Pakistani Cricket Fan’s Story: Once considered a dangerous cricket team studded with stars, now left in disarray and turmoil. The most passionate of fans have given up on them, and the word cricket is not exciting them anymore. Fans are tired of expecting a miracle or single-handed brilliance to win the games at important occasions. The players are lacking behind, and world cricket has accelerated in the last decade. Yet another disappointment in the champions’ trophy, which Pakistan hosted itself, has added to the list of heartbreaks for Pakistan cricket fans. Most of them know they are not on par with the world of cricket, lacking the stars and attitude necessary to win. They do not intimidate the opponent anymore and are mostly considered an easy bypass for the big teams.
The most worrying thing was the press conference; they are still not accepting that they made a mistake. The first thing is to raise your hand, whether it is players or the management. Players are shuffled when the pressure peaks, which is also declining with the loss of interest with time. Everyone knows there is a fault in the system: selection on the basis of PSL and BPL performances, domestic cricket lying in ruins, biasedness in selection criteria, and what not. Even management accepts its failure, but there is no follow-up, no corrections are being made; on the contrary, similar mistakes are repeated, and it has ruined the charisma of Pakistani cricket that it once had.
The dependence on miracles and “qudrat ka nizam” is what describes the state of Pakistani cricket now, sadly. The solution is that you monitor the players, work on the flaws in them, and make a pathway for them.
Players have a huge responsibility; keep acceptance inside you Whatever you did, the performances are fine, but if you have flaws, if you want to improve them, then accept them. When we lost the 2023 World Cup, things were discussed and people were told that the players do not want to change and this is the report of Grant Bradburn as a head coach, yes, when he was being given the plan So they said that you should score in your own way; they will come and go; the management will come and go; we have to stay here; these things have happened; this is written in the report. The egos of such cricketers have crushed the game itself, and they aren’t a star of that status, which they believe; the entire team is based on average players with no one with high-quality performances on the stage where it matters the most.
Recently, key players are demanding a break from cricket and will be unavailable for the New Zealand tour, and this is after what happened in the recent tournament. So there is no shame or acceptance observed at the moment, and we couldn’t expect many reforms from the management either; the result will be the game will keep on losing popularity, which is already the case, and fans who already seem hopeless would accept their fate.