On Tuesday, Bangladesh humiliated Pakistan with a 2-0 defeat in the Test series. The sides first-ever series loss by Bangla Tigers was in this format. The Shan Masood-led side had already been subjected to harsh criticism ever since it lost the first Test, and a series whitewash only added to its troubles. Many experts, including former batter Salman Butt, lashed out at the performance of the team. However, Butt said that those experts who wanted the Pakistan batsmen to improve their strike rate in Test cricket were wrong.
“Strike rate mafia and intent mafia are basically cricket illiterates. They don’t even know what format they’re talking about” mentioned Butt on his YouTube channel video.
In answer to Butt’s remark – You will lose within four days and come back, what are you going to do by playing fast? You played just 46 overs. Why not take your time? Why can’t you understand that your job is to bat long?
“Do the greats of the game play like highlights? Do Joe Root, Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma score runs this way?’” he asked.
The ICC Test Rankings indicated that Pakistan hit rock bottom after dropping to eighth position topping their lowest since 1965.
From making history in a two-match Test series loss against Bangladesh to facing a second whitewash, the setback series continued for Pakistan.
This was the first instance of the scarlet sea for the West in the laundry of international cricket after tasting a bitter loss in their history.
As much as it should have raised the spirits and brought joy to those who had supported Pakistan cricket for years; this latest slump only serves to remind us there are still some countries that continue getting away with acts that would otherwise lead to serious consequences.
In the opening match, Pakistan struggled from all angles as they were constantly pushed into a corner by their opponents.
On diverse surfaces with different conditions often dependent on local geography, Pakistan failed to read it right and went down by ten wickets in the first case. In turn, they were able to give them a lifetime punishment for making them suffer an embarrassing historic whitewash having lost by six wickets again.
Also made some changes on how one viewed ICC World Test Championship standings.
In place of fourth position on point index for 45 months from Bangladesh based on 2-0 win over opposite England and thereby changing everything about this competition.
Meanwhile, within seven encounters Pakistan fell into rank eight having managed only two victories at 19 percentage points.
