Shan Masood not worried about job security after embarrassing loss vs Bangladesh

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khelja|04-09-2024

Pakistan captain Shan Masood said that he was not worried about his captaincy after losing the Test series against Bangladesh. The second Test match in Rawalpindi was Masood's 5th loss in 5 Test matches, since taking up the captaincy in 2023. Masood has lost 3 Tests to Australia Down Under and now lost 2 Tests against Bangladesh at home.
   ,who had not been beaten by Bangladesh in a Test match before this series. Speaking at the post-match press conference, Masood said that he knew the changes that he needed to make to better this team and would be happy it those changes came at the cost of personal failures. "I am not worried for my job security," he said.
"I took this job to make the changes we believe will help this team. If I believe this team can go in a certain direction, even if my personal failure takes Pakistan in that direction, I will be content. However much time I get I'll be grateful for and do my best." matches if they wanted to better at Test cricket. Masood said that playing more T20Is will not make Pakistan a better Test team.
Masood said that Bangladesh had two players in their Test team who had played nearly 90 Test matches. "Bangladesh have two players who have played 70-90 Tests (Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahman), and Litton [Das] and Mehidy [Hasan Miraz] have played close to 40. We need the same level of red-ball exposure. Test cricket is the ultimate format of the game. You need experience. It's obvious we need more Test and red-ball cricket. Whatever format you play is the format for which you'll produce players," Masood said. "You can't play more T20 cricket and get Test players.
You can't prepare for science and then sit a maths exam. If you're being tested for maths, you study maths. To play red-ball cricket, you must play red-ball cricket," he further added on the matter. Masood agreed that the team made plenty of mistakes and that they needed to work on their physical and mental issues. "We have to respect the opposition and Bangladesh's discipline was superior to ours in both Tests. We have to look at ourselves and the kinds of mistakes we made this series, and we made plenty. Test cricket, in terms of fitness, whether mental or physical, lasts for four or five days.
What we've shown this series is that's something we need to work on," Masood concluded.
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