Pakistan’s all-rounder Shahid Afridi Wednesday announced that he has no plans to become a coach or commentator in the future.
In an interview with a private channel, Shahid Afridi said, “I will continue playing county and league cricket for one-and-a-half or two years, however, I will make the decision regarding national cricket soon.”
Afridi said the main pressure in the international cricket is expectations from the cricket fans.
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“I feel pleasure by helping others that can’t be felt even after making a world record,” he said.
The former skipper urged Pakistan Cricket Board to make a long lasting system and do not change it from time to time.
Talking about his comments regarding Kashmir during World Twenty20 in India, Afridi said it was meant for educated people who are capable enough to understand.
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Pakistan is not producing fine cricketers, says Shahid Afridi
Former T20 skipper Shahid Afridi who resigned from captaincy after a poor show in this year’s World T20 said on Wednesday that Pakistan is not producing fine cricketers as the team’s focus over the past few years has been on quantity rather than quality.
“Instead of going after quantity, we should concentrate on quality to meet the international standards,” he said while talking to a private news channel. Afridi, however, did not specify what he meant by quantity.
Afridi said there are more first-class cricketers now as compared to his early cricketing days when a break at this level was a difficult achievement.
“The team now is not like how it used to be back in the legendary Imran Khan’s days. There used to be several stars but now there are just two or three.”
The 36-year-old pinpointed the lack of cricket at a grassroots level, such as in schools and colleges, to be the prime reason behind the game’s downfall.
“There used to be school, district, college and university cricket but now it is not seen,” he said.
No plans of becoming coach, commentator in future
Pakistan’s all-rounder Shahid Afridi said that he has no plans to become a coach or commentator in the future.
“I will continue playing county and league cricket for one-and-a-half or two years, however, I will make the decision regarding national cricket soon.”
