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00:00Assalam-o-Alaikum, hello and welcome to SportsZoom, I am your host, Najeeb Ulhasnain.
00:17Ladies and gentlemen, the surgery that was said to be done in Pakistan cricket, or whatever you call it,
00:22the operation is about to begin.
00:24Today is a very important day. White ball head coach Gary Kirsten has arrived in Pakistan.
00:31The PCB chairman has invited him to Lahore, where the PCB chairman, Mohsin Naqvi,
00:36and many other former cricketers will sit and discuss.
00:40And it seems that there will be some tough decisions as well.
00:44Jason Gillespie has also arrived in Pakistan, and we will talk about his press conference as well.
00:50But let's start with the surgery.
00:54With me are our experts, Basit Ali and Shahid Hashmi.
00:59Assalam-o-Alaikum, welcome to the show.
01:01Basit bhai, you are going, the chairman has called you,
01:05and you feel that there will be a discussion on some important issues,
01:10and finally, there will be some important decisions.
01:14Actually, I would like to thank the PCB for inviting me.
01:21We will find out what will be discussed there.
01:24I have been saying from the beginning that this will happen, and I think it will be wrong.
01:29Whatever will be discussed there, we will talk about it,
01:32and they will definitely give us their input for the betterment of this country, for the cricket of this country.
01:38Okay, Shahid sahib is also with us.
01:41Shahid sahib, what do you think, what are the expectations, what is going to happen today?
01:47Look, the chairman has said that we will discuss this with all the cricketers,
01:53and I will not take any decision in haste, I will not take any decision in anger.
01:57This is a matter of wisdom.
01:59We have seen that he has been busy with the Ministry of Interior for a day or two,
02:03and now he will be busy with the Pakistan Cricket Board.
02:06He has also called some ex-cricketers.
02:08The meeting between Gary Kirsten and Azhar Mahmood will be very important.
02:12From there, we will find out what the problems were,
02:15and what Gary Kirsten said in the team meeting,
02:18that the team did not play together, and the team did not play on their potential.
02:22The match was winning, they should have won.
02:25Then he will tell us about his observations about the Pakistan team,
02:30and similarly Azhar Mahmood will tell us,
02:33and only after this, you will know how we have to move forward.
02:37The Pakistan White Ball series is in November,
02:40Australia is a very difficult place, we do not win there at all.
02:43Three one-day, three T20s,
02:45so we will find out how much we can control our mistakes from that series,
02:49and how much we want to progress.
02:51So this is the same situation.
02:53It is a wise decision.
02:55I hope something comes out of it.
02:57Okay, Mr. Basit, you were also with us in the transmission of this World Cup.
03:01You also talked a lot about the report of Gary Kirsten.
03:06He seems to be a very cool character.
03:09Do you think he will give a strong recommendation?
03:12Will he ask you to make a tough decision?
03:15I don't think so.
03:17As you said, cool.
03:19A cool person can never make a tough decision.
03:22This is my opinion.
03:24And we will see what decision he makes,
03:27what other statements he can make.
03:29As far as my agenda is concerned,
03:32my special agenda is that
03:35we can win the World Cup.
03:39Because I will give him a lot of training.
03:42I will give him a suggestion on how to win the World Cup.
03:47And my first and most important role will be
03:51that I will convince the coach
03:54that all the international cricketers
03:57and international cricketers
03:59that we can win the World Cup.
04:02Because I will never leave my brothers.
04:07This is my first agenda.
04:09Mr. Shahid, what Mr. Basit said,
04:11and obviously we have been talking for a long time
04:13that you want to improve cricket on your grassroots level,
04:16you want to improve the domestic setup,
04:18you want to give importance to domestic cricket.
04:20Will all these things be a topic of discussion today?
04:23Or will you focus more on the issues that you faced in the World Cup?
04:28I think we will focus more on the World Cup.
04:31Our team was very good.
04:35We didn't have a bad team.
04:36Yes, you can disagree on a few selections
04:39that this selection should have been done,
04:41and this shouldn't have been done.
04:42Especially, I would like Gary Kirsten and Azhar Mehmood
04:45to tell me all the reasons.
04:46What were the reasons in their eyes?
04:48Gary Kirsten's exterior is very cool and calm,
04:54but his interior is very rigid.
04:56If you ask Indian players,
04:58when he was an Indian coach,
05:00his interior was very rigid,
05:04and he used to make very strict decisions very easily.
05:07So, he will have to do it.
05:09He will have to safeguard his reputation.
