Published: Apr 09, 2016, 06:49 PM (IST)
Edited: Apr 09, 2016, 06:49 PM (IST)
Karachi: Pakistan bowling coach Azhar Mahmood has called on the his side to draw inspiration from the women’s side who displayed a spirited performance during the recently-concluded World Twenty20. The women’s team produced impressive performance throughout the tournament as they defeated hosts India and Bangladesh in the group stage matches. However, they couldn’t secure a berth in the semifinals after losing to an experienced English side. Live Cricket Score: Mumbai Indians (MI) vs Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS), IPL 2016 Match 1 at Mumbai
Meanwhile, the Shahid Afridi-led side appeared jaded and suffered three successive defeats against India, Australia and New Zealand to crash out of the tournament. Former all-rounder Mahmood said that the Pakistan women’s team were an example to the men’s team at the World Twenty20 as they had played with passion and pride, the Dawn reported. Following the conclusion of the T20 format’s pinnacle event, Afridi stepped down from captaincy while head coach Waqar Younis resigned from his position with three months left on his contract. READ: Waqar Younis, Azhar Mahmood seek to make Pakistan powerful unit
Talking of other Pakistan players, they too were unhappy with the team’s recent. Waqar Younis, after Pakistan‘s disappointing performance in the ICC World T20 2016, had earlier submitted a report of the team and had come out with many controversial revelations about the players and team selectors. The head coach of Pakistan team had then compared Umar Akmal with Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Symonds and said a taking steps against Umar Akmal for his attitude could help the team find better player or improve as a team. Umar Akmal is known to carry a bad attitude. Waqar came up to say that the player, along with opener Ahmed Shehzad must be made to regain their spot in the squad with their performance.
