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Shahid Afridi rips apart Mohammad Yusuf for his ‘not my domain’ remark following second Test defeat

Former Pakistan skipper, Shahid Afridi has lashed out at Pakistan’s batting coach Mohammad Yusuf for his comments following the second Test match defeat against England.

Yusuf was asked about the poor form of Mohammad Rizwan and the Pakistan batting coach replied by saying that he shouldn’t be asked such questions as it doesn’t come under his domain. 

“I don’t think this question belongs to my domain. Don’t mind but this is not my domain.” Yusuf said. 

Yusuf’s remarks didn’t go down well with the former Pakistan skipper, Shahid Afridi, who criticized the former for ignoring the question. 

“Mohammad Yousuf batting coach hain na waha pe? Toh batsmen agar perform nahi karenge, zahir si baat hai ki Mohammad Yousuf se puucha jayega. I don’t exactly know what was the exact questions that was asked to Mohammd Yousuf. As a batting coach, yeh toh usi ka domain banta hai. Rizwan ke baare mein, main pehle bhi mashwara de chuka hu ki kisi duusre ladke ko chance de,” Afridi said on Samaa TV.

Shahid Afridi, once again, criticized Pakistan’s team management for persisting with Rizwan in the playing XI despite being in poor form. Afridi feels that Sarfaraz Ahmed or Shan Masood should replace Rizwan in the next Test match. 

“Main yeh nahi keh raha ki Rizwan ko drop kar diya jaaye lekin usko rest zaruur karaya ja sakta hai. Aap Test series haar gaye ho. Teesra match Karachi mein hai toh aap yaha chance de sakte hain. Why not Sarfaraz? Shan Masood… chances should be given. (Mohammad Yousuf is the batting coach, right? So obviously, if the players do not perform, he will be asked questions. As a batting coach, this is his domain. And about Rizwan, I have already said that the time has come to maybe give other players an opportunity. I am not saying drop Rizwan altogether from Tests, but he can be rested. You have lost the series and the third Test is in Karachi, so why not bring in someone like a Sarfaraz or Shan Masood).”

The third Test match is scheduled to be played 17th to 21st December 2022 at National Stadium in Karachi.