1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:06,000 Talking about some crazy news cycles we've heard, well, 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,800 medical reports are short Sharebox, they're not attending 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:11,360 the 2009 World Cup. We've had some insane press 4 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:14,520 releases from the boxing and cricket management, but this is 5 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:19,200 an absolute banger of a news boxing team. 6 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:23,600 Every single individual fined ₹50,00,000 almost 18,000 USD on 7 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:28,040 arrival to Pakistan for a poor performance in the T20 World Cup 8 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:30,960 in 2026 at the time of recording. 9 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:34,640 I have also fined Bashar 50,00,000 PKR for just being a 10 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,760 spoiled sport on this podcast and actually dragging me out to 11 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:39,240 doing this episode. I did not want to do this 12 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:41,920 episode. Bashar was like you can find me 13 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,120 5050 lakhs and we'll call it even. 14 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:46,240 And here we are. Bashar, you heard the news. 15 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:47,440 What the hell is happening in Pakistan? 16 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:49,760 Again on a Sunday. Why? 17 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:50,160 Why? Why? 18 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:55,200 The PCB outdoes itself again. There's been no real history of 19 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:59,160 of such a president where a cricket board has fined its 20 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:03,440 players for such an amount after losing a World Cup. 21 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:06,760 Now I get it, there was a lot of hype of Pakistan team going into 22 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,360 the World Cup playing all their matches in Sri Lanka with a spin 23 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:11,640 heavy attack and underperforming. 24 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:15,440 But a 50,00,000 PKR fine. You know what's crazy? 25 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:20,400 There's no player right now in the category A central contract 26 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:22,720 for the PCB. So no player even makes 27 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:24,440 50,00,000 PKR per month. Yeah. 28 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:29,800 What is the category B makes 30? I think they make around. 4040, 29 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:32,600 so that's like almost like a month and a half of worth of 30 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,560 their salary going away. I just think this is absolutely 31 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:39,440 ridiculous. The people who should be usually 32 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:44,240 or mostly the people who get the brunt end blunt end of a World 33 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,400 Cup campaign like this are the players, even though it should 34 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:50,400 be the management, it should be the chief selection team. 35 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,600 It should be every anybody else except for the players who in 36 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:59,080 the right mind, convinced Mike Hessen to select Barbara Razzam 37 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,560 and make him play at #4 That person should be fired 38 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:02,480 immediately. And maybe they are. 39 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:04,000 Maybe they're resigned. Maybe their name is Alimdar. 40 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:05,600 I'm not sure. If you're following, but Azad 41 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:09,240 Ali is allegedly one of the selectors right now in the panel 42 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:13,240 and he's on TV with Imad, the Seam and Swathamir and. 43 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:14,440 No, he's not one of the chief selectors. 44 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:16,240 It's only four. I think he mentioned that he's 45 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:18,520 part of the selection consultancy panel. 46 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:22,160 OK, but the the. Or he was previously. 47 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:28,200 The chief selectors on paper are Aleem Dhar, Assafiq, Akib, Javed 48 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:29,320 is like the chief sector I believe. 49 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:31,360 And then Hassan Chima is the analyst. 50 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,360 Analyst So that's that's the vibe in the chief selection 51 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:36,000 committee and they went with Barbara. 52 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:37,280 Yeah. As it early as come out saying 53 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:41,240 that Mike Heston and Sanwanaka have a really big say in what 54 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,160 team they want and they're getting the team that they want. 55 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:47,360 But that basically deflects all the responsibility from sectors. 56 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:49,480 Like why do you even have selectors as the coach and 57 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:53,440 captain are picking the team? I I'm all for like the captain 58 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,720 and coach to having powers, but then why have a selection panel 59 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:59,560 even you know? But you need to put them in the 60 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:01,760 section panel. That's probably the way to make 61 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:05,080 it, you know, more resounding. A chief selector definitely 62 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:10,080 needs to be given the reins to select the team that is on 63 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:14,440 paper, the most accountable. But at the same time, why don't 64 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,560 slap ₹50,00,000 fines to them and not the players? 65 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,440 Like these guys didn't even land in Lahore yet and in in the air, 66 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:22,600 they're like, oh, by the way, by the time you land in Lahore, you 67 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:26,040 guys will be all -50,00,000. Now, I'm assuming that this 68 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:28,960 black PKR fine is not something that they have to give, but that 69 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,280 will be probably taken away from the central contract payments. 