Pakistan Made A Blunder: Former Star On Babar Azam-Led Side’s Approach Ahead of T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia
Pakistan Made A Blunder: All the top cricket teams in the world are preparing for the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia. The Super 12 stage of the mega-event will be starting on October 22.
In the 2021 edition, the Pakistan team impressed everyone with its performance. The Pakistan team qualified for the semi-finals.
Expectations are high from the team in the 2022 edition after their performance in 2021. However, former Pakistan cricket team spinner Danish Kaneria has opinions that Pakistan has missed a trick by not building a team for the future.
“I have been saying this for so many years that Pakistan needs to build up for the future. Everybody is getting their B team ready. So much franchise cricket and international cricket is happening so you need a backup and rotation of the players. You can’t move around with one sort of cricketer the whole year. It will burden them and then things like injury will happen,” Danish Kaneria said.
“Pakistan made a blunder, they should have sent Shan Masood as captain to the Netherlands and put him with a good bunch of replacements in the fast bowling and spin department. They have so many batters but I don’t understand their mentality. They have Saud Shakeel who should be playing. Shahnawaz Dahani’s name is coming up and also Zahid Mahmood but the thing is they are just sitting on the bench and doing nothing. They are not getting those opportunities. Pakistan should have sent a young team to the Netherlands. There is a fear factor of losing. When you have the fear factor then you can’t build a team, that’s the problem.”
ICC T20 World Cup 2022 Schedule
| Date | Match | Time(IST) | Venue |
| 16 October, Sunday | Sri Lanka against Namibia | 3:00 PM | Kardinia Park Stadium, Geelong |
| 16 October, Sunday | United Arabia Emirates against Netherlands | 7:00 PM | Kardinia Park Stadium, Geelong |
| 17 October, Monday | West Indies against Scotland | 3:00 PM | Bellerive Oval, Hobart |
| 17 October, Monday | Zimbabwe against Ireland | 7:00 PM | Bellerive Oval, Hobart |
| 18 October, Tuesday | Namibia against Netherlands | 3:00 PM | Kardinia Park Stadium, Geelong |
| 18 October, Tuesday | Sri Lanka against United Arabia Emirates | 7:00 PM | Kardinia Park Stadium, Geelong |
| 19 October, Wednesday | Scotland against Ireland | 3:00 PM | Bellerive Oval, Hobart |
| 19 October, Wednesday | West Indies against Zimbabwe | 7:00 PM | Bellerive Oval, Hobart |
| 20 October, Thursday | Sri Lanka against Netherlands | 3:00 PM | Kardinia Park Stadium, Geelong |
| 20 October, Thursday | Namibia against United Arabia Emirates | 7:00 PM | Kardinia Park Stadium, Geelong |
| 21 October, Friday | West Indies against Ireland | 3:00 PM | Bellerive Oval, Hobart |
| 21 October, Friday | Scotland against Zimbabwe | 7:00 PM | Bellerive Oval, Hobart |
The schedule for the Super 12
| Date | Match | Time(IST) | Venue |
| 22 October, Saturday | New Zealand against Australia | 6:00 PM | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney |
| 22 October, Saturday | England against Afghanistan | 7:00 PM | Perth Stadium. Perth |
| 23 October, Sunday | Group A Winner against Group B Runner-up | 3:00 PM | Bellerive Oval, Hobart |
| 23 October, Sunday | India against Pakistan | 7:00 PM | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne |
| 24 October, Monday | Bangladesh against Group A Runner-up | 3:00 PM | Bellerive Oval, Hobart |
| 24 October, Monday | South Africa against Group B Winner | 7:00 PM | Bellerive Oval, Hobart |
| 25 October, Tuesday | Australia against Group A Winner | 7:00 PM | Perth Stadium, Perth |
| 26 October, Wednesday | England against Group B Runner-up | 3:00 PM | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne |
| 26 October, Wednesday | New Zealand against Afghanistan | 7:00 PM | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne |
| 27 October, Thursday | South Africa against Bangladesh | 2:00 PM | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney |
| 27 October, Thursday | India against Group A Runner-up | 6:00 PM | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney |
| 27 October, Thursday | Pakistan against Group B Winner | 7:00 PM | Perth Stadium, Perth |
| 28 October, Friday | Afghanistan against Group B Runner-up | 3:00 PM | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne |
| 28 October, Friday | England against Australia | 7:00 PM | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne |
| 29 October, Saturday | New Zealand against Group A Winner | 7:00 PM | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney |
| 30 October, Sunday | Bangladesh against Group B Winner | 1:00 PM | The Gabba, Brisbane |
| 30 October, Sunday | Pakistan against Group A Runner-up | 3:00 PM | Perth Stadium, Perth |
| 30 October, Sunday | India against South Africa | 7:00 PM | Perth Stadium, Perth |
| 31 October, Monday | Australia against Group B Runner-up | 6:00 PM | The Gabba, Brisbane |
| 1 November, Tuesday | Afghanistan against Group A Winner | 2:00 PM | The Gabba, Brisbane |
| 1 November, Tuesday | England against New Zealand | 6:00 PM | The Gabba, Brisbane |
| 2 November, Wednesday | Group B Winner against Group A Runner-up | 14:30 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide |
| 2 November, Wednesday | India against Bangladesh | 18:30 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide |
| 3 November, Thursday | Pakistan against South Africa | 19:00 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney |
| 4 November, Friday | New Zealand against Group B Runner-up | 2:30 PM | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide |
| 4 November, Friday | Australia against Afghanistan | 18:30 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide |
| 5 November, Saturday | England against Group A Winner | 19:00 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney |
| 6 November, Sunday | South Africa against Group A Runner-up | 10:30 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide |
| 6 November, Sunday | Pakistan against Bangladesh | 14:30 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide |
| 6 November, Sunday | India against Group B Winner | 19:00 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne |
Schedule for the knockout phase
Semifinal 1
| Date | Match | Time(IST) | Venue |
| 9 November, Wednesday | TBC against TBC | 7:00 PM | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney |
Semifinal 2
| Date | Match | Time(IST) | Venue |
| 10 November, Thursday | TBC against TBC | 6:30 PM | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide |
Final
| Date | Match | Time(IST) | Venue |
| 13 November, Sunday | TBC against TBC | 7:00 PM | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne |
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