Pakistan captain Shan Masood expressed his displeasure at a reporter’s question during the post-match press conference following Pakistan’s loss to the West Indies in the second Test in Multan. The reporter inquired if Masood planned to step down as captain or if the PCB would intervene.
Masood responded by emphasizing the need to show respect to all cricketers. The West Indies secured a commanding 120-run victory to level the two-Test series 1-1. Pakistan prepared another spin-friendly pitch, similar to the first Test, but it backfired as the target of 254 proved too challenging in the fourth innings.
Responding to the question during the press conference, Masood stated that the question was highly disrespectful and something few would tolerate.
“If you want to talk about facts, feel free to, but your information is completely inaccurate. You have your opinion, and I respect that, but there is a lot of disrespect in your question. You can’t show disrespect to players, me and the others.”
“We all play for Pakistan and get results, but no one will tolerate such disrespect. Koi tolerate nahi karega (No one will tolerate this). You have to understand that. You want to put someone down fine but we all are Pakistan players.”
“We need to dismiss the tail-enders quickly”- Shan Masood
The West Indies’ lower-order batters made significant contributions in both innings of the second Test. Masood acknowledged that Pakistan has struggled to dismiss tailenders for some time. The 35-year-old remarked, as quoted by Cricbuzz:
“This is an area where we have to improve. And that is that we have to get the tail-enders out soon. We have shown this in many instances. When we played three test matches in Australia, I think Australia have the best tail-enders in the world. The way they run, their averages, there is always a contribution from them.”
“We got them out cheaply there. But in many series, like the Bangladesh series, the West Indies series, or the South Africa series, we did not get them out quickly and it is our responsibility as well and one thing that we can improve upon.”
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