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00:00Assalam-o-Alaikum everyone, welcome to our Eid special episode of Sports Room.
00:16I am your host, Najeeb-ul-Asnain.
00:18On Eid, we always have special guests.
00:21Normally, it's a sporting celebrity or a cricketer.
00:24Today, it's a different program.
00:25Today, we have anchors and journalists.
00:28We will try to find out how they celebrate Eid and how their career journey has been.
00:36First of all, I would like to introduce a person whose face automatically comes to people's mind when we talk about sports.
00:44The younger generation knows him by his voice.
00:47Now, we often watch him on TV.
00:51He is also known as the encyclopedia of this field.
00:55You must have understood.
00:56I am talking about Mirza Iqbal Baig.
00:58Assalam-o-Alaikum, Iqbal bhai.
01:00Happy Eid to you.
01:01Happy Eid to you too.
01:02Thank you for your introduction.
01:05And sitting next to him are my good friends.
01:08Although, they are on the same channel, but our friendship is still going on.
01:15When I say the name of the program, you will understand.
01:18I am talking about Syed Yaya Hussaini.
01:20Assalam-o-Alaikum.
01:21Happy Eid.
01:22Happy Eid to you and all of your viewers.
01:26Happy Eid to you too.
01:28And last but not least, our very own senior sports journalist, Shahid Hashmi.
01:35Shahid sahib, Assalam-o-Alaikum.
01:36Although, we meet you very officially.
01:39This is the first time on the occasion of Eid.
01:41So, we will learn a lot from you today.
01:43Happy Eid.
01:44Happy Eid to you, Mirza Iqbal Baig, Yaya Hussaini and everyone.
01:47Happy Eid to everyone.
01:48Let's start.
01:49Iqbal bhai, let's start with you.
01:51As I said, we are normally very busy.
01:55This is our routine.
01:56But, we get a chance to spend time with our family on Eid.
02:02So, tell us about that.
02:03Your children are studying outside.
02:06What are you busy with?
02:07How do you spend your Eid?
02:10Najeeb, Eid was a childhood Eid.
02:12It's gone now.
02:13Those memories, those talks that you used to sleep in your new clothes.
02:17That you would wake up in the morning.
02:18You used to sleep with your shoes on.
02:20That you would wear them in the morning.
02:21All the brothers used to have similar clothes.
02:24There was a similarity.
02:25But, time is passing by.
02:27As time goes by, everything is changing.
02:29So, when a person comes in the professional field,
02:32then to celebrate Eid,
02:34he gets only one day to sleep and celebrate Eid.
02:37I do the same.
02:38I pray, go to the graveyard and come back to sleep and celebrate Eid.
02:43My children are outside.
02:44My daughter and I celebrate Eid with my brother.
02:47But, with the passage of time,
02:50that passion, that thrill is now vanishing.
02:53Eid has become a normal routine.
02:55It's a children's Eid.
02:56We adults don't celebrate Eid much.
02:58Absolutely right.
02:58You mentioned the graveyard.
03:00You are talking about your wife.
03:03I always feel that you spent a long time together.
03:08There is a lot of emotional bonding.
03:10You must miss her a lot at such times.
03:12Definitely.
03:13It's been five years now.
03:15There is no moment that a person doesn't miss.
03:18But, it's from God.
03:20That's why a person has to be patient.
03:22It's God's will.
03:22Everyone has to go back to God.
03:24Absolutely right.
03:25Yaya, tell us about yourself.
03:27People would like to know about your family.
03:30What is the environment like at home?
03:32I am acquainted with your daughter.
03:34How many children do you have?
03:36What is their routine on Eid?
03:38What is your routine with your family?
03:40In short, we are a family.
03:41We are just three people.
03:43As far as Eid is concerned,
03:46our daughters are the ones who keep us busy.
03:50We prepare for Eid with them.
03:52We meet up with them.
03:53All this keeps going on.
03:54We enjoy Eid as a festival.
03:59With our daughter and wife.
04:01There is no doubt about it.
04:02That's right.
04:03It's more because of the children.
04:05They keep us charged.
04:05They keep us charged.
04:06Yes, absolutely.
04:07That's right.
04:07Yaya has brought a car full of notes.
04:10Yaya is distributing Eidi today.
04:11Yes.
04:13My wife always asks me
04:15how Shahid and his wife
04:17could manage four boys.
