Lucknow: Pakistan's performance in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 was not as good as expected. The team was included in Group A along with India, where co-hosts USA, Ireland and Canada were present. Looking at this group, it seemed that India and Pakistan were the two teams from here who would qualify for the Super-8. However, this did not happen and this team got eliminated in the first round itself. In this tournament, the Men in Green first faced defeat at the hands of USA and then India. After this, they won against Canada but by then they were almost out of the World Cup.

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The Pakistani team did not appear to play unitedly in this World Cup and this was the reason why this team could not progress beyond the group stage. After being out of the World Cup in this way, former Pakistani players are criticizing their team fiercely and are alleging that captain Babar Azam is only maintaining his friendship. Not only this, many veterans have raised questions on Babar's captaincy and team selection and former wicketkeeper batsman Kamran Akmal has also joined in this episode. During a conversation with AFP, Akmal has made a big allegation.

He said, “When you select the team on the basis of friendship, you will get the same results. You did not even include those players in the team who were performing well in domestic cricket. Usman Mir should have been in this team but he was not selected and this was the biggest injustice.”

Let us tell you that some such players were selected in the Pakistani team, who have been continuously with the team for the last few years but have failed to perform well. In view of this, many Pakistani veteran players are criticizing the selection committee and captain Babar. The Green Army has to play its last group stage match against Ireland on Sunday and after this Babar and company will return to their home country Pakistan.

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