Sehwag Criticizes Favoritism in Pakistan Cricket Selection

Sehwag’s comments come in the wake of Mohammad Amir’s return from retirement which saw him participate in Pakistan’s lacklustre T20 World Cup campaign. This performance sparked widespread criticism from fans and former players directed at Riaz team captain Babar Azam and concerns over team fitness and player selection.

Sehwag highlighted the irony of Riaz and Amir who had previously criticised the Pakistan team on the same television channel now being in positions of power.

Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Amir, are two names who criticised the Pakistan team on the same TV channel giving their comments. Today one of them is a selector Riaz and one is in the playing eleven Amir Sehwag said.

So the same persons who were criticising if today they have power became the selector what have they done first up? ‘Mohammad Amir was with me, let’s select him. It’s like if Ajit Agarkar is chairman of the BCCI selection committee today he will say ‘Come Viru, come Zak Zaheer Khan I will facilitate your comeback Sehwag added.

Sehwag urged Pakistan selectors to avoid favouritism and focus on the team’s future making necessary tough decisions.

You have become a selector you have to look at the future. You have a job, make the right use of it, don’t do favours. That hard step selectors will have to take he concluded