His time is over with the national team. Should be looking to improve his fitness and his mentality to excel at the international stage. Hitting a few sixes in domestics and leagues is not enough to succeed at the international level. You gotta have a solid fitness and strong mind and AZAM KHAN is far away from these things.
His time is over with the national team. Should be looking to improve his fitness and his mentality to excel at the international stage. Hitting a few sixes in domestics and leagues is not enough to succeed at the international level. You gotta have a solid fitness and strong mind and AZAM KHAN is far away from these things.
If they want to become purely franchise cricketers and aren't pushing for national selection then it shouldn't matter if they play domestics or not before going for T20 leagues.
However if they are serious about getting selected for the national team, then yes, you are correct. Unfortunately, in the past few years the PCB has set the opposite precedent - no need to slave away in domestic cricket, just play leagues, get a few performances and then lobby the media into making a comeback to "bring a trophy home" and you'll get selected.
There is a big divergence between PCB's words and actions and at the end of the day, only the actions matter.