RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood acknowledged the team’s shortcomings in their recent 2-0 series defeat against Bangladesh.
Masood, while addressing the post-match press conference here on Tuesday, emphasized the need to work for the betterment of Pakistan cricket.
“We apologize to the nation. Our common goal should be to work for the betterment of Pakistan cricket,” Masood said.
“We need more experienced players in the Test format. I am very grateful that the selectors and all of us look at the playing XIs and selectors through a democratic lens.”
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Shan Masood highlighted Bangladesh’s strengths that paved the way for their historic victory before acknowledging that the national players need to work on their fitness to excel in the longest format of the game.
“I think, we should respect the opposition. Every opposition has its own qualities and Bangladesh’s quality was their discipline, which was more than ours in both Test matches,” said Shan.
“We need to analyze our mistakes and we made a lot of mistakes in this series.
“Test cricket demands fitness, both mental and physical, and I think, that is something we need to work on.”
Shan Masood also shared that the reason behind going with an all-pace attack in the opening Test was made, considering the fitness level of the pacers.
“The reason behind playing four pacers in the first Test was also due to fitness because we thought going with three pacers would put them under immense load. And then when we went with three pacers in the second Test, unfortunately, we lost a pacer in each of the innings.”
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