Wake up Pakistan!!!

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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No need to apologize, Moin Khan says of Pakistan's performance.

Nothing wrong with Misbah's captaincy, PCB Chief says.

Najam Sethi shrugs of Harare Humiliation

Mediocrity won't win you tests, Misbah tells batsmen

Those are the headlines that have appeared in Dawn, Pakistan's premier newspaper, over the past few days, following the defeat at the hands of Zimbabwe in the second test.

What message are Pakistan's Chairman of the cricket board, Manager of the cricket team, and Captain of the cricket team sending out to the public?

How can Moin Khan be unapologetic in a humiliating defeat? He needs to wake up and realize that it wasn't a loss to a South Africa or India or Australia, even though the latter will also be a humiliation in these days. Pakistan, who were among the top 4 test teams before the series began, lost to a team that was unranked before the conclusion of the series!

How can you not be apologetic?

How can Sethi sahab shrug off the defeat and say that nothing is wrong with the captaincy? How can the chairman not hold the captain, coach, manager, and players accountable for the defeat? Why is the Chairman or the other members of the board not questioning the players and support staff?

Is anyone even bothering to try and figure out cause of this embarrassing defeat?

How can Misbah talk about mediocrity? He himself is the Kingpin of Mediocrity!

A mediocre team is the result of our mediocre captain.

Yes I know Misbah is the best batsman we have and that he is the only one who scores and no one else supports him, but that doesn't mean that he is not mediocre himself. Scoring a ton of 50s and standing at the crease for umpteen hours does not make one a great player.

Misbah's inability to convert his 50s into big centuries, his inability to push the scoring rate, his inability to close games makes him mediocre.

And that makes his team mediocre.

Why aren't any of these people taking this defeat seriously?

Betfair.com and every single forum had termed Pakistan favorites to win both the tests and the series against Zimbabwe. No one would have imagined a troubled team to topple over one of the top four. Yet, Pakistan folded in front of good seam and swing bowling.

Zimbabwe should be given credit, but that does not mean that no one in the Pakistan cricket set up should be worried.

Moin Khan should have said "We apologize to the Pakistani fans for letting them down".

Najam Sethi should have said "It was an embarrassing defeat and we will look into it".

Misbah should have said "My captaincy was mediocre and the batsmen were not in touch."

Wake up Pakistanis, don't take this lightly!