These young players are overly defensive while playing shots.
This mindset needs to be changed at the junior level.
Unfortunately the young players know this is what they have to do to stand a chance at selection by the selectors.
They know this is what sells to the gullible stat nerd fans and lazy selectors.
When you have 2 con artists in the Pakistan t20 batting line up who conned their way to ICC top 3 rankings by feasting on Nepal, Afghanistan and B/C level bowling attacks in meaningless t20 series by way of playing at run a ball, then ofc the young blood will take heed of this.
The supposed legendary Pak batter Babar can’t hit a six to save his life. They showed this stat at the last WC where he hadn’t hit a six in a ridiculous amount of innings.
And if you’re a rookie who likes to play aggressively like M Haris or Saim, you will get at most 1-2 chances, and then they’ll bin you.
PCB don’t want high risk high reward players in a format where they thrive.
They want no risk no reward players.
And these U19 players know this now.
They are trying to make a career for themselves and this is the only way.
Just be defensive. Get a 50 off 57, who cares if the team wins or loses.
in the Pakistan U19 match against Afghanistan U19 today in ACC U-19 ASIA CUP 2023. 