05:11And I would like Azhar Mehmood,
05:13who is a very decent and good coach,
05:15who has coached Islamabad United,
05:17to tell me all the tactics that he used on selected players,
05:22especially on Aamir Jamal,
05:24why did he make such strict decisions?
05:27I am an assistant coach, I am a head coach,
05:30and Aamir Jamal has to tell me all the tactics.
05:33This is my question to Azhar Mehmood.
05:36Okay.
05:37Shahid Bhai, we will contact you again,
05:39because your voice is not clear.
05:41Basit Bhai, I will come to you.
05:43Azhar Mehmood also has to give his recommendation.
05:45Obviously, the report of both the coach and assistant coach
05:49will be discussed more,
05:51and a lot of decisions will be taken on that.
05:54First of all, what Shahid Bhai is talking about,
05:56that when coaches are not on the same page,
05:59Aamir Jamal is being discussed, he is not in the team.
06:01How many times have we sat down and said,
06:03with reference to Osama Mir,
06:05what is the representation of selection?
06:07Now we are seeing Legend League,
06:09so Wahab Riaz is also present there.
06:11There are a lot of players who want to talk,
06:13and give their suggestions.
06:16Look, I will not say you,
06:20when the water passes through the head,
06:22we think of one thing.
06:24We are already identifying this thing,
06:26that brother, not only Babar Ajan is at fault,
06:30those who made the team are also at fault.
06:33Absolutely.
06:34First of all, let's ask those who made the captain,
06:39I mean, Chairman sir did not make it,
06:41the coach made it,
06:43so let's ask him too,
06:45the answer is,
06:47how did you make it?
06:49How did you take Adil Shah,
06:52how did you keep Hassan Ali,
06:54how did you keep Shadab,
06:56how did you keep Usman?
06:59If it is a PSL performance,
07:01he will say that it is a PSL performance,
07:03then why not Muhammad Ali and Osama Mir?
07:06Why not Aamir Jamal?
07:08It will be taken in the form of Aamir,
07:11the rest will definitely talk about it.
07:14It is not only Babar Ajan who is at fault,
07:17the rest of the people sitting with him,
07:20the senior staff,
07:22they are also at fault.
07:23And the biggest thing,
07:24it is super that the footballer Jamal,
07:28who made the ball crazy,
07:30what happened to Aamir,
07:32what happened to him,
07:34all of this will be explained,
07:36it was a decision,
07:37it was not the coach's involvement,
07:39this is a valid question,
07:41he wants to know our opinion,
07:44my prayers are with him.
07:46Absolutely right,
07:47Mr. Shahid,
07:48do you believe in this,
07:49what Mr. Basit is saying,
07:50I think it is a strong point,
07:51as far as Babar's captaincy is concerned,
07:53it is very bad,
07:54zero,
07:55learning on the job,
07:56we are all talking about it,
07:57but Babar is not the only one responsible,
07:59the selection committee is also fully responsible,
08:01when you have signed off on the team,
08:03in which so many flaws were visible,
08:05won't they question you?
08:07It is a collective failure,
08:10the team management is also at fault,
08:12as much as the selection committee,
08:14as much as Babar Azam,
08:15but Babar Azam makes the decisions in the field,
08:18Babar Azam is more responsible,
08:20but the other people are also not responsible,
08:22especially the selection committee,
08:24these five pillars of the selection committee,
08:26in which I don't know Bilal Azad so much,
08:28and I don't know if he had a lot of input or not,
08:31in the matter of captainship,
08:33those four selectors,
08:34Abdul Razak,
08:35Asad Shafiq,
08:36Mohammad Yusuf,
08:37and Wahab Riaz,
08:39at least three of them,
08:40Asad Shafiq does not come on TV,
08:42three of them have always,
08:45criticized Babar Azam's captainship,
08:48so when the chairman told them,
08:50that I want to make Babar Azam,
08:52you should promote it,
08:54so why didn't they raise the objection,
08:56that we are criticizing,
08:57this is our point,
08:58and their first point will be the criticism,
09:00they should tell us,
09:01why they approved Babar Azam,
09:03as captain,
09:04and why in the selection,
09:05there were two or three players,
09:07who should not have been there,
09:09they were there,
09:10and who should have been there,
09:12they should definitely answer.
09:13Mr. Shahid,
09:14I would like to ask a related question,
09:16when Wahab Riaz,
09:17is playing in the Legend League,
09:19they should have waited for him,
09:20they should have kept a meeting,
09:21they should have waited,
09:22when he had so many powers,
09:24he is also a senior manager,
09:25he is also in an important role in the selection,
09:27and he has gone there to play,
09:29will these questions be from whom?
