Rashid Latif Explains Pakistan's Poor Bowling Show: 'Our Support Staff is Not Doing a Proper Job'

Former Pakistan wicketkeeper Rashid Latif dropped a Jasprit Burmah reference while talking about a fast bowling decline in his country. Pakistan recently conceded a 10-wicket defeat to Bangladesh in Rawalpindi with the team’s pacers failing to show up. Talking about the team’s fast bowling disaster, Latif highlighted how Pakistan’s trainers were failing at their jobs to maintain the fitness of their pacers. “Our trainers and physios are to blame. If you look at a Jofra Archer, he comes back after two years of hiatus but does not lose a yard in his pace. Same with Jasprit Bumrah — he comes back from an operation and bowls with the same velocity,” he wrote on CricBuzz.

Rashid Latif felt Pakistan no longer boasts the pace bowling strength they were once famous for. He deemed it one of the primary reasons why the Asian giants failed to overcome Bangladesh in their opening Test. He voiced that the team’s fast bowlers cannot deliver at a ‘breakneck’ pace. Latif also said that the speed of Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah and Khurram Shazad have all dipped in recent years.