70 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:33,760 That's probably how it works. But the fact that we're 71 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:37,480 discussing this is insane. What's crazier is that they 72 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,560 actually imposed these fines after Pakistan lost to India. 73 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:42,800 That's that's what the reporter saying the players knew. 74 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:47,200 The players were informed that they'd be put a 50 live PKR fine 75 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:50,640 because of their performances and I think there was a clause 76 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:53,880 where if they made the semis that this fine would have been 77 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:56,160 undone. But imagine the players then 78 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:59,000 playing the game against Namibia, New Zealand, England, 79 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,240 Sri Lanka with this looming fine in the back of their head that 80 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:04,760 they. So every time that Barbara 81 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:07,840 Rossum goes to bat, he knows that he doesn't perform, that he 82 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:11,800 has to give 50,00,000 VKR. Like that is such an insane 83 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:15,200 thing. This is giving Zakhashov in the 84 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,640 23 ODI World Cup lives Yeah, where Pakistan is at the World 85 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:20,680 Cup. And he is releasing a press 86 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:23,760 statement that this team is picked by Barbara Azam and 87 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:26,360 selector. And if things go South, we will 88 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:28,600 keep these guys accountable mid World Cup. 89 00:04:28,840 --> 00:04:31,240 Yeah, now this news came out post World Cup. 90 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,080 But still like the the fact that this is happening in the middle 91 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:36,000 of the World Cup where you you need to make sure that your 92 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,640 players are mentally ready and fit and not under any sort of 93 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:42,040 pressure to go out there and perform with the best of their 94 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,960 abilities. And they're fighting these PCB 95 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:48,240 fines and internal drama. When does it stop? 96 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:50,440 It never stops. I think that you're you're right 97 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:53,360 about the Zechao of throwback. It felt like a whiplash to a lot 98 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:55,240 of people who were there for that era. 99 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:58,920 And again, like, when is when are these people going to take 100 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:00,800 responsibility for their own actions? 101 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:02,200 And I'll just dump everything on the players. 102 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:06,280 Like honestly, we've talked about how Nakli Sava is not the 103 00:05:06,280 --> 00:05:08,680 good man to probably lead this PCB chart. 104 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:11,560 Chair, a country like Pakistan, most of that we should not be 105 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:14,520 doing 2 jobs. Yeah, Interior Ministry of 106 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:16,840 Pakistan, which is like. In heat right now and. 107 00:05:16,840 --> 00:05:18,200 PCB chairman of Pakistan. Again. 108 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:21,160 Two really important jobs. Beaten by one person. 109 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:23,480 Yeah, but. Different levels of importance, 110 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,640 one literally depends on the safety and security of of your 111 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:29,440 countrymen and the other is like box on cricket which is also 112 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:31,720 very important for the moral and soft power. 113 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:34,000 Whatever whatever. But at the same time, you also 114 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:39,080 don't want them that person to be divided in that regard. 115 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:41,960 And yet here we are. So this was like one of those 116 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:43,920 news where I I stood there and I was like, I could not believe 117 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:45,400 this was real. This came out a couple of days 118 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,440 ago. I chose to not I chose to not 119 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,840 believe it because, you know, journalists on Twitter, nobody 120 00:05:51,840 --> 00:05:54,200 knows what's going on. But at the same time that it was 121 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:57,720 broken by ESPN, Freakinfo. And I was like, oh, OK, now this 122 00:05:57,720 --> 00:05:59,960 is like in the big leagues, this is out there this month. 123 00:05:59,960 --> 00:06:01,960 Somebody was talking about it, who was talking about it. 124 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:04,840 And I was like, this is got to be one of the worst and weirdest 125 00:06:04,840 --> 00:06:07,120 things that has come out in a very long time. 126 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:09,040 How will this help boxing cricket in any way? 127 00:06:09,280 --> 00:06:11,200 Will that will these guys suddenly become better 128 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:13,840 cricketers because they now have a looming fine in their heads? 129 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,480 This is giving what the Bangladesh cricket selector, I 130 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:19,720 believe, said about the Bangladesh cricket players was 131 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:21,000 that we should take all their money away from them. 132 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:22,840 They haven't performed. But that's not why you paid 133 00:06:22,840 --> 00:06:24,000 these people out in the first place. 