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From Waheed Khan
MULTAN: Chief selector Wasim Bari hinted on Wednesday there would be some change in the Pakistan team for the second Test against India but ruled out pushing the panic buttons after the defeat in Multan.
“We will be sitting down with the captain and coach this evening to discuss what has gone wrong in this Test. But we will not be pushing any panic buttons. Everything would be assessed sensibly and the team for the second Test would be announced accordingly,” he said.
The changes in the team expected are the addition of rookie fast bowler Rao Iftikhar in the squad as this time even the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has told the foreign curator Andy Atkinson to prepare a seaming and hard track in Lahore.
“We (selectors) have had a long discussion during this match and we have formed our own conclusions. But we also want to hear what the captain and coach have in mind. Their feedback is very important to us,” he added.
Bari was understandably disappointed with the performance of the team in Multan stating the fielding had let the bowlers down.
“I don’t think we can blame the bowlers for the defeat. There were number of chances offered on the first two days by the Indian batsmen and they were let down. I don’t think Virender Sehwag would have gone on to make a triple hundred and the situation would have been different if the chances had been taken by our fielders,” he said.
He conceded that he had proposed before the series the appointment of a specialist fielding coach for the team but said this decision was entirely up to the board.
“It is no use criticizing or demoralizing the players now. What has happened has happened. We must also concede that India has played better than us in this match. There is definite need to regroup but it is more important to support and lift the morale of the players,” he pleaded. However, even the chief selector was critical of the pitch prepared for the first test stating he was a bit surprised that Pakistan had not played to its strength