- Muhammad Yusuf reached Multan on Sunday, Chief Selector will arrive today.
- Ramiz Raja ordered to ensure a quality pitch for the second Test.
- The Rawalpindi pitch was criticized for being too flat.
Rawalpindi: On the orders of PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja, Pakistan’s batting coach Muhammad Yousuf and PCB officials traveled to Multan ahead of the second Test against England, to ensure quality pitch preparation for the game.
The Rawalpindi pitch, where the first Test is being played, has been criticized for being too flat.
The batting coach arrived in Multan on Sunday to oversee the pitch preparation for the second Test match against England. Muhammad Yusuf Pakistan was missing from the dugout for the last two days.
This was told by the spokesperson of PCB Geo News The batting coach and other officials reached Multan on the instructions of Chairman PCB Rameez Raja. Chief selector Muhammad Wasim is also expected to arrive in Multan today.
He added that Raja wants to ensure a quality pitch for the second Test.
The spokesperson added that pitch curator Agha Zahid will prepare the pitch in consultation with PCB officials. Batting coach.
Chairman PCB Ramiz Raja He had said he was “not happy at all” with the state of the pitch, which he admitted was “not a great advertisement” for Test cricket.
“We live in a dark age of pitches in Pakistan,” he told reporters, adding, “It’s embarrassing for us, especially if you have a cricketer as chairman.”
In early March, 1,187 runs were scored for the loss of just 14 wickets as Pakistan and Australia drew a match on the same wicket in Rawalpindi.
The pitch was given a demerit point by International Cricket Council match referee Ranjan Madugale, who described the pitch as ‘below average’.
If a location accumulates five demerit points in a five-year period, it can be banned for 12 months.
It should be noted that England looted runs on the lifeless wicket of Rawalpindi in the first innings. The visitors were eventually bowled out for 657 – including a first-day record of 506 on Thursday – with four batsmen scoring centuries against poor Pakistan bowling.
In reply, three Pakistan batsmen scored centuries as the home side scored 579 in their first innings.
In the second innings, England batted at a run rate of seven overs and gave Pakistan a difficult target of 343 runs.