134 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:29,960 Like if a, if a, if a enterprise hires you and pays you and tells 135 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:32,320 you to do this one job and you execute that job, but it's not 136 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:34,680 successful, they won't take the money that you've paid you back. 137 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,200 That's not how employees work. And so this is just a 138 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:42,320 ridiculous, ridiculous thing that I don't even, I don't even 139 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:43,240 know why we're giving this airtime. 140 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:45,960 Honestly. This is like when we do stuff 141 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:49,800 like this and when people talk about it in such, in such a high 142 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:53,320 regard as as if it is breaking news, you just give this sort of 143 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,440 bullshit legitimacy. And you know, I've, I've seen it 144 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:58,480 everywhere, like every single person is wanting to talk about 145 00:06:58,480 --> 00:06:59,800 this. And I'm like, stop. 146 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:05,320 Like this is, yeah, this is bad. My stand on this is that your 147 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:09,120 players and the performances are a direct correlation to a 148 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:11,160 system. So what you're seeing now in 149 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:16,080 Siam and you is basically the outcome of Pakistan's entire 150 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:18,840 domestic system. Like Siam and you for example is 151 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:22,680 has come through the pathways system, the PCB like he's 152 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:26,640 playing under Sixteens, under Nineteens, domestic Pakistan, 153 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:28,600 Shaheen's PSL and the Pakistan team. 154 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:32,960 So if Siam is not flopping here, that's less than Siam and more 155 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,200 on the system that's been designed by the PCB and there. 156 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:37,440 Is no system to get him out of the rut. 157 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:40,280 There is no system to get Babar Azam out of the situation that 158 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:42,800 he finds himself in. And so how are we supposed to 159 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:46,280 keep finding the players for the same issues that have been 160 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:48,160 occurring in this the same system for decades? 161 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:50,840 And also, there's news that Aleem Dar has allegedly 162 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:51,680 resigned. Yes. 163 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:53,120 That's that's the main news, I think I. 164 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:55,800 Think so Aleem Dar when and the. Way that the news was broken was 165 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:58,240 the first resignation this year. Bam bro. 166 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:00,160 Who else is going to resign? More to follow with more to 167 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:02,360 follow. So Aleem Dar, when he retired 168 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:06,040 from umpiring, he said that he wants to focus more on his 169 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:10,120 Academy and and charity stuff. And then he joins the PCB as 170 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:11,800 sector. It's a. 171 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:16,040 Charitable job to make sure that the Pakistani players are the 172 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:18,560 right team was selected and yet he was not able to. 173 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:22,520 I'm just thinking of things from a perspective of Farhan. 174 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,880 Farhan is. OK. 175 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:34,640 Has finished the World Cup as the highest run scorer of any 176 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:36,960 edition of any World Cup. He has scored two hundreds, the 177 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:39,159 most hundreds in a single edition of the World Cup. 178 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,039 He has scored the second most sixes. 179 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:45,000 And he comes out of his flight to Pakistan and gets a 180 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,760 notification that PCB has imposed A50 live PKR fine on 181 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:51,040 him. Like what is going through for 182 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:54,040 Han's head now? Should play for other country. 183 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:57,440 What else? This is insane. 184 00:08:57,440 --> 00:08:58,680 How is? This for Hans fault Like what? 185 00:08:58,680 --> 00:09:00,480 Why is the entire team being fired not? 186 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:03,080 Only that like they're coming from back from Sri Lanka during 187 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:06,160 these geopolitical tensions where like the entire Gulf 188 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:08,280 airports are shut down. They're probably finding like a 189 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:09,640 direct flight or a charter flight. 190 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:11,000 But everybody's a bit stressed out. 191 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,160 Everybody's on on a little bit of an edge only to have this 192 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:18,040 also be on top of their agenda. I think like you said this news 193 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:21,640 was already broken or told the camp camp guys after the India 194 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:26,120 game and so post India game all those performances are on the 195 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:30,520 back of you are you guys are going to get fined $18,000 if 196 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:31,560 you don't make it through to the end. 197 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:32,960 How are? How is anybody supposed to 198 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:34,400 perform in that sort of environment? 199 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:39,040 We heard a story in the 23 ODI World Cup where the days leading 200 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:41,960 up to the Indian match, the entire management was trying to 201 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:44,280 let the guys know, hey, it's just a match, don't take it to 202 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:46,600 pressure. Go out there, play your game, 203 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:49,440 express yourselves. Box on is already scheduled to 204 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:52,200 lose, so might as well go out there and pose yourself, play 205 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:54,200 attacking cricket, you know, just express yourself. 