Former Pakistan pacer Aqib Javed remembers how he was virtually lynched after coming back from India and the way the followers tried to burn his home down and says Babar Azam ought to step down as captain and Shaheen Shah Afridi should change him.
“Now, we are able to’t even criticize this staff after their poor show within the World Cup. They’re fortunate. After 1996 World Cup what occurred with me was a horrible expertise. We had been scared once we left India,” Aqib Javed mentioned on SUNO NEWS.
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“On the airport even safety folks weren’t there to assist us out. We weren’t positive how we’d attain dwelling. Stones had been pelted at my home, mob tried to burn my home down. I used to be hit with eggs and tomatoes on the pinnacle,” recalled Javed.
Aqib, who has performed 22 Exams and 163 ODIs for Pakistan and was member of the 1992 World Cup successful staff recalled how mob tried to lynch him on the airport in Pakistan.
“Our bus stopped. I stepped out of it and, I noticed folks working in the direction of me. The bus driver began the bus. I used to be stranding there with by bag and began working. Immediately, a Jeep got here, 4 folks pushed me inside and I believed I’m useless. Fortunately, It was my cousin, who was in police, he got here there to rescue me,” mentioned Javed.
“Compared to us, nobody has achieved something to this staff. Individuals are saying we criticize quite a bit. It’s nothing. We create a false hope earlier than each large event however deep down we all know that this staff will end fifth or sixth. They’ve proved this up to now three World Cups,” he mentioned.
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Javed additionally slammed captain Babar Azam and mentioned he ought to be sacked and change with Shaheen Shah Afridi, who has guided Lahore Qalandars to back-to-back Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL) title.
“They’re saying ‘oh don’t say something to Babar’. If he is an effective captain, has he received something at any degree.
“You may’t make a captain. It’s both he’s a captain or he isn’t. Virat Kohli was captain for therefore lengthy, however has he received something?
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“Why Rohit Sharma is an effective captain as a result of he has received 5 titles within the IPL. Kohli has achieved nothing within the IPL nor with the nationwide staff. Similar is with Babar, he has not received a single trophy in PSL nor with the senior staff.
“Sarfaraz received the U-19 World Cup in 2006, after which Champions League in 2017. he led Quetta to the tile within the PSL. Has Babar at any stage has proven any glimpse of an excellent captain. Shaheen has received two titles within the PSL. We have now picked the whole staff from the PSL however not the captain. We should change the captain and Babar should realise has he achieved justice to the captaincy,” he mentioned.