ISLAMABAD – Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar claims that along withMisbah-ul-Haq, the entire team management will be in hot waters if Pakistanloses against Bangladesh.
Pakistan cricket team will face Bangladesh on their home soil at the end ofthis month in T20Is, Tests, and a one-off ODI match.
Labeling the series as ‘extremely difficult’, Akhtar claimed that Pakistancannot lose to them at any cost.
This will be a hard series for Pakistan. They cannot afford to lose againstthem in the series. A loss would create big question marks over the entireteam structure. Pakistan need to be well prepared for the series.
Pakistan cricket team had a rather poor year in 2019 where they failed toperform in any format. The number 1 T20I ranked team only managed to win 1game out of their 10.
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Previously, Pakistan hosted Sri Lanka on home soil and lost all threematches. This put the management under extreme pressure and losing toBangladesh would be fatal for the morale of the team.
The series against Bangladesh will be a split-series, where 3-T20Is and oneTest match will be played prior to the Pakistan Super League (PSL) whereasone-off ODI and the 2nd Test match will be played afterward.
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