Pakistan’s defeat against India in the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 in Dubai has not gone down well with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The top brass is set to show the door to interim head coach Aaqib Javed and other members of the coaching staff.
India thrashed arch-rival Pakistan by six wickets in a Group A encounter, leading to criticism from several former Pakistan cricketers, including Shoaib Akhtar, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, Salman Butt, Wasim Akram, and Waqar Younis. They have all called out the lack of quality and defensive play in the current squad.
According to a report by PTI, Aaqib Javed will be relieved of his duties as interim head coach after the Champions Trophy. “Obviously, there is backlash over the team’s performance in the CT. The Board hasn’t decided as yet on whether the team will have separate head coaches (for red and white ball teams), but one thing is certain: the current support staff will be overhauled now after the poor show in the Champions Trophy,” a source told PTI.
The PCB is now looking at former players to take over the head coach’s job. Earlier, PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi appointed Aaqib as interim head coach for the white-ball team after the resignation of Gary Kirsten. Aaqib was then asked to take over the reins of the Test team as well after Jason Gillespie resigned as the red-ball coach.
With the defeat against India, the defending champions, Pakistan, are all but out of the eight-team tournament. Mohammad Rizwan and his team need Bangladesh to defeat New Zealand to stay alive in the competition. Pakistan then need to defeat Bangladesh and hope for an Indian win against New Zealand on March 2.
In both matches against New Zealand and India, Pakistan displayed timid cricket, and their approach left a lot to be desired. Babar Azam, Rizwan, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, and Naseem Shah are all being criticized for not stepping up.
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