Former Pakistan cricket captain and all-rounder Shoaib Malik says he never thought he would score 10,000 runs in T20 cricket. He saw a lot of ups and downs in his career which taught him a lot. He accepted the captaincy in 2007. Sorry.
In an interview to Geo News, Shoaib Malik spoke openly about the ups and downs of his career, experiences, memorable moments and future intentions.
"You learn a lot when you come to play cricket step by step and when you follow experienced fellow cricketers and try to learn how there is so much consistency in their performance," he said. Get to learn
"Everything feels good when you're at the top, but bad times teach you a lot about how to fight on a bad day and how to get out of it, how to keep yourself positive," the former captain said. This is all very important. Negative things abound in our culture, so it is important to be positive.
Shoaib Malik said that cricket has always been his passion and nothing happens more than representing the Pakistan team. Played cricket leagues all over the world from 2010 to 2015, when you think you can play for the Pakistan team but don't get the chance, you get frustrated.
"Playing in the leagues helped me a lot to get rid of this frustration," the former captain said. He learned to do what is in control and do not worry about what is not in control. I learned many life lessons by playing cricket.
Shoaib Malik advised the PCB that whenever a player gets a chance to play in the league and the team is not busy, he must be allowed to go and play because the more he plays, the more he will learn, the more on campus. Training will not make as much of a difference as learning by playing league matches.
He said that the pool of players for the 2023 World Cup should be prepared now and they should be taken forward so that by the time the World Cup comes, these players have good experience and they come on the field with strong nerves. ۔
Shoaib Malik, who recently completed 10,000 runs in T20 cricket, is the first Asian cricketer to do so.
In this regard, he said that this journey was not so easy, there are very limited opportunities in T20, the first three batsmen have the opportunity to score runs, but for a middle order batsman to score ten thousand runs is too big. Is the thing
The former captain says he does not want to be satisfied with the thought that just ten thousand runs have been scored, he said that there is still a lot to be achieved.
He said that when he was not named in the team in 2015, he thought of leaving international cricket and focusing on bus leagues. During that time, he had TV contracts, but in this case, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Mohammad Akram encouraged him. And asked to continue cricket.
Sheib Malik added that one thing he regrets is accepting the captaincy in 2007.
"I think it would have been better if I hadn't accepted the captaincy at that time, because there were a lot of things that shouldn't have happened at that time, so there were problems with the players," he said. If I have to handle it, I probably won't accept it. As a captain, you can't keep everyone happy.
Shoaib Malik said that he was disturbed by some things and apologized to his fellow cricketers.
To a question, he said that he is still feeling fit and has no plans to retire at the moment.
He also vowed to share his experience with junior cricketers to help them further.
Shoaib Malik, while supporting the current domestic system, said that it is good for the betterment of cricket but it is also important to improve things at the grassroots level.
He added that school cricket, club cricket has to be improved and there should be resources and privileges so that the players have a full opportunity to be fully prepared so that they do not come to the national team and learn everything.
He added that a players' association could be set up for the welfare of the players but it is important to include people who are neutral so that there is no lack of communication between the PCB and the players, it will benefit both. ۔
