Coaching a cricket team in the Indian subcontinent is a huge challenge. Coaching the Pakistani team is an even bigger challenge. Pakistan great Wasim Akram has no problem dealing with these challenges but feels he is not prepared for the hatred and abuse that comes the coach’s way when the team doesn’t perform well. Losers are bound to happen in any game and Akram feels he cannot tolerate abuse. In an interview, Akram spoke at length about why he does not want to be the head coach of the Pakistan national cricket team led by Babar Azam.
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Akram said in an interview, “If the team is not doing well then I can accept criticism. But in Pakistan cricket the way the captain and the coach are not only criticized but also abused by everyone.” , That is unbearable.” “The abuse and sometimes the hatred that captains and coaches have to endure, I don’t think I’m prepared for. I don’t have a tolerance level, especially when it comes to the use of social media. They are something I Looks like people who sit on twitter day and night only to send negative comments.”
, #this day In 1985, @wasimakramlive Made his Test debut against New Zealand at Eden Park in Auckland. The PCB Hall of Famer represented Pakistan in 104 Test matches taking 414 wickets. He also scored 2,898 runs with an unbeaten 257 which is his highest score. pic.twitter.com/xqVutcjRLq– Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) January 25, 2023
Akram said he does not want the added burden of stress that comes with coaching the national side. “League cricket is different, the pressure and expectation level is different, which is why I am involved in PSL for Karachi Kings.”
The veteran fast bowler said that as the coach of the Karachi team, some players regularly approach him and discuss cricket and he is always there to help and guide them. “I am always ready to serve Pakistan cricket but not at the cost of tolerating unnecessary criticism and abuses from anyone.”
Akram recently released his autobiography which he co-wrote with Australian journalist Gideon Haigh called Sultan.
with PTI inputs