ISLAMABAD: Former pacer Shoaib Akhtar has said that Pakistan cricket team needs another Imran Khan type captain who could inject the missing aggression in the team. We don t need too many coaches. We just need another Imran Khan as he was the captain coach manager physio and everything else said Akhtar while talking to a TV channel.

Shoaib Akhtar said had Imran Khan been the skipper these bowlers would have become beasts. He said Rahat Ali lack aggression and that was why he had not been successful adding he should bowl with a packed infield with fielders closer to the batsman. “Even the great Wasim Akram was not express but he was very attacking,” Shoaib said.

“I remember when Sachin came to Faisalabad we crowded him. When I came to bowl to Sachin Afridi was fielding at silly mid on and he constantly disturbed Sachin,” he added.

He said Pakistan was out of this match. Sri Lanka have piled up such a big lead that it was not possible for Pakistan to recover now. Middle order Test batsman Muhammad Yousuf said Pakistan have only themselves to blame for this situation as our batsmen didn’t bat responsibly. All our pacers lack aggression. It s the captain s duty to run to the bowler and back him Yousuf said.

He said it was the responsibility of a captain to set a tight field for the bowler and make him attack. “Mohammad Asif used to attack well even though he was not express,” he said adding, “We won’t find a Wasim, Waqar or a Shoaib now.”


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