'We deserve criticism': Rizwan admits flaws in team

PESHAWAR: The Green Shirts deserved flak for their disappointing performance in this year’s T20 World Cup campaign, said right-handed batsman Mohammad Rizwan on Tuesday.

The wicket-keeper said following poor performance, they deserved people’s wrath and those who could not face the criticism, could not succeed. 

Speaking to journalists in Peshawar, he said" "There is not one reason behind a team’s defeat. There are a number of weaknesses which lead to (Pakistan’s early on) exit from the tournament."

It should be noted that Pakistan was eliminated from the T20 World Cup at the group stage which drew criticism from fans, analysts and cricketers alike, as they suffered defeat at the hands of minnows, US, as well.

Rizwan said it was disappointing for the team members too as they could not fulfill the nation’s dreams. After the T20 World Cup debacle, the Men in Green could not claim that they wielded strong batting and bowling, he added.

On grouping, he said the speculations about bias in the team were not true as they all played for the green flag.

On Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi’s remarks of need for “major surgery” in Pakistan team, the right-handed batsman said, “When you fall ill, you get a surgery. He's chairman of the board and it is his right. It's his right whom he wants to retain and whom not.”