Published: Aug 20, 2024, 11:52 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 20, 2024, 11:52 PM (IST)
Former Pakistan batter, who played in the middle order, Basit Ali pressed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for the conditions of their pitches before the first match of the two match Test series against Bangladesh, starting from August 21. The PCB has already announced their Playing XI for the first match.
This will be the first match for Jason Gillespie since he got selected as the head coach. The team has decided to go with all pacer attack strategy since the pitch in Rawalpindi is reported to help pace bowlers.
Amidst all this, Basit took a sarcastic shot towards Pakistan team for not having a batting coach, and further said that Babar is the only one who can guide them.
“The opposition is like a team of kids. Do Pakistan have the courage to prepare a pitch like this (grass) against England? There was no need for a batting coach with Gary Kirsten at the helm, right? So, now with Jason Gillespie, why do we need a separate bowling coach? Who is going to tell them about batting? Only Babar Azam is left. Make Babar the batting coach as well then,” he said on his YouTube channel.
“Jason Gillespie has played a lot of cricket and has also had a great coaching tenure with Yorkshire. But please don’t do such things in Pakistan. He is from Adelaide and brought someone from Adelaide for the role of NCA’s High-Performance Centre coach. Are the PCB officials sleeping? The NCA coach doesn’t even know how to do drills properly. He was previously removed from Adelaide,” he added.
