An outdated assertion of opening batter Imam-ul-Haq on Pakistan’s management has gone viral amid the facet’s dismal Champions Trophy 2025 marketing campaign.
The left-handed batter was introduced again within the facet to switch Fakhar Zaman simply forward of the high-intensity IND vs PAK recreation on February 23 in Dubai.
Imam-ul-Haq managed to attain simply 10 runs off 26 balls earlier than being run out within the recreation.
Following Pakistan’s elimination from the Champions Trophy 2025, an outdated video of the Pakistan batter has resurfaced the place he’s discussing the management within the Pakistan cricket group.
The video, recorded months earlier than the event, exhibits the host asking Imam-ul-Haq concerning the chief within the Pakistan dressing room.
Following an enormous chuckle, the left-handed batter mentioned that everybody within the group was preventing amongst themselves.
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“Who shall I identify as a pacesetter? Sare ladh rahe hai aapas mein (Everybody’s preventing amongst themselves),” the Pakistan batter is heard saying within the viral video.
Moments later, the left-handed batter mentioned that wicketkeeping batter Mohammad Rizwan leads in organising totally different actions inside the group.
“For now, I can say Rizzi (Rizwan). He arranges rooms in resorts, gathers everybody for Namaz, spreads white sheets [for prayers]. He additionally makes WhatsApp teams for Namaz timings,” Imam-ul-Haq added.
It’s to be famous right here that Mohammad Rizwan failed as captain in his first Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) event.
Regardless of sequence victories over Australia and South Africa, Pakistan didn’t win the tri-nation sequence last within the buildup to the Champions Trophy 2025.
Pakistan crashed out of the event after they misplaced their group-stage video games to New Zealand and India.
The facet remained winless within the event as their final group-stage recreation in opposition to Bangladesh was deserted on account of persistent rain in Rawalpindi on Thursday.