04:19But, MashaAllah, four boys.
04:21All four are capable.
04:22Shahid, tell us,
04:24how is Eid with the boys?
04:26Do they go with you to offer prayers?
04:29One of your sons is in Germany now.
04:31It's very lively.
04:32My sister lives nearby.
04:33She has two children.
04:34Her daughter is a doctor.
04:36They all come.
04:38It's very lively.
04:39Where there are four boys,
04:41their clothes, shoes,
04:43everything is taken care of.
04:45The fifth one is a man.
04:46Everything is taken care of by him.
04:48So, hats off to my wife.
04:49The way she tackles everything.
04:52And then,
04:53tackling the sisters and other relatives.
04:55Their things, their bangles.
04:58So, Alhamdulillah, it's very lively.
05:00Tell me, Iqbal,
05:01as we are talking now,
05:03travel has been a part and parcel of you.
05:06Most of my work has been studio-based.
05:08So, I haven't traveled much.
05:09So, when you travel,
05:11how much does your routine life get disturbed?
05:14Or, did it adjust in the beginning?
05:16Now, it's a habit.
05:18But, how did you manage before?
05:19It used to adjust.
05:20When my kids were small,
05:21I went to South Africa.
05:22Now, you can call on WhatsApp.
05:26Before, it was very difficult to call.
05:27I had a tour of South Africa in 1998.
05:30For the community.
05:31My kids were small.
05:32I used to call on the phone
05:33and say, Eid Mubarak.
05:34My wife used to see it.
05:36So, with the passage of time,
05:38everything has changed.
05:39But, whenever I used to go out,
05:41at some places,
05:42Eid was celebrated outside.
05:43And, when Eid is celebrated outside,
05:44I miss my home a lot.
05:46Yaya, have you ever experienced
05:48that you are out on Eid,
05:49on some event, on some tour,
05:50and then, as you said,
05:53the family is so small,
05:54one more person should be reduced.
05:56No.
05:57Mostly, I travel a lot.
05:59And, when I got married,
06:01in the next month of my marriage,
06:02I was on a tour in England.
06:05And, I miss Eid.
06:07And, as far as you mentioned,
06:09because my wife is more busy than me.
06:11She is from the Darsodh Tadris department.
06:13So, looking after the house,
06:14and looking after the daughter,
06:16managing the house,
06:17and looking after the outside world.
06:19So, it is said that
06:21a woman is behind every success,
06:23as Mr. Shahid Ashmi said.
06:25So, indeed, the joy of the house
06:27is with the woman.
06:28And, last year,
06:30my mother passed away.
06:31So, definitely, I miss her.
06:35But, if we talk about the house,
06:37the house and the outside world,
06:38what my wife says,
06:39that is what happens.
06:39The house and the outside world.
06:40That is the control.
06:41Today, she has accepted it.
06:42And, also,
06:43there is a child of every celebrity.
06:46Yes, of every celebrity.
06:48But, MashaAllah,
06:49you have four,
06:49and we have three.
06:50Okay, he said,
06:51ordinary man,
06:52four children.
06:53He said a very interesting thing.
06:54Behind every successful man,
06:56there is a woman's hand.
06:57And, behind a failure, there are two.
06:59Three.
07:00Is that so?
07:00Three.
07:02Okay, so, Mr. Shahid,
07:03the same thing is going on.
07:04Travelling,
07:05and with this,
07:05you travel a lot.
07:07A lot.
07:07A lot.
07:08So, don't you ever get tired?
07:11Don't you ever feel that,
07:12no, that's enough.
07:13Cricket is a passion.
07:15And, covering cricket,
07:17cricket,
07:18because of cricket,
07:19you go to the whole world.
07:20Your name is in the whole world.
07:22And, the coverage of AFP,
07:24and then the coverage of ARY,
07:25there is a lot of,
07:27let's say,
07:27public interaction in it.
07:29And, there was a time
07:30when there was a series in the UAE of Pakistan,
07:32so, Bakra Eid,
07:32I used to do it in the whole UAE.
07:34I, Majid Bhatti,
07:35and the old media director of PCB,
07:38Dr. Ahsan.
07:39The three of us used to get up at 6 in the morning,
07:40and pray in the mosque.
07:41Then, he used to take us to his house,
07:43and feed us liver and all.
07:45And, it was a lot of fun.
