Previously, Pathan would turn to his X (formerly known as Twitter) account to express his displeasure with players leaving. "Either be available for a full season or don't come!" Irfan Pathan authored.
Wasim Akram, like Sunil Gavaskar and Irfan Pathan, is critical of England players who left their teams during the playoffs to participate in a four-match T20I series against Pakistan in England.
“If you cut salaries, will it affect anything if your team doesn’t win after reaching the playoffs? You’ve put in all the hard work and in the last hurdle, your boys leave because they have to play for the country. It’s not fair,” Akram noted in a chat on Sportskeeda.
“This is what you play for. That’s why it’s frustrating not just for fans but owners, and captains of the teams for any league. So, I agree with Irfan [Pathan], come for the entire tournament otherwise don’t come,” he commented.
Previously, Pathan would turn to his X (formerly known as Twitter) account to express his displeasure with players leaving. "Either be available for a full season or don't come!" Irfan Pathan authored.
Gavaskar, on the other hand, would write in his Mid-Day Column, "I am all for players putting country first, but after promising various franchises that they would be available for the entire season if they withdraw out now, they will be letting the franchises down.
“The franchises should not only be allowed to deduct a substantial amount from the fee that the player was bought for but also not give the Board, to which the player belongs, the stated 10 per cent commission of the fee that each player gets,” Gavaskar stated.
“I think you’re going to miss the trick by sending all their players home. You know, I think Will Jacks, Phil Salt, Josh Butler, in particular, playing in the IPL in the eliminators, pressure, crowd, expectation.” Vaughan noted on the ‘Club Prairie Fire’ podcast.
“I would argue that playing here is better preparation than playing a T20 game against Pakistan,” he added.