206 00:09:54,680 --> 00:09:58,400 And then a day before the indoors Pakistan match, the PCB 207 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:01,880 chairman Zakhashov comes to the meeting and he says you guys 208 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:05,320 need to win this match for our sanctity, for the country. 209 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:09,560 And immediately all that lead up towards the game where the 210 00:10:09,560 --> 00:10:11,840 management was trying to just calm these guys down. 211 00:10:12,680 --> 00:10:15,160 It's been reversed thanks to Zakhashov. 212 00:10:15,560 --> 00:10:20,040 Yeah, so like, we're trying, even if, let's say, Honey Palek 213 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:22,800 or Mike Hasson are trying to get these guys to just simmer down, 214 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:24,600 calm down. But when they finish a game like 215 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:28,000 India and they see the sort of backlash on social media and by 216 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,560 the PCB, it's never just a game anymore. 217 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:32,960 Yeah, I mean, this has been going on for a while now, I 218 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:36,480 think to the 2017 eighteen and then all these all these pundits 219 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:39,400 on TV, quote UN quote, pundits on TV are just like finding a 220 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:41,560 field day. I can't believe that this is the 221 00:10:41,560 --> 00:10:45,520 type of stuff that the PCB does that brings both and I in 222 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:48,320 alignment like this is horrible and I can't believe I have to 223 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:50,400 say that like this is what the PCB will make you do. 224 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:54,760 It will find the worst person on TV and make you agree with them. 225 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:57,360 Thank you PCB. So PCB is more like an 226 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:00,160 organization where the players are their employees. 227 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:02,840 And I don't even know if there's any sort of clause in their 228 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:05,400 contracts where the PCB can impose such fines. 229 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:09,720 But it's just going to have a horrible effect on the players 230 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:12,000 morals on their performances in the future. 231 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:13,840 Because if they're still thinking about, hey, if I don't 232 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:16,560 score runs, take wickets, they might be they're fine imposed by 233 00:11:16,560 --> 00:11:19,320 the PCB. And if I feel like PKR for all 234 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:23,360 cricketers, by the way, a lot of whom were involved and still at 235 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:26,800 major losses in the Ponzi scheme by that apparel company. 236 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:29,960 If I feel like PKR at this moment is not good for them. 237 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:33,440 Yeah, I just think it's it's the, I don't even know if it's 238 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:36,480 like a financial hit or not, but the aesthetics, the optics don't 239 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:39,120 look good. And again, we have the PCB who 240 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:42,080 is a cricket board that does not make the best decisions, makes 241 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:43,800 another decision that is counter counterproductive, 242 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:46,400 counterintuitive. I just, I don't, I don't know, 243 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:48,360 like PCB has gotten a lot of money in the past few months. 244 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:49,920 A lot. Of money through the PSL. 245 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:51,280 Deals and what? 2 new teams added. 246 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:53,000 There's been a huge. Team sold again. 247 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:55,080 There's. Been a huge broadcast deal with 248 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:58,760 with Waddy technology, so the PCBS right now, they're drowning 249 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:00,120 in cash. And then why would you need an 250 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,960 extra 50K or 50? What is it million from your 251 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:04,520 players? The. 252 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:07,640 Question is what is PCB? All the cash, you know, we were 253 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:11,320 at the Diamond Cricket Stadium in Islamabad to a couple of 254 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:14,760 years ago with this noble joiner team and me and you saw the 255 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:17,280 facilities at that ground that is a first class ground. 256 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:21,200 That is the home of Imad Dasim and the Islamabad club team. 257 00:12:21,680 --> 00:12:27,480 And the chairs were dusty. The dressing room did not look 258 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:29,320 like a dressing room. I would not want to dress 259 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:32,160 anything there. Yeah, the washroom barely had 260 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:34,120 water flowing. Maybe that maybe that's why they 261 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:38,520 need this money the. Grass was burnt, the Nets were, 262 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:41,080 it seemed like maybe honey moment. 263 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:43,800 They're back in the day. Probably so. 264 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:48,120 Unless you invest back into domestic and the facilities and 265 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:52,840 coaches and gyms and trainers, we will never see the Pakistan 266 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:56,120 team at the national level perform well because our players 267 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:58,920 are a byproduct of the system. So if the system is not strong 268 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:02,640 and not producing good talent, we're going to have these exits 269 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:04,720 in the World Cups. Yeah, and this has been sort of 270 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:09,120 the the story of of the past few editions of the ICC events going 271 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:11,720 back to 2022 and moving forward from there. 