‘But humare waale to 150 fekte hai’ – Fans troll Pakistan for poor home performances since September 2022
Babar Azam, Captain – Pakistan (Source: Twitter)
In response to Pakistan’s loss to New Zealand in the fifth T20I, head coach Grant Bradburn suggested that Pakistan should alter their style of play to perform well at this year’s World Cup and Asia Cup. Notably, Pakistan’s home form has been a bit of a problem for the subcontinent side. Pakistan at Home from September 2022: Lost T20 series Vs Eng 4-3, Lost Test series Vs Eng 3-0, Draw Test series Vs NZ 0-0, Lost ODI series Vs NZ 2-1 and Draw T20 series Vs NZ 2-2.
According to the 56-year-old New Zealander, if Pakistan plays the same style of cricket that has been successful for them in recent years, they would only finish second. For this reason, it is crucial to understand what type of cricket is required to be played.
‘We have a team of champions, not a champion team’ – Grant Bradburn
“Mickey [Arthur] and I have already addressed the team a number of times, we’ve inspired them and galvanised them into believing we have the group. But as I said before, we have a team of champions, we don’t have a champion team as of yet. And that’s what we’re looking to build,” Bradburn said.
“We’ve allowed the realisation or the acceptance from our boys, that we’re not the team where they want to be as yet, if we want to contest and win the World Cup, we want to go to number one, every format of the game, our game is going to have to lift, our players are going to have to lift [themselves].”
“As we have played over the last year, particularly in this format, it’s got us to third in the world. It’s got us to two finals, we are not where we want to be. And therefore, you know we are going to bring some subtle changes, some subtle demands.
“We’re going to support the players with clarity, but we’re also going to demand them to lift themselves and get better. If we bring the game that is been successful for us over the last two or three years, we will come second and we will go backwards we have to understand what brand of the game we need to play in Asia Cup and World Cup. And we need to adapt to that very quickly,” Bradburn added.
Here’s how fans reacted:
https://twitter.com/samota_kuldeep/status/1650677902923661312
bsdk pta ni indians kyo has rahe ha, ham bhi 2 hafte phele ghar pe series harre ha aus se 😭😭😭😭😭😭
— Kawal7828 (@kawal7828) April 25, 2023
But but humare waale to 150 fekte hai pic.twitter.com/TkA5BgBjHe
— Mrinango C.Borty (VK fan) (@ViratKo66279185) April 25, 2023
But but our bowlers can throw 150 grenades pic.twitter.com/30bVBdDxbg
— Koushik Reddy (@Kowshik04616113) April 25, 2023
https://twitter.com/Rishi_rajput24/status/1650677043292676096
They were not ruling every home series before September 2022 either – pic.twitter.com/cPd3E4BKur
— Johnny K (@johnnyk4387) April 25, 2023
https://twitter.com/Eren_jeager_ka0/status/1650683125239009281
https://twitter.com/KOneStatus1/status/1650772714322530304