09:31I am sure,
09:32if we talk to Wahab Riaz,
09:34we don't know about it,
09:36but I think,
09:38the selection committee,
09:40has approved our chairman,
09:42as he said,
09:43the selection was wrong,
09:45we will question them,
09:46I think,
09:47if one or two of the selectors,
09:49are left,
09:50I think,
09:51these four selectors,
09:52will not be there,
09:53in the selection committee.
09:55Okay,
09:56Mr. Basit,
09:57tell us,
09:58will Gary Kirsten,
09:59continue in the future,
10:00or has he found out,
10:01that this is not an easy job?
10:06Mr. Basit is not with us,
10:07Mr. Shahid,
10:08I will come to you,
10:09the same question,
10:10will Gary Kirsten,
10:11leave him in the middle of the sea,
10:12and continue in the future?
10:14No,
10:15I don't think so,
10:16I think,
10:17he will be there,
10:18and the next series,
10:19in Australia,
10:20Pakistan,
10:21even there,
10:22there is a,
10:23half-life,
10:24they are waiting for him,
10:26so,
10:27we will see,
10:28and then,
10:29we will raise our support,
10:30that,
10:31his recommendations,
10:32his recommendations,
10:33will they be followed,
10:34or not,
10:35I think,
10:36when two,
10:37foreign coaches,
10:38are not there,
10:39Jason Gillespie,
10:40and Gary Kirsten,
10:41their recommendations,
10:42will also have to be followed.
10:43Okay,
10:44thank you very much,
10:45Mr. Shahid Hashmi,
10:46and Mr. Basit,
10:47were with us,
10:48and were updating us,
10:49about this meeting,
10:50now our representative,
10:51from Lahore,
10:52Shahzad Malik,
10:53is with us,
10:54we will talk to him,
10:55Walaikum,
10:56Walaikum Assalam,
10:57Shahzad,
10:58today is a very important day,
10:59in Lahore,
11:00there are very important,
11:01meetings to be held,
11:02with Mohsin Naqvi,
11:03chairman of PCB,
11:04with former players,
11:05and,
11:06our coach,
11:07Gary Kirsten,
11:08so,
11:09what is the update,
11:10who all have reached,
11:11when are the meetings being held,
11:12we were talking to Mr. Basit,
11:13he was on the way,
11:14so,
11:15who all are coming,
11:16and what is the update,
11:17you have?
11:18Yes,
11:19the head coach,
11:20of the national cricket team,
11:21Gary Kirsten,
11:22is with us,
11:23from Lahore,
11:24and,
11:25the assistant coach,
11:26Azhar Mahmood,
11:27has also reached Lahore,
11:28and,
11:29PCB chairman,
11:30Mohsin Naqvi,
11:31will work with the team,
11:32and,
11:33will discuss the future,
11:34while,
11:35chairman,
11:36PCB,
11:37Mohsin Naqvi,
11:38has also called,
11:39international cricketers,
11:40for discussion,
11:41and,
11:42chairman,
11:43PCB,
11:44a few days ago,
11:45had an unofficial,
11:46meeting,
11:47with Lahore,
11:48and,
11:49he had to say,
11:50it was a very clear,
11:51position,
11:52that,
11:53Lahore,
11:54will not take,
11:55hasty,
11:56decisions,
11:57and,
11:58will not take,
11:59emotional decisions,
12:00because,
12:01hasty,
12:02and emotional decisions,
12:03are always harmful,
12:04and,
12:05all former cricketers,
12:06and,
12:07strong-minded cricketers,
12:08will decide,
12:09after consultation,
12:10and,
12:11the team management,
12:12and,
12:13their recommendations,
12:14will be decided,
12:15for the future,
12:16and,
12:17the coach,
12:18of Red Ball Cricket,
12:19Jason Gillespie,
12:20and,
12:21the head coach,
12:22of Red Ball Cricket,
12:23Jason Gillespie,
12:24reached Karachi,
12:25and,
12:26met him,
12:27and,
12:28because,
12:29chairman,
12:30PCB,
12:31is a minister,
12:32so,
12:33today,
12:34because of,
12:35Muharram-ul-Haram,
12:36he spent,
12:37a whole day,
12:38in Islamabad,
12:39and,
12:40now,
12:41see,
12:42in a few days,
12:43he will,
12:44meet you,
12:45inshallah.