272 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:14,040 It's just been like a tough, tough outing for for all of 273 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:15,880 them. Man, I just hope this is like 274 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:18,480 this news will probably, I assume this news will probably 275 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:21,680 be cancelled out and the PCB will come out that hey, this was 276 00:13:21,680 --> 00:13:23,880 not the case. And maybe we thought about it, 277 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:25,800 maybe we didn't. But this we're not being this is 278 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:27,480 not being implemented. I think this is the way forward. 279 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:31,880 Just to make face some kind of face like this is really, really 280 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:33,920 embarrassing for everyone involved, I think. 281 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:37,640 The PCB is also kind of mad where before the 23 ODI World 282 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:40,600 Cup, the Pakistan team under Barbara Rossman's cap and see 283 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:43,160 renegotiated some really big contracts. 284 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:47,200 So players got for the first time a share of the ICC revenue, 285 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:52,520 which never happened before. They got incredible salary price 286 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:54,880 hikes. And so the PCB is like, you guys 287 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:57,320 are demanding all these things, but where's the performances, 288 00:13:57,600 --> 00:13:59,040 right? You got to back the performances 289 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:01,920 up to get those incentives. But right now with the past 290 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:04,560 what, 4 ICC events? Three ICC events, you haven't 291 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:07,040 made semi finals. But is that again I'm hearing 292 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:10,640 what you're saying but is that in their players claws that it 293 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:12,120 is a performance based incentive? 294 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:15,000 Otherwise you will you will get paid more if your performance is 295 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,240 good and you will also be fined if your performance is not good. 296 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:19,720 I I need some transparency on this. 297 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:22,000 If that's the case, then OK, well, that makes sense. 298 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,120 It's a bad clause, but it's in the it's in the contract. 299 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:26,880 I just as I understand right now, there was no, no such thing 300 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:28,520 in place. And this is completely left 301 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:31,640 field and a lot of these players and people, including us fans 302 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:33,720 are just like, what is this? That's makes no sense, so. 303 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:35,960 Pakistan makes money when they go play IC events, they get 304 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:39,840 matches, they get bonuses for winning matches, for finishing 305 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:42,760 or going to the next round or finishing in certain places in 306 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:46,960 the tournament. So I think that there the 307 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:49,880 payouts from this World Cup will be deducted with this fine. 308 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:52,160 Yeah, it makes sense. But for some of these players, 309 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:54,200 this is a big amount. Like for some modmers, odd and 310 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:57,240 off, who are just starting their careers, these are pretty hefty 311 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:00,040 amounts, yeah. I it's not even their fault. 312 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:04,160 That's the crazy thing. It's, it's the chief selector, 313 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:07,280 selection committee, management, coach, captain, probably. 314 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:08,520 Those are the names that I'm looking at. 315 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:10,480 Those are the people that I'm looking at to actually put blame 316 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:12,760 on the Zakim driver who was on record and said that I will take 317 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:15,240 full ownership of this team that I'm I'm letting go into the 318 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:16,960 World Cup. And so where is he now? 319 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:20,600 Nobody found, but Joshi Sports is here. 320 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,560 Joshi Sports is in Canada. They are Canada's home of 321 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:28,720 cricket and they've given us an exclusive code of BB 15 or 15% 322 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:31,080 off your purchase. If you go to yoshisports.com, 323 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:34,320 you can browse through their large variety of equipment, 324 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:38,240 bats, pads, helmets, kid bags, they've got everything related. 325 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:41,640 And if you go in person, they've got their expert advice that was 326 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:44,720 promised to us by them. 100% thank you very much for tuning 327 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:47,800 in to this very short episode. We just wanted to cover some of 328 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:50,640 this ground and wanted to talk about what it actually means to 329 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:52,760 be in the PCB bubble and what actually means to be a boxing 330 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:55,240 cricket player at this moment. Anything and everything can 331 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:57,440 happen to you all at once. Right now we don't even know who 332 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:00,000 the boxing ODI team captain is and I know it's shiny, not 333 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,320 really, but cannot be the case that that continues. 334 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:07,000 Boxing has an ODI series in less than a week and things are up 335 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:09,200 and afloat. Call. 336 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:09,840 Back call back.