Abdullah719
T20I Captain
- Joined
- Apr 16, 2013
- Runs
- 44,825
Mohsin Khan speaking on PTV Sports after Pakistan's loss to India:
"I am hurt by the pathetic performance by Pakistan"
"Before the match I said they should be determined and have a good game plan and strategy, show strong body language and play. Play with the determination of winning"
"Nowadays toss is not only determined by the captain, the management is involved, like the coaching dept. and 1-2 senior players"
"I said earlier that if you won the toss and fielded or batted, you need to prove it's correct. The point of bowling was to exploit the moisture in the pitch, but where did they bowl? Amir bowled wicket to wicket but what planning did we go with? Did we bowl wicket to wicket or at the wickets, or outside off-stump, or short-pitched? There didn't seem to be any planning"
"There was no game plans, there was no determination, the body language was pathetic at all levels and the toss' decision proved to be wrong"
"When India bowled, we were stuck for 10 overs though the wicket was dry and the ball was coming onto the bat. They played professionally and showed jazba, that they were playing for their national team. To me it looked like we were playing galli cricket, no level of cricket was displayed"
"I am worried that there is no plan being shown in bowling or batting"
"Asad Shafiq was put in and out of the ODI team and he was destroyed"
"Are you playing with your country and with your cricket? That has previously produced world class players without any bloody coaching and all that? We had no coaching and we produced world class batsmen, fast-bowlers and spinners for the world"
"People around the world used to be worried that how do we have the world's fastest bowlers on dead wickets? How do they produce world class batsmen, spinners and wicket-keepers?"
"I was given a team, I handled it a bit and I was removed. Why was I removed? Whoever's listening can listen, I give a damn about that. What did I do? I said there will be no sifarishis and I will not allow any wrongdoing in the team. They said that we don't need this and the 2-4 guys who are stuck with the board who also misled the previous board, they have played with the country. I don't think they can do that with this board"
"In this country people pray in their namaz, they pray haajat nafl and make dua for their team but with the dua, where is the dawa (medicine)? You go to the doctor but he doesn't have the medicine because he isn't serious"
"There is no accountability in the dressing room. I am hopeful that this will come now and things will improve for us, not only in cricket"
"We have played international cricket and we uplifted Pakistan's name in the world. Starting from Hanif Mohammad, Abdul Hafeez Kardar etc. In our days, we had self determination. What doctors did Fazal Mehmood, Khan Mohammad etc. have? Shoaib Akhtar, Rashid Latif and myself even had no facilities but we had self-determination. Shoaib Akhtar and Imran Khan played with injections, to serve their countries. When there isn't nationalism in the dressing room then how will it come in the players?"
"If I was in charge, I would do what I did before. I wouldn't play any sifarishis or allow any wrongdoings"
"This team has the ability, they have good players. With 2-4 better players, there can be a good combination. But they are mentally collapsed and they need to be uplifted. When I was in charge of the previous team, it was completely fallen and the discipline was destroyed, there were fights and we were bad on and off the field but you saw what happened after that and everyone appreciates that, and thank you all for that"
"The coach doesn't play in the field but you can see the coach and captain in every player. There is no bigger honour for a cricketer than to represent his country. With batsmen and bowlers sometimes you can give a bit of technical advice but mainly you need to make players strong mentally"
"When we were playing the series vs England, I departed from Lahore. Media was saying forget beating them, can you draw against them? I said time will tell you. I told my players starting from Misbah and Younis, they aren't number 1, but you guys are. If you don't prove that in the series then tell me. In the beginning the players thought I was trying to make them happy but I told them By God you're number 1. How is that? I spoke to them individually starting from Misbah, and then as a team. I said you will beat them fair and square with your play. Alhamdulillah, when the series finished, their head coach and captain Strauss said there was nothing wrong with the pitches, we were beaten fair and square by Pakistan's superb play"
"Changes are definitely needed in this team. When you want to uplift any player, take his name. If I was there I would do 3-4 changes immediately"
"Why weren't players I coached performing before I became coach? I integrated them into the team. I am saying this for all Pakistani great players and we're all included in that, what players didn't we produce?"
(Would you be interesting in coaching the Pakistan team again) "My record as a player, coach and chief selector is for all to see. I only ask for things from Allah. I do one sajda only not thousands of sajdas. I am thankful for all Allah has given me. Whenever my cricket board need me, I am always ready"
"Fakhar's problems should have been fixed in 1 month. David Warner came as a slogger, now he plays all 3 formats, same for Shikhar Dhawan"
"Look at the way Rohit Sharma plays, if you want to learn something from your enemy you can even do that"
"I used to field in the covers and I would watch good batsmen to see where their feet were going because we didn't have coaches, this is how we improved ourselves"
"I said Sarfaraz should be groomed and not made captain in all formats, he has 7-8 years ahead of him, I was saying it for his betterment. Now you can see what's happening. He is himself worried. I heard him saying that he couldn't sleep for 7 days. Should have given him some breathing space, if we do this with a player then what will be his condition?"
