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Moin Khan, former Pakistan wicketkeeper and father of Azam Khan, has taken shots at the team management and PCB for not giving his son enough chances to prove his worth. He also stated that the PCB has failed to produce good players in recent years.

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Moin Khan, who represented Pakistan throughout the '90s and early 2000s, felt that his son Azam was hard done by the board and their inability to develop players in recent times, saying that a team cannot be making so many changes so quick.

Pakistan unable to produce talent: Moin Khan

While talking to Cricket Pakistan, he said, "I watched the entire 2024 T20 World Cup and the matches leading up to it, and it seemed like Azam was the number one choice for wicketkeeping and batting and then suddenly, after just one match, the entire strategy was changed."

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"Azam wasn't given a chance to keep wickets after one match and was dropped after getting out on the very first ball [against the USA]. Any player can get out on the first ball, but here the tradition of developing players that used to exist is no longer there. Whether it's the captain or the management, if they make such quick changes to players, how can we produce good players?" Moin added.

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What did Moin Khan say on Pakistan's change of captains?

The 52-year-old was also evidently unhappy with how Shaheen Afridi was treated after being given the T20I captaincy just for a couple of months before being replaced by Babar ahead of the 2024 T20 World Cup.

"Shaheen Afridi has the ability to lead the team and is highly liked by the players. He is an excellent choice for captaincy in T20s. In white-ball cricket, I don't see anyone else suitable for the role. Removing him from the captaincy was unjust."

"Players may not listen to their captain if there are constant changes," he said. "If the cricket board provides full support to the captain and assures them of a long-term responsibility, the team's performance will improve," Khan concluded.

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Mayank Bande is a content producer for The Sporting News’ India edition.