Amir takes an indirect dig at Rizwan

Former Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Amir has indirectly taken a dig at Mohammad Rizwan, after the wicketkeeper-batsman said that breaking his opening pair with Babar Azam has negatively affected the national team.

Following the defeat in the fourth T20I against New Zealand, Rizwan stated, “You can say that it [breaking the opening pair] has hurt Pakistan. Regarding the opening pair, we have spoken to the management, captain and Hafeez bhai, and I can only say that Babar bhai has a big heart. We both agreed there’s no issue, whatever they want to try, they should experiment.

“What’s tough is, when you break things and the Pakistan public sees the one thing that was going well, but the management was trying to experiment.”

In a subtle dig at Rizwan, Amir, without explicitly mentioning his name, used the term 'Bhai Jaan' (brother) to address him in his Urdu message on X.

Amir suggested that Rizwan should give the youngsters more than just four games to establish themselves. Amir emphasized the need to be patient when trying out new strategies.

Amir wrote on X in Urdu, "Bhai jaan khud 4 saal maze kiye hain bachon k 4 matches k failure se khuch hurt ni hwa jab different cheezen try ki jati hain un ko time dena parta hai bara simple hai." [Brother, you have had fun for four years. No one is getting hurt if youngsters fail for four games. When you try new things, you need to give them time. It’s that simple.]

bhai jaan khud 4 saal maze kiye hain bachon k 4 matches k failure se khuch hurt ni hwa jab different cheezen try ki jati hain un ko time dena parta hai bara simple hai 🤗.#PakistanCricket

— Mohammad Amir (@iamamirofficial) January 20, 2024