{"id":24215,"date":"2023-11-13T18:08:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T18:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pakistan-team-were-soft-pacers-too-nice\/"},"modified":"2023-11-13T18:08:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T18:08:09","slug":"pakistan-team-were-soft-pacers-too-nice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pakistan-team-were-soft-pacers-too-nice\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Pakistan team were soft, pacers too nice&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_98\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif said the current Pakistan team lacks aggression following the side\u2019s elimination from the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch ARY News live on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/live.arynews.tv\/hq\/\">live.arynews.tv<\/a><\/strong><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pakistan were eliminated from the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 after they registered four wins and five losses in the round-robin stage.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Pakistan captain team, captain Babar Azam, management and selectors have been criticized by former cricketers, experts and vast section of social media over the team\u2019s dismal performances.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif believes that the current Pakistan team, particularly the fast bowling unit, lacks aggression unlike that in the past.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CzafUKgvHXR\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In a social media post, he said legendary cricketers Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Shoaib Akhtar did not hold back from playing with an attacking mindset.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Somehow feel this Pakistan team was too soft, their pacers too nice. Wasim, Waqar, Shoaib were intimidating. They would stare at you, even sledge. Babar, Shaheen, Rauf \u2013 they lacked that aura, they looked too friendly. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CWC2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CWC2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MohammadKaif\/status\/1723947816987603147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cSomehow feel this Pakistan team was too soft, their pacers too nice,\u201d he tweeted. \u201cWasim [Akram], Waqar [Younis], Shoaib [Akhtar] were intimidating. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">They would stare at you, even sledge. Babar, Shaheen, Rauf \u2013 they lacked that aura, they looked too friendly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\">\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n      appId      : '161345524510473',\n      cookie     : true,\n      xfbml      : true,\n      version    : 'v3.0'\n    });\n    FB.AppEvents.logPageView();   \n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif said the current Pakistan team lacks aggression following the side\u2019s elimination from the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. Watch ARY News live on\u00a0live.arynews.tv\u00a0 Pakistan were eliminated from the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 after they registered four wins and five losses in the round-robin stage. 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