Pakistan cricket team’s interim coach Mr Mohsin Hasan Khan must remember that the great captain Imran Khan once said that the best recipe for defeat was to play for a draw.
Pakistan should have given it a try to go for runs, on the last day of the first Test at Abu Dhabi against Sri Lanka. Moreover, Mohsin Hassan Khan’s statement that it was decided during the innings break that Pakistan would decide about the run chase as per the fielding deployment of the opponent team, confirms that firstly, our team management handed over the initiative to the Sri Lankan team and secondly, Pakistani team fell into the trap of Sri Lankan fielding plan. Although, Sri Lankan team could have bowled out Pakistani team in 21 overs, Pakistan had all the chances and cards in their hands to force a win.
A timid person can be a good player or chief selector, but he can never be a good captain or coach. Cricket is all played in the mind and negative thoughts will never snatch a victory from the jaws of defeat or draw.
SYED NAYYAR UDDIN AHMAD
Lahore