After Pakistan’s elimination from the Champions Trophy, people are raising questions about all the loopholes that contributed to the failure of the the Pakistani team. One of the reasons is the selection committee of the Pakistan cricket team.
You will be shocked to know that one of the members of the 5-person committee for men’s selection committee has never played a first-class cricket match. And that person is Hassan Cheema. Ajay Jadeja was also shocked to learn about that.
Pakistan Cricket Board has been heavily criticized for the past few days after the Pakistani team’s disappointing performance at the Champions Trophy that led to the elimination of the Pakistan cricket team from the Champions Trophy.
Despite being the host after a long period of time, the Pakistani team couldn’t secure a position in the tournament. The criticism has now begun to divert towards the selectors, who have picked members of the team, for poor combination. Former India cricketer Ajit Jadeja raised this question why is there a person in the selection committee who has never played a first-class cricket match?
PCB reorganized the selection committee after Pakistan lost a home test against England in October last year, which included Aleem Dar, Akif Javed, and Azhar Ali to the panel that was earlier comprised of only Asad Shafiq and Hassan Cheema.
Hassan Cheema has earlier worked as a strategy manager at the PSL franchise of Islamabad United and has never played a bigger role than that, but he was. For 8 years he was just a strategy manager and then he was elevated to the role of selector in October 2024.
Amir Sohail who is also a former cricketer said that, claimed that Hassan Cheema used to do a football program and now he is a selector. Can anyone question how many test matches Hassan Cheema has played ever?
Seeing the Pakistan cricket team’s current situation it is very important to address all the loopholes that are present in our system. Cricket is the only game that has been generating revenue for Pakistan and the Pakistani public is very enthusiastic about it and it’s high time that we address all the loopholes properly.