07:46But, of course,
07:46we used to miss our home.
07:48Okay, Mr. Iqbal,
07:49quickly tell us,
07:49how many almonds are there?
07:51And, what else do you have to add?
07:53Tell us a little bit.
07:54Because, right now,
07:55the public wants to hear that only.
07:56What is the secret behind this memory?
07:58Now, Mr. Shahid is here.
07:59I see Mr. Shahid,
08:00he is not sitting idle.
08:01He is always studying,
08:02learning,
08:03and doing all that.
08:04Everything that he does,
08:06he does on his computer,
08:07on his laptop.
08:09Your memory,
08:10and what amazes me the most,
08:12is that he comes to the media box,
08:14and takes everyone's name,
08:16his father's,
08:17mother's,
08:18sister's,
08:18brother's,
08:19cameraman's,
08:20each and every person's.
08:21Even the waiter's.
08:21How does he remember all this?
08:23You are right.
08:23Even the waiter's.
08:24How is this possible?
08:25This is a divine ability,
08:26by the grace of God.
08:27I don't eat almonds or anything,
08:29but,
08:30I just remember.
08:31I am amazed at this.
08:32People feed you almonds and walnuts.
08:33Yes, they do.
08:35But, I just remember.
08:36It's strange,
08:36I am amazed at this myself.
08:38That God,
08:39I mean,
08:39a person has a memory,
08:40but,
08:41this memory is harmful too.
08:43Yes.
08:43Keep this in mind,
08:45that it is harmful,
08:46but,
08:46it is more beneficial.
08:47So, that's it.
08:48It is harmful for others,
08:49you don't forget anyone's bad deeds.
08:51I will tell you off-air,
08:53I have talked to myself as well,
08:54I have proved it harmful for myself.
08:56It is a matter of giving respect.
08:57If you address someone by their name,
08:58you give them a lot of respect.
09:00Mr. Shahid,
09:00I want,
09:01I don't remember what to do.
09:03He remembers so many names.
09:04You are eating almonds and walnuts.
09:06But,
09:07in this,
09:08you have a good interaction with people.
09:10It is very good.
09:11And, people,
09:12I mean,
09:12get respect,
09:13that you address them by their name.
09:15The other person feels the importance.
09:17He thinks that I am so handsome.
09:17My commentators,
09:19used to cover their faces with difficult names,
09:21so that the name would come out.
09:22You have also come to the studio,
09:23and asked,
09:23how are you?
09:25By doing this.
09:25So,
09:26the name will never be recognized.
09:27It is exactly like that.
09:28So,
09:29is this the position of memory,
09:31or my position?
09:33I will try,
09:33Najeeb.
09:34You are absolutely right.
09:35If you address someone by their name,
09:38and share their good memories with them,
09:40then,
09:40their confidence increases,
09:41and they give you more respect.
09:43So,
09:44this is a good thing.
09:45And,
09:46if you talk about our work,
09:48nowadays,
09:48you know that,
09:49Peeka,
09:49the law,
09:50has become so violent,
09:52it is better if you are not on the record.
09:56That's right.
09:57If someone's name is on the record,
09:59we have to catch Peeka.
10:00We are looking for him at night.
10:03This is also possible.
10:04So,
10:04the record is saved.
10:06It is saved.
10:06Now,
10:06in the field of journalism,
10:09sports is a wide field,
10:11in which you can tell the record,
10:12and criticize someone.
10:14You can do that.
10:14You can remind someone.
10:15So,
10:16you will say,
10:16this is a record,
10:17I have made it somewhere.
10:18I have not made it for myself.
10:19So,
10:19it is saved.
10:20But,
10:20what you are saying,
10:21we were talking about names,
10:22I have not seen another person,
10:23who takes the full name of every person,
10:25from start to finish.
10:26Wasim Hassan Raja,
10:27Mohsin Hassan Khan,
10:29you take the full names of everyone.
10:30Sayyed Mohsin Raza Naqvi,
10:31people tell me,
10:32you are a chairman,
10:33but you are a very strong man.
10:34Najam Aziz Sethi.
10:35Najam Aziz Sethi,
10:36tell him,
10:36apart from you,
10:37no one has to be called Aziz.
10:38Apart from him,
10:39no one else has called him Aziz.
10:40No one else.
10:41He is the only one who is called Aziz.
