I wouldn’ believe that, read Aizaz Cheema’s interview after previous game where Aizaz was trying to contain runs but Misbah told him to bowl with his natural aggression which then boosted him in getting the wickets. Though Misbah himself might have set a defensive field-setting to stop boundaries and leak singles/doubles which releases pressure from batsmen.
Unfortunately before a game all kinds of calls are made but what when the game is over the ones that matches the result come back and seems to be ‘geniune’.