After the shameful and poor performance of Pakistan team players in ICC Champions Trophy 2025, Mohsin Naqvi’s big decision was to leave senior players from the T20 series against New Zealand and direct young players to be selected. It was also decided to rely on young cricketers to prepare for the T20 World Cup in 2026.
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In this regard, the players who performed best in domestic cricket met PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi at the National Cricket Academy, Lahore. Pakistan’s young domestic cricket performers informed PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi about the fitness problems, skills, and diet plan problems they faced during training.
Mohsin Naqvi encouraged the young players and gave instructions to the relevant authorities to solve their problems and ordered to provide access to all academies for these young players. The chairman issued instructions to prepare a special diet plan for the young players’ fitness.
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Speaking on the occasion, Mohsin Naqvi said that the availability of trainers will be ensured for the physical training of the players, you are the future stars of Pakistan, providing resources is an investment in the bright future of Pakistan cricket. The players who met included Muhammad Ali, Ali Raza, Ahmed Daniyal, Nisar Ahmed, Muhammad Ibtisam, Muhammad Salman, Afaq Afridi, Abdul Samad, Saad Masood, Khawaja Nafi, Moaz Sadaqat, Arafat Minhas, Mubashar Khan, Haider Ali, Hassan Nawaz, Faisal Akram, Tahir Baig and Qasim Akram.
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It should be noted that the Pakistan team is scheduled to leave for New Zealand on March 12, where the first phase of the 5-match T20 series will start from March 16. The Pakistan team was eliminated from the Champions Trophy without winning a single match. Later, it was revealed that the senior players of the Pakistan cricket team have started consulting to take a break for the New Zealand tour. Some senior players are afraid of being dropped based on the poor performance of the Champions Trophy, so some players may withdraw from the New Zealand tour.
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Now, Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board Mohsin Naqvi has decided to take important decisions on the blackmailing, grouping and continuous poor performance of senior players and the decision to call and meet the players who have performed well in domestic cricket and select them for the New Zealand tour is the first link in this series and more such tough decisions are likely to be taken in the future.
