Misbah Ul Haq Praises Team India After Quitting As Pakistan Chief Selector

Misbah ul Haq has praised India. Photo: PCB

Days after quitting as Pakistan's chief selector, Misbah-ul-Haq has heaped praise on Indian cricket and criticised Pakistan's approach of chopping and changing. Pakistan recently sent seven players back home from England after the series defeat. The third and final Test of the series will start next week. “India took time to process and develop and they made gradual investments in their system after the 90s. There is no quick fix to the system,” he was quoted as saying by PTI.

“Our youngsters are playing too much white-ball cricket and their exposure to red-ball cricket is limited. Not enough four-day cricket. This means they have more chances of cracking under pressure.”

Misbah further alleged that local and foreign coaches are treated differently in Pakistan cricket, revealing that a local coach faces more scrutiny. Apart from sending back seven players, the PCB also released head coach Sarfaraz Khan and handed over the job to Mike Hesson.

“It is a fact that local and foreign coaches are treated differently in Pakistan cricket. Local coaches have to face more scrutiny and criticism when compared to foreign coaches. I don’t think there is anything wrong in having foreign coaches but what bothers me is we (fans, critics, media, PCB) tend to have a soft corner for foreign coaches,” he added.

Misbah ul Haq has quit as chief selector.

Misbah-ul-Haq quit as Pakistan's chief selector after the PCB made mega changes in the squad in the middle of the series. Mohammad Rizwan, Imam-ul-Haq, Salman Agha, Ali Usman, Aamer Jamal, Awais Zafar and Khurram Shahzad were sent back after the second game. Agha captained Pakistan in the first Test in Babar Azam's absence. Babar missed the first game due to an injury.

The PCB called up Arafat Minhas, Mohammad Imran Jnr, Saad Baig, Mohammad Imran Randhawa, Razaullah, Saim Ayub and Abdullah Fazal. Along with Hesson, the PCB also sent coach Ashley Nofke to England.

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