Yuvraj Singh’s father Yograj Singh has offered to coach Pakistan and rebuild the struggling team within a year following the Men in Green’s ICC Champions Trophy 2025 debacle recently. Hosting an ICC event after 29 years, Pakistan were ousted from the semifinals race after Mohammad Rizwan’s men lost both their matches in Group A against New Zealand and India.
Known to be one of the hardest taskmaster in Indian cricket fraternity, Yograj Singh’s comments came after former cricketers Wasim Akram, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Shoaib Akhtar and Waqar Younis lambasted the Pakistan team for their shoddy show in the tournament.
Pakistan started with a 60-run loss against New Zealand in the tournament opener in Karachi before surrendering in front of arch-rivals India in Dubai last Sunday.
The 66-year-old was particularly specific against Wasim Akram after the legendary fast bowler slammed the dietary preferences of the Pakistan cricketers which included bananas. Wasim Akram was shocked to see a plate full of bananas came out during the drinks break.
“I think it was the second, or the third drinks break. And I saw a plate full of bananas coming out for players to eat. Itni kele bandar bhi nahi khatte (Even monkeys don’t have so many bananas). And it’s their diet. Had it been out captain Imran Khan, he would have given me a beating over it,” Wasim Akram said on a post-match show ‘Dressing Room’.
Reacting to this, Yograj Singh said that the formers like Wasim Akram and others should volunteer to help the Pakistan team in their struggling period and not make harsh comments on their own countrymen.
