LAHORE – Pakistan’s Head Coach Waqar Younis has apologised to the nation over team’s disappointing performance in World Twenty20, here on Tuesday.
He talked to the journalists ahead of appearing before the PCB’s fact-finding committee constituted to determine causes behind Pakistan team’s exit at the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) headquarters in Lahore.
“I’m sorry for our team’s performance… This is high time to oust politics from cricket instead of blame game, I’m not here to blame a specific player,” Waqar said while speaking to the journalists. Waqar said that sacking players or officials will not improve things for Pakistan cricket.
“Cosmetic changes will not improve anything. It is imperative to change the system,” he said. “I am ready to leave if my exit will solve the problem,” he said, but added that it was unfair to blame any single person for the team’s disappointing performance.
Waqar said that he had performed his duties as Pakistan coach honestly, and that if he is held responsible he would step down as coach. He denied reports that there were ‘groupings’ in the Pakistani squad that played the World T20 tournament.
“There are no politics in the team. The truth is we performed very poorly, so there is no question of groupings,” he said. The coach said Afridi was lacking judgmental power while the selection committee had also shown irresponsible attitude while picking up the players.
Pakistan finished their campaign with three defeats from four outings, including a loss at the hands of arch foes India in Kolkata. They only managed to win two matches in the Asia Cup.
