captaincy and the direction of <!-- -->Pakistan cricket<!-- --> in the last few years. Shehzad expressed his opinions on Geo TV during a <!-- -->T20 World Cup<!-- --> build-up show, just days before Pakistan&#8217;s opener against hosts USA.<br \/>When asked whether Babar Azam shows favoritism in selecting players for the national team, Shehzad didn&#8217;t mince words.He criticized Babar and the <!-- -->Pakistan Cricket Board<!-- --> for reinstating him as the white-ball captain just before the T20 World Cup.<br \/><span class=\"strong \">T20 World Cup: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/icc-mens-t20-world-cup\/schedule\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"strong \" frmappuse=\"1\">Schedule<\/a><span class=\"strong \"> | <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/icc-mens-t20-world-cup\/points-table\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\">Points Table<\/a><br \/>&#8220;Speaking of Babar Azam, there is friendship. Look, he is carrying players for a long run. The players are out of form for a long time. It doesn\u2019t look good. If I count the number of matches, you\u2019ll realize players don\u2019t get that long run. If there were any other captain, he wouldn\u2019t have carried players for 35-40 games. He should have thought about himself,&#8221; Shehzad stated.<\/p>\n<p>He continued, &#8220;We don\u2019t play cricket to win bilateral series but to win ICC events. Did we win any event in the last 4-5 years? If we didn\u2019t win, I would say there are gangs, friendships, and tola with an agent who has been manipulating cricket for the last 4-5 years.&#8221;<br \/>When reminded that many players in Pakistan&#8217;s current squad debuted under <!-- -->Sarfaraz Ahmed<!-- -->&#8216;s captaincy, Shehzad defended Sarfaraz by highlighting his success. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They [Sarfaraz Ahmed and Co.] produced the results, won the Champions Trophy. It justifies, you also win this event and justify. However, you\u2019ve got a longer run, one captain doesn\u2019t get five events. You were removed and then brought back. I understand if you were <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mahendra-singh-dhoni\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\">MS Dhoni<\/a> that you were brought back. But no. It\u2019s wrong with Shaheen, you made him captain for two matches and then you removed him.&#8221;<br \/>Babar Azam stepped down as Pakistan&#8217;s captain after the team failed to advance past the group stage in the 2023 ODI World Cup. Shaan Masood was named Test captain, and <!-- -->Shaheen Afridi<!-- --> took over the T20 side. 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