10:43Chaudhary Zakashraf.
10:44Chaudhary.
10:45So,
10:45the thing is,
10:46as you were saying a while ago,
10:48that,
10:49if you take the name with respect,
10:51it is a good thing.
10:51Now,
10:52to accept someone,
10:54their style is different.
10:56If they want to remove someone,
10:58then their style is different.
11:00So, this is also a way of doing things,
11:01that you are talking about,
11:02to take the name,
11:03Sayyed Mohsin Raza Naqvi.
11:04A lot of people know,
11:05Mohsin Naqvi,
11:06the chairman of the Pakistan cricket board.
11:07So, people say,
11:09they think he is a relative of Sayyed Zia-e-Hussaini.
11:12This is also an impression.
11:13Whether there is research or not,
11:14everyone has a birth certificate.
11:17Okay,
11:18Iqbal Bhai,
11:18tell me,
11:19let's talk about the beginning.
11:21Because you have such a long journey,
11:23I don't know,
11:23I don't even remember,
11:24I have been watching you for a long time.
11:25Shahid Ashmi is present here.
11:26Our friendship is 38 years old,
11:28since 1987,
11:29when he used to study in Nawabshah Engineering University.
11:32He used to come from there.
11:33Maybe people don't know,
11:34he has also taken a Bachelor of Engineering degree.
11:37He used to come from Nawabshah University, Karachi.
11:39So, we have a close friendship with him.
11:41Now, look,
11:42he slapped Shahid Bhai.
11:44No, I didn't slap him.
11:45Shahid Bhai,
11:45remind us of the memory.
11:46Shahid Bhai,
11:47let's talk about friendship.
11:48First,
11:48you tell me,
11:49where did it start?
11:50Where did it come to your mind,
11:52that I have to do this work?
11:54See,
11:54there was a passion in the beginning.
11:56I have also done a Masters in Economics,
11:58but there was a passion for cricket.
11:59So, there was a field near my house.
12:01I used to go there and watch matches of cricket.
12:03That's where this disease started.
12:06And after that,
12:07it didn't stop.
12:08I used to go there,
12:09used to watch,
12:09and people used to say,
12:10you will score,
12:11so I started scoring there.
12:13My father was very strict.
12:15He used to say,
12:15focus on your studies,
12:17you study well.
12:18So,
12:18there was only one door at home.
12:20I had to go and come from there.
12:22So, if I used to leave in the morning,
12:23he would not come back.
12:24If I came back,
12:25my father would not let me go.
12:26So, my mother had met me,
12:28she used to say,
12:29when you come back,
12:30knock on the door,
12:31I will open the door for you,
12:32and go to the kitchen and sit there.
12:33So, that's where it started.
12:35And then God blessed me.
12:36While doing commentary,
12:38I used to do commentary on the fields,
12:39on loudspeakers.
12:40Now, that environment is no more.
12:41But at that time,
12:42on 14th August,
12:436th September,
12:44there were exhibition matches,
12:46and cups were kept.
12:47That was the old days.
12:49And that's where it started.
12:49And Najeeb,
12:50let me add one more thing to this.
12:51Like,
12:51Iqbal Bhai also did Almi Sports Roundup.
12:53I did it with Shahid Ashmi.
12:55This is a base,
12:56which you got.
12:57If we talk about today's sports anchors,
13:00there are a lot of shows,
13:02in which they don't know,
13:03which two teams are playing.
13:05What is the name of the captain of the teams?
13:06Because,
13:07you,
13:08like Iqbal Bhai spoke,
13:09or Shahid Ashmi is speaking,
13:10because,
13:11it's either me,
13:12or Iqbal Bhai,
13:13or you.
13:14We will never believe anything anyone says.
13:16We will countercheck it.
13:17This is on the website,
13:19this is in the book,
13:20Shahid Bhai,
13:21or Iqbal Bhai.
13:22These things,
13:23this thing,
13:23supports us a little bit.
13:25We never travel with information,
13:28or don't talk about it.
13:29You are absolutely right.
13:30Shahid sir,
13:30you were telling us,
13:33how did this hobby start?
13:34I think this is going to come in the field,
13:37especially in your time.
13:39What do you mean?
13:40Which time?
13:41You have gained a lot of money again.
13:43Old times.
13:44I mean your youth.
13:45There was no money at that time.
13:46There was no money at that time.
