The Pakistan cricket team is scheduled to play its first match in the T20 World Cup 2024 against the USA in Dallas on June 6 at 9 pm. The Pakistani bowling unit has been a danger to the opposing teams since the beginning, but recently the bowlers themselves are facing their fitness challenges. Former Pakistani legend Rashid Latif has questioned the fitness of the bowlers and has also criticized the team a lot.

Rashid Latif says that bowlers are returning from injuries and participating in tournaments, which is a big problem. He also believes that the fitness of today’s Pakistani bowlers is much worse than that of the former legendary bowlers.

Despite playing in the shorter formats, they do not have fitness – Rashid Latif

Pakistani young fast bowler Naseem Shah was ruled out of the ODI World Cup 2023 due to injury. At the same time, Haris Rauf is going to play the T20 World Cup 2024 after recovering from a shoulder injury. And spinner Imad Wasim has been ruled out of the first match against USA due to side strain.

Former Pakistani wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif, while talking to PTI, said, ,Many bowlers like Shaheen, Naseem, Rauf, Shadab have returned from injury and now Imad Wasim is injured. The biggest issue has been the fitness of the bowlers. Former greats like Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Mohammad Asif were much fitter than them and never missed any Test or ODI. But despite playing in the shorter formats, these guys do not have enough fitness.

Rashid Latif also raised questions about the team combination

Rashid Latif has also raised questions about the team combination. He says that the team has the option of four bowlers to bowl in the initial overs. In such a situation, who will bowl in the middle overs is a big problem. Rashid Latif further said, ‘They have brought back Mohammad Aamir and Imad Wasim in the team. Earlier when these two bowlers played for Pakistan and in PSL, they used to bowl the opening overs between 1-4. Now, Rauf and Shaheen play the same role, if you have four bowlers playing the same role, then who will bowl in the middle overs?