Pakistan had a pretty dismal show in the T20I series against Sri Lanka. Former captain Ramiz Raja has said that Misbah-ul-Haq, who is serving as the chief selector as well as head coach of Pakistan, has been “overburdened” by the board. The cricketer-turned-commentator also shared that Pakistan need a power-hitting coach to guide them in the shortest format of the game.

“Misbah-ul-Haq has been overburdened after he was handed the coaching responsibilities of all formats. I feel we need to bring in a power-hitting coach for the shorter format, to correct the direction of the players,” Ramiz Raja said in a video posted on his official YouTube channel.

Pakistan have already lost the first two games of the ongoing T20I series by 64 and 35 runs respectively and Sri Lanka took an unassailable lead in the three-match series in Lahore.

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“The result of the T20I series against (Sri Lanka) was expected as Pakistan team was stressed after the losing the first game. Many old players were recalled in the T20 team but were unable to deliver under pressure,” Ramiz said.

However, on Tuesday, Misbah-ul-Haq accepted all the responsibility for the consecutive defeats against Sri Lanka and shared that he needed to find the solutions to the problems that hamper the side.

“You are seeing problems with the team and I am also seeing them. We need to resolve these. It’s not something that can be fixed overnight. It takes some time to fix these things,” Misbah was quoted as saying by cricketpakistan.com.pk. “Obviously I am answerable but to make a team, you need some time and to do that, you do some experiments. Only then do you get the answers to your questions. A lot of things are in front of us and we need to find solutions.”