Seeing India secure a dominant 280-run victory over Bangladesh in Chennai, former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali called out his country’s bowlers, for their poor mindset.
Basit claimed that Pakistani pacers like Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, etc. considered themselves bigger than India’s current bowling coach Morne Morkel, who was coaching the Pakistan team last year.
“The Pakistani bowlers consider themselves to be bigger than cricket. They thought that Morkel was nothing in front of us,” Basit said on his YouTube channel.
As the Pakistan team’s performance in all formats remains abysmal, some of their former cricketers have come down heavy at the team and the management. Even the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) hasn’t been spared by the retired stars.
Basit feels that the results against Bangladesh show the real difference between the Pakistan team and the Indian team at present.
“We got to know the difference. This is the same Bangladesh played against Pakistan, where it seemed as if Pakistan were completely on the back foot. This is the same Bangladesh that whitewashed Pakistan. The difference is of mindset, thinking and class,” Basit said.
