Veteran Pakistan batter Ahmed Shehzad has slammed the Pakistan Cricket Board after the home team suffered a 10-wicket defeat to Bangladesh in the Rawalpindi Test on Sunday (August 25). However, Shehzad slammed the PCB for sticking to the same set of players and not giving a chance to new talent from domestic cricket. However, Bangladesh created history on Sunday in Rawalpindi by registering their maiden Test win over Pakistan as well.

Sharing his thoughts on Pakistan’s shock loss, Shehzad shared a video posted on X, “The state of Pakistan cricket is such that today (Sunday) Bangladesh has defeated Pakistan for the first time in Test cricket and that too on their (Pakistan’s) home soil. I have never seen Pakistan cricket sink to such a low in my life. Leave aside batting, bowling and fielding, this is a new low in Pakistan cricket.”

However, he added that Pakistan will find it very difficult to come out of this defeat, adding that they are yet to recover from their defeat against Afghanistan in the 2023 ODI World Cup.

“I had said this before as well, Pakistan team is already heading towards darkness, so you cannot take short-term decisions. The situation is just like hockey. Even so, we never expected that Pakistan will lose to Bangladesh, but they have done that as well. Pakistan’s players are not at fault. The cricket board is responsible. Players never force anyone to put them in the team. It’s the board that keeps playing them and is not allowing domestic players to come in. If you don’t have domestic players who can replace the existing lot, then what have you done so far?,” he concluded.