Let’s look at the blunders of Wasim Khan:
1) He allowed Misbah to decide Mickey’s future when there was a clear conflict of interest. Mickey had to go, but a potential replacement should have never been allowed to be part of the panel that decided his future.
It was pure in incompetence and weak leadership.
2) he combined the coach and selector roles and called it a “necessary innovation” for Pakistan cricket. However, when Misbah struggled to balance both roles, Wasim disbanded this “necessary innovation”.
As a result, we never found out if the dual role was the problem or if Misbah was the problem. Again, a sign of his weak leadership and lack of vision and conviction.
3) Botched PSL 2021. Pakistan was going through an almost COVID free period in Feb/March 2021. Since the pandemic started, this period was actually the most successful period for Pakistan in terms of COVID.
However, PCB was extremely relaxed and did not even take the basic precautions to prevent an outbreak. Had PCB done the basics, they would have completed PSL 2021 with no issues.
People give examples of IPL getting suspended in April but the situation was completely different. India was going through a severe COVID crisis at the time; Pakistan wasn’t in Feb-March 2021.
4) That 200 million deal with PTV proved to be a scam. It was a lie. Why hasn’t Wasim Khan being held accountable for it and why isn’t he being investigated for embezzlement? Where did this figure come up from and where did it go?
5) Failed to deliver DRS for the New Zealand ODI series, which meant that the series was not part of the ODI Championship and hence was rendered meaningless.
If New Zealand didn’t humiliate Pakistan by rightfully canceling the tour and had Pakistan fluked a whitewash, would Wasim Khan have taken responsibility for costing Pakistan points in the ODI Championship? As the CEO, the buck stops with him. It was his job to get these arrangements done.
People say he revamped the domestic cricket and convinced big teams to tour Pakistan. Firstly, he did not revamp domestic cricket - he simply implement the blueprint provided by Imran Khan.
In other words, he was spoon-fed and we don’t even know if this new look domestic system is even going to work.
As far as bringing big teams to Pakistan is concerned, we have to understand that he only capitalized on the groundwork and the momentum created by Sethi.
The likes of New Zealand, England and Australia wouldn’t have agreed to tour in the first place if it wasn’t for the incremental steps that PCB took from 2015 to 2018.
Wasim got this job through sycophancy. He was a political appointment handpicked by Imran Khan as a favor.
He played the “I left England to help Pakistan” card but it didn’t work, and he started complaining about the hostility that he received from the media and ex-players who could see through the act.
He expected a red carpet welcome and that didn’t happen, and he clearly didn’t have the thick skin to cope with criticism.
He should have never been appointed in the first place, and Ramiz has done well to end his misery. I don’t think this resignation cover-up was necessary though. He should have been fired.
Anyway, good riddance.
Also, I don't know if he was directly responsible, but the appointment of Mohammad Wasim was totally a failure.
He should be sacked next, an entirely disgraceful chief selector with no vision, fancy slides, and clearly no planning.
There are enough resources in both our batting and bowling departments across all formats to ensure that we are in the top 5 rankings.
Instead, we are sinking in ODIs and T20Is, because of some horrific selections.
It is quite surprising when the general population is able to pick better squads than a guy who is paid to do so.
If I were Ramiz Raja, I'd seriously be thinking about getting rid of Mohammad Wasim.
Poor selections, influenced by the media, right-hand man for nepotism, and favoring his own domestic team.
Just how on Earth does Haris Rauf get selected in every single test match squad? Clueless, absolutely shambolic.
People will say that selecting a team is hard; it frankly isn't as hard as we make it. Isolate the top performers in the domestic system and 2-3 players with potential, and you have a core group you should be backing.
When you as a Chief Selector trust the fantastic batting abilities of Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, and Faheem Ashraf to form your
superstar middle order, your head is definitely in the sand.
But then again, every single selector has preferences that always come in the way of good squad selections. Everyone wants to do people some favors. My advice would be to disband the role of Chief Selector and adopt a similar selection board such as the one India uses; and this board shouldn't include people who are contracted by franchises or domestic teams.
) Talk about hyperbole!