"I am hurt by the pathetic performance by Pakistan"
"Before the match I said they should be determined and have a good game plan and strategy, show strong body language and play. Play with the determination of winning"
"Nowadays toss is not only determined by the captain, the management is involved, like the coaching dept. and 1-2 senior players"
"I said earlier that if you won the toss and fielded or batted, you need to prove it's correct. The point of bowling was to exploit the moisture in the pitch, but where did they bowl? Amir bowled wicket to wicket but what planning did we go with? Did we bowl wicket to wicket or at the wickets, or outside off-stump, or short-pitched? There didn't seem to be any planning"
"There was no game plans, there was no determination, the body language was pathetic at all levels and the toss' decision proved to be wrong"
"When India bowled, we were stuck for 10 overs though the wicket was dry and the ball was coming onto the bat. They played professionally and showed jazba, that they were playing for their national team. To me it looked like we were playing galli cricket, no level of cricket was displayed"
"I am worried that there is no plan being shown in bowling or batting"
"Asad Shafiq was put in and out of the ODI team and he was destroyed"
"Are you playing with your country and with your cricket? That has previously produced world class players without any bloody coaching and all that? We had no coaching and we produced world class batsmen, fast-bowlers and spinners for the world"
"People around the world used to be worried that how do we have the world's fastest bowlers on dead wickets? How do they produce world class batsmen, spinners and wicket-keepers?"
"I was given a team, I handled it a bit and I was removed. Why was I removed? Whoever's listening can listen, I give a damn about that. What did I do? I said there will be no sifarishis and I will not allow any wrongdoing in the team. They said that we don't need this and the 2-4 guys who are stuck with the board who also misled the previous board, they have played with the country. I don't think they can do that with this board"
"In this country people pray in their namaz, they pray haajat nafl and make dua for their team but with the dua, where is the dawa (medicine)? You go to the doctor but he doesn't have the medicine because he isn't serious"
"There is no accountability in the dressing room. I am hopeful that this will come now and things will improve for us, not only in cricket"
"We have played international cricket and we uplifted Pakistan's name in the world. Starting from Hanif Mohammad, Abdul Hafeez Kardar etc. In our days, we had self determination. What doctors did Fazal Mehmood, Khan Mohammad etc. have? Shoaib Akhtar, Rashid Latif and myself even had no facilities but we had self-determination. Shoaib Akhtar and Imran Khan played with injections, to serve their countries. When there isn't nationalism in the dressing room then how will it come in the players?"
"If I was in charge, I would do what I did before. I wouldn't play any sifarishis or allow any wrongdoings"
"This team has the ability, they have good players. With 2-4 better players, there can be a good combination. But they are mentally collapsed and they need to be uplifted. When I was in charge of the previous team, it was completely fallen and the discipline was destroyed, there were fights and we were bad on and off the field but you saw what happened after that and everyone appreciates that, and thank you all for that"
"The coach doesn't play in the field but you can see the coach and captain in every player. There is no bigger honour for a cricketer than to represent his country. With batsmen and bowlers sometimes you can give a bit of technical advice but mainly you need to make players strong mentally"
"When we were playing the series vs England, I departed from Lahore. Media was saying forget beating them, can you draw against them? I said time will tell you. I told my players starting from Misbah and Younis, they aren't number 1, but you guys are. If you don't prove that in the series then tell me. In the beginning the players thought I was trying to make them happy but I told them By God you're number 1. How is that? I spoke to them individually starting from Misbah, and then as a team. I said you will beat them fair and square with your play. Alhamdulillah, when the series finished, their head coach and captain Strauss said there was nothing wrong with the pitches, we were beaten fair and square by Pakistan's superb play"
"Changes are definitely needed in this team. When you want to uplift any player, take his name. If I was there I would do 3-4 changes immediately"
"Why weren't players I coached performing before I became coach? I integrated them into the team. I am saying this for all Pakistani great players and we're all included in that, what players didn't we produce?"
(Would you be interesting in coaching the Pakistan team again) "My record as a player, coach and chief selector is for all to see. I only ask for things from Allah. I do one sajda only not thousands of sajdas. I am thankful for all Allah has given me. Whenever my cricket board need me, I am always ready"
"Fakhar's problems should have been fixed in 1 month. David Warner came as a slogger, now he plays all 3 formats, same for Shikhar Dhawan"
"Look at the way Rohit Sharma plays, if you want to learn something from your enemy you can even do that"
"I used to field in the covers and I would watch good batsmen to see where their feet were going because we didn't have coaches, this is how we improved ourselves"
"I said Sarfaraz should be groomed and not made captain in all formats, he has 7-8 years ahead of him, I was saying it for his betterment. Now you can see what's happening. He is himself worried. I heard him saying that he couldn't sleep for 7 days. Should have given him some breathing space, if we do this with a player then what will be his condition?"
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