Pakistan might not be producing jaw-dropping talents now, but I feel they've got enough players to produce better performances than they have been nowadays.
Some of you might take the following as an Indian trying to subtly brag about the IPL, but I don't follow the IPL anymore nor care for it much unless Rohit is in the final or there's some unbelievably great performance I hear about.
Anyway, I think if Pakistan want to perform with more fight and zest, they should blanket ban the telecast of the IPL in Pakistan. Obviously not realistic, because social media will be where players can still watch clips. But theoretically speaking, no Pakistani player should watch anything from the IPL. I think it has corrupted them and made them weak. There is a desperation in them to make up for their absence in the IPL by trying to be chatty and to impress other elite cricketers who don't turn up at the PSL. Images of top players from different countries mingling and having fun together seems to have created a kind of lust for it in Pakistani players.
Instead of trying to impress with their game, they now seem intent on impressing with their personalities.
Dhoni often said, cricket is 90% your mind.