12:46Okay,
12:47Shahzad,
12:48regarding this,
12:49regarding this meeting,
12:50we will,
12:51update you,
12:52on your update,
12:53in a week,
12:54okay?
12:55I'll see you there.
13:21BCI secretary Jai Shah has confirmed in a video message that India's Rohit Sharma will be the captain
13:29because he has played three finals in his captaincy.
13:32After the T20 World Cup, in Rohit's leadership, the team will perform well in the World Test Championship and the Champions Trophy.
13:39As we were talking about men's cricket, let's move on to women's cricket.
13:42For the Women's Asia Cup in Sri Lanka, the Pakistani team has started preparations at the National Bank Stadium.
13:49We will show you the details in this report.
13:51The women's cricket team's mission is the Asia Cup.
13:53For the mega event of the T20 format, preparations are in full swing at the National Bank Stadium.
13:58Pakistan women's cricket team has never won the Asia Cup title, whether it is a T20 format tournament or a one-day tournament.
14:26Once again, Pakistan is going to get a golden chance to perform and complete the preparations for the World T20 Cup.
14:33Pakistan, India, Thailand and UAE teams are included in Group A of the Women's Asia Cup.
14:38With cameraman Mustansar Hussain, Ali Hassan, ARY News, Karachi.
14:42Ali Hassan was giving his report.
14:44Ali Hassan is with us now.
14:45Ali, please answer two questions.
14:47First of all, tell me how is the preparation of the women's team going on?
14:50And what are the expectations of going to the Asia Cup?
14:54Look, if we look at the performance of Pakistan, then the Pakistan cricket team has not been able to give a good performance.
15:00Whether it is the home series versus the West Indies or going out and playing.
15:04The situation is that the team management has changed.
15:06Mohammad Waseem, who was the first chief selector of the Pakistan cricket team, has taken charge as the head coach.
15:11The fast forwarders put Junaid Khan to strengthen the pace battery.
15:15The spring warning has been given to Abdul Rehman.
15:18Everyone is trying to take the team to Sri Lanka in a proper way.
15:22Where the Asia Cup is scheduled.
15:24Because the competition is very tough.
15:25India is also in Group A.
15:26Thailand is also there.
15:27If you look at the past, then Thailand has almost upset Pakistan.
15:30If it had not rained, this match would not have been played.
15:32But now the thought is to perform well.
15:35Because now the BJP has also said that the budget of the women's team has been allotted a lot.
15:39So the way we play well, we will definitely get more rewards.
15:42So the thought is good.
15:44I hope we will perform well.
15:46World T20 is scheduled in Bangladesh in September.
15:49Preparations can also be completed.
15:51Absolutely right.
15:52And tell me the second question.
15:53Because these preparations were taking place in the National Bank Stadium today.
15:57So I would like to know that how are the preparations for the Champions Trophy going on?
16:02What is going on that we are revamping and upgrading the stadium?
16:08Look, there is a lot of paperwork about what modules are being designed for the Champions Trophy in Karachi.
16:15Right now, there is information that some samples have been taken.
16:18Which are between Najib Mulghani Enclosure and Iqbal Qasim Enclosure.
16:21Where you will remember that there is a manual scoreboard.
16:24So it is being said that a media box will be made there.
16:27A new building will be developed.
16:28But right now, the samples of the land have been taken.
16:31So that they want to know how much money is required if more loads are put on it.
16:35Because whatever big company comes, they want to have good construction work.
16:39Before that, the samples have to be taken.
16:41But here in Karachi, it seems to be a very slow process compared to Dauhar.
16:45Because 24 hours of work is going on there.
16:47But right now, it is slow in Karachi.
16:49They are saying that as soon as the meeting of the Board of Governors took place.
16:52After that, it was said that it came fast.
16:54But there is no such process yet.
16:56We will keep taking updates from you.
16:58Thank you very much for this question.
16:59Ali Hassan, our representative was with us.
17:01He was also telling about the practice of the women's team.
17:03And the progress of the stadium in Karachi so far is not so special.
17:08The speed is a bit slow.
17:09He was also updating us about that.
17:11Moving on, we will talk about the World Championship of Legends League.
17:17The problem is that Pakistan's own team has played so badly in the World Cup.
17:22That everyone's hopes are on our senior players.
17:25And they are showing a great performance in this league.
17:28They have become the first team to reach the semi-final by defeating England.
17:33That's all for today's program.
17:35We take your leave now.
17:37Take care of yourself. Allah Hafiz.