13:47So, it's not possible without passion.
13:49So, did you also have this?
13:50The main thing was passion.
13:52And then when we,
13:54all three of us started,
13:56Rashid Shakur and Majid Bhatti.
13:58Radio Pakistan.
13:59All of us started with Radio Pakistan.
14:01And it was such a strong base.
14:03At that time,
14:04when the program started in private production,
14:07we used to get so much money,
14:08for 3-4 hours of work,
14:10that a good man would not get that much money even in 9-5.
14:13So, we used to do that work along with studying.
14:16Absolutely.
14:17This is a big thing.
14:18But the discussion is still going on,
14:19a lot of interesting things are happening.
14:21We will also talk about Pakistan cricket,
14:24on the other side of this break.
14:25Don't go anywhere.
14:26We will be right back.
14:30Welcome back once again,
14:31to our special show for Eid.
14:33And we have with us Mirza Iqbal Baig,
14:35Syed Yahya Hussaini,
14:36and Shahid Hashmi.
14:38So, the discussion is still going on,
14:39a lot of interesting things are happening.
14:40Now, let's come to a little bit of serious talk.
14:43The thing is,
14:45this time around,
14:46we have not been able to find any happiness on Eid.
14:48Cricket is a passion in this country.
14:50And all the cricket lovers are very upset.
14:54Our exit from the Champions Trophy is a very painful thing.
14:58Before that, we have come to the last number in this cycle.
15:02So, Iqbal bhai,
15:03do you see this as Pakistan's worst team in all this time?
15:09The performance, Najeeb,
15:10is Pakistan's worst performance.
15:13You see, you lose to America.
15:15It's a matter of surprise.
15:16People are surprised in the Super Over.
15:18You lost a match to Ireland before the World Cup.
15:22Then you show your performance in the Champions Trophy.
15:24So, Pakistan's performance is going down the drain.
15:27And the basic reason for that is
15:28the game of the musical chair,
15:31the musical chair of the captains.
15:32After the World Cup in 2019,
15:34Sarfaraz was suddenly removed.
15:35And the same Ihsan Mani,
15:36who was sitting on his right side with Sarfaraz and saying,
15:39that these will be our captains after the World Cup.
15:41And then see,
15:42how many captains came.
15:43Babur Azam came,
15:44Shaheen Afridi came.
15:45Then Naseem Rizwan came.
15:50Then Salman Ali Agha came.
15:52So many captains came.
15:53So, there is deterioration.
15:54Cricket has gone up.
15:56And secondly,
15:56there is a lot of money.
15:58And the leagues that are happening in the world,
15:59because of those leagues,
16:00the attention of the cricketers,
16:02instead of playing for the country's flag,
16:05their attention is elsewhere.
16:06I was talking to a former cricketer.
16:07He believes that
16:08we should end this emerging category.
16:11Because these kids,
16:12when they get an event one or two days,
16:15or they come in limelight,
16:17they stop respecting your domestic cricket,
16:18your first class.
16:20Is this also a factor?
16:21Absolutely, this is a main factor.
16:22Money comes.
16:23Rameez Raja,
16:24in Pakistan,
16:24in the junior league,
16:25Karaitina PGL,
16:26people were criticizing it a lot,
16:28that you are giving so much money to these kids.
16:30And then the technique was T20 cricket.
16:32The real spirit of cricket is
16:35a longer version of cricket.
16:36So, there is a big difference because of that too.
16:38There is a big difference.
16:39What is the problem with commercialism?
16:41Is the system not right?
16:42Is our setup not right?
16:44Are we not able to produce talent?
16:47Is talent not being identified properly?
16:49Or what is the reason?
16:50Look, Najeeb,
16:51first of all,
16:52you have to understand this.
16:53That
16:55defeat and victory are two fundamental elements of a game.
16:56When two teams enter the field,
16:58one wins and one loses.
16:59And there are many teams in the world
17:01that do not always win.
17:02Except for the team from Australia,
17:04whose performance you will see consistently.
17:06In India,
17:07in 2008,
17:09IPL had its first edition.
17:10And they won in 2024.
17:12Before that,
17:13they were not even coming to the semi-finals.
17:15So, it is necessary to understand this.
17:18We have cricket from Karachi to Khyber,
17:20and from Pakistan to outside.
17:22People follow it a lot.
17:24The way Haris Rauf spