After losing to India, former cricketers criticized Mickey Arthur for hisstatements and accused him of making unjust justifications. Pakistaniex-cricketers advised national team’s director, “Don’t engage in side-talk,instead, explain why the team lost.” After the defeat in the World Cup,Mickey Arthur had said it was not an ICC event but a BCCI event.
The former stars criticized him strongly, stating that Mickey’s statementis an attempt to divert attention from the loss, and he should focus onfinding the real reason for the defeat instead of making such statements.
Swing King and former Pakistani cricketer Wasim Akram questioned the reasonbehind Mickey Arthur’s comments, expressing his confusion. They asked theteam director to clarify the plan against Kuldeep Yadav, wanting to hearmeaningful information, not empty talk, and believed this approach wouldn’thelp.
Another former captain of the national team, Moin Khan, mentioned thatMickey Arthur is trying to add an emotional twist to the issue and that hewants to divert attention from the loss.
He emphasized that instead of discussing unrelated matters, there is aneed to focus on their work. He suggested that what he said might becorrect, but it’s not something he should be discussing.
