Former Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir has shared his views on wicketkeeping batter Mohammad Rizwan’s capabilities as captain.
Rizwan obtained backlash over Pakistan’s squad for the Champions Trophy 2025 which included only one frontline spinner.
Pakistan had been knocked out of the event within the group stage after they misplaced successive video games to New Zealand and India.
Following their elimination from the Champion Trophy 2025, stories stated that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was contemplating changing Rizwan because the captain for New Zealand’s white-ball tour.
Amid stories of a change in Pakistan captaincy, former pacer Mohammad Amir has additionally taken a jibe at Rizwan over what he referred to as his ‘bizarre choices.’
“Mohammad Rizwan… You’ve gone from a Ferrari to a rickshaw now (laughs). At one level, I admired him as a result of he had expertise captaining home cricket and the PSL, the place he led his staff to the finals,” he stated when requested about Rizwan’s captaincy throughout an interview.
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In keeping with the previous Pakistan pacer, the wicketkeeping batter’s decision-making has modified drastically in the previous few months.
“His decision-making modified fully. I’m undecided what triggered this shift since I haven’t been within the dressing room with him throughout that interval. His decisions now appear uncommon,” Mohammad Amir stated.
Amir recalled Rizwan as a daring captain when he was main his PSL staff and home sides.
“It appeared he would result in optimistic adjustments. Nevertheless, inside a number of months, it felt like he had drifted away from the cricketing mindset,” he stated.
The previous pacer was of the view that Rizwan may make adjustments to the squad for the Champions Trophy 2025, nevertheless, he didn’t, because of causes unknown.
“If Rizwan claims he had no authority over picks, that’s not solely true. The identical affect that helped him develop into captain may have been used to form the staff, however he didn’t take that step. I don’t perceive why,” Mohammad Amir stated.