NEW DELHI: Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly sees a genuine dearth of talent in Pakistan cricket and advised the administrators running the affairs in the country to look into the situation.
Pakistan recently slumped to a new low in Test cricket after suffering an embarrassing 2-0 whitewash at home at the hands of Bangladesh.
The series win for the Tigers was their first ever against Pakistan.
Ganguly said that the current team is far from the glory days when players like Javed Miandad, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, formed the backbone of the team.
“I see a genuine dearth of talent in the country. Every time we think of Pakistan, we remember Miandad, Wasim, Waqar, Saeed Anwar, Mohammad Yousuf, and Younis Khan,” Ganguly told PTI.
“That’s the memory of Pakistan for us, but that doesn’t win matches in the modern generation of cricket. Every generation has to produce outstanding players to win, and when I look at Pakistan in world cricket — I saw them in the West Indies World Cup, in India during the World Cup, and now after the Bangladesh series loss — there is a dearth of talent in that country.
“The people connected with the sport in Pakistan will have to look into it. I’m not saying this with disrespect. Pakistan of the old had some great cricketers, which I don’t see in this squad,” Ganguly said.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi recently confirmed that decisions regarding the captaincy of the men’s team will be made by coaches and selectors.
Last week, reports had started to surface that Babar Azam could lose the white-ball captaincy. Sources also said that wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan is the top contender to replace Babar for the white-ball captaincy.
Pakistan recently slumped to a new low in Test cricket after suffering an embarrassing 2-0 whitewash at home at the hands of Bangladesh.
The series win for the Tigers was their first ever against Pakistan.
Ganguly said that the current team is far from the glory days when players like Javed Miandad, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, formed the backbone of the team.
“I see a genuine dearth of talent in the country. Every time we think of Pakistan, we remember Miandad, Wasim, Waqar, Saeed Anwar, Mohammad Yousuf, and Younis Khan,” Ganguly told PTI.
“That’s the memory of Pakistan for us, but that doesn’t win matches in the modern generation of cricket. Every generation has to produce outstanding players to win, and when I look at Pakistan in world cricket — I saw them in the West Indies World Cup, in India during the World Cup, and now after the Bangladesh series loss — there is a dearth of talent in that country.
“The people connected with the sport in Pakistan will have to look into it. I’m not saying this with disrespect. Pakistan of the old had some great cricketers, which I don’t see in this squad,” Ganguly said.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi recently confirmed that decisions regarding the captaincy of the men’s team will be made by coaches and selectors.
Last week, reports had started to surface that Babar Azam could lose the white-ball captaincy. Sources also said that wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan is the top contender to replace Babar for the white-ball captaincy.