Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt slammed the team’s pacers for their lack of fitness and speed compared to the Bangladesh bowlers in the first Test defeat in Rawalpindi. However, Pakistan suffered their first-ever Test defeat to Bangladesh, due to poor show in first-innings bowling and second-innings performance. The hosts played with a four-pronged pace attack with no specialist spinner but none of the pacers could do well.

Talking about Pakistan’s first Test defeat on his YouTube channel, Salman Butt said: “Where should I start? Playing four fast bowlers, the declaration, the line and length, everything went wrong. I think this is the first time that the average speed of Bangladesh bowlers was higher than ours. They looked more fit than us. Our junior fast bowlers did better than our senior ones. So, there is a list of mistakes made by the team. Where should we start? Who should we pick and blame because the list goes on.”

However, it was Pakistan’s fourth consecutive Test defeat as the four pacers combined for woeful figures of 9/359 with an average of almost 40 as well. Meanwhile, Salman Butt also refused to blame the Rawalpindi track for Pakistan’s loss considering Bangladesh bowled Pakistan out for a mere 146 in the second innings as well.

“Pitch was not the issue. The quality of bowling was. Our bowling coach said that the pitch didn’t turn out the way we wanted. Bowlers also said that the pitch was not good. How does that make sense? Especially when Pakistan got bowled out inside two sessions. Their pacers got the wickets of our top order batters before the spinners took responsibility in the middle. So, this is a long list of mismanagement and incompetence,” concluded Salman Butt.