Ahmed Shehzad questions Shaheen Afridi’s exclusion from must-win Bangladesh Test

Pakistan cricketer Ahmed Shehzad lashed out at team management for dropping Shaheen Shah Afridi from the squad for the second Test against Bangladesh at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

“You lost to Zimbabwe; you lost to Ireland; you lost to the USA; you lost to India; now you lost to Bangladesh. Is Shaheen Afridi only responsible for all of this?” Shehzad asked in a video posted on his ‘X’ handle.

“Shaheen Afridi is not the only reason for Green Shirts defeat against the Tigers in the first Test,” she added.

“Yes, his performances are low, his attitude is problematic, you dropped him, that’s a good thing. But what about the rest of the people involved in all of this? What about the rest of the performances?” Ahmed Shehzad questioned.

The opening batter added a period to his crticism on his X handle, formerly known as Twitter, by requesting the decision-making bodies to fix this issue rather than just blaming a single player.

“Because no one is greater than cricket and the country. The country is above everything else. No matter how many people run PR, no matter how many people hide behind personal milestones, no matter how many people buy boards, no matter how much money someone invests, we know everything.

And those who are handling the helm of affairs in PCB, they also know everything. So, now the time has come that not just one person, if you really want to go in the right direction, then you will have to bring all of them to the gutter. This won’t work,” he concluded.

It should be noted here that Pakistan and Bangladesh second Test was called out due to heavy downpour in Rawalpindi on Friday.

Currently, both teams were still in their hotel and umpires were to inspect the ground only after the rain stopped.

The visitors are currently leading the two-match series 1-0 thanks to their 10-wicket victory last week. That was Bangladesh’s first-ever victory in Test cricket against Pakistan.