When Pakistan cricket is in trouble, they always go to Rameez Raja- Sanjay Manjrekar
T20 World Cup 2024: The Pakistan cricket team has been eliminated from the tournament due to poor performance. In the very first match against the USA, the team had to face defeat by 5 runs in the super over. Then against India, the team could not chase the target of 120 runs and lost the match by 6 runs.
The team had won its first match in the third match against Canada. But then the team was out due to the cancellation of the match between USA and Ireland in Florida. There is chaos in Pakistan cricket at this time. According to media reports, the Pakistan Cricket Board can review the contracts of the players and cut their salaries.
At the same time, the decision to hand over the captaincy to Babar Azam again for the tournament is also being criticized a lot. Fans say that Babar Azam should be removed from the captaincy. Meanwhile, former Indian player Sanjay Manjrekar has given a statement on the Pakistan cricket team. Manjrekar says that the board should appoint Rameez Raja as the captain.
Rameez Raja becomes CEO or anything- Sanjay Manjrekar
Cricket commentator Sanjay Manjrekar, while talking on Star Sports, said, ‘You know, when Pakistan cricket is in trouble, they always go to Rameez Raja. He becomes the CEO or whatever. Who knows? Rameez Raja can be made the captain in place of Babar Azam. He looks quite fit. Anything can happen at any time.
Retirement of Pakistani players should not be taken seriously- Sunil Gavaskar
Speaking on the same panel with Sanjay Manjrekar, Sunil Gavaskar said that anything can happen in Pakistan cricket. Babar Azam was the captain in the ODI World Cup 6 months ago, he resigned. Then Shaheen Afridi came, the New Zealand tour did not go well. After which Babar Azam was again made the captain.
Sunil Gavaskar further mocked the decision of Mohammad Aamir and Imad Wasim to withdraw their retirement. Sunil Gavaskar said, ‘When you talk about retirement, it is basically a pause in their career. They always come back and say ‘the people of Pakistan love me and they want me to come back’. So you will never take a retirement announcement by a Pakistani seriously, because we know it is not a retirement.