What Pakistan Must Do To Salvage Pride At Johannesburg

As the men in green find themselves on the brink of a series white-wash; here is a look at what Pakistan must do to salvage pride during the Johannesburg Test that begins today.

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Stop Complaining-Get On With It!

The last couple of weeks has seen the Pakistani camp complaining about the pitches on offer in South Africa. Frankly, the men in green didn’t do too well in UAE as well. Hence, it is high time that the batsmen in particular, give up this attitude of looking for excuses and instead there is a need for them to get on with the job while remaining positive.

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Introduce Changes

Going into the last game of the rubber, Pakistan has little choice but to make some difficult decisions and drop players who have not done well in the previous two games. While dropping Fakhar Zaman might not be that big a deal, dropping Yasir Shah in favor of either Shadab Khan or Faheem Ashraf won’t be easy.

Nevertheless, Pakistan needs to introduce at least these two changes to show that they are are actually serious about avoiding a white wash.

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Bat Big!

On enough is enough basis, the batsmen need to bat big and put up a total of somewhere around 350 to 400 runs. There is no other way out of it and if the current lot of senior batsmen like Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq can’t contribute in South Africa, then the time is right for the selectors to show them the door as soon as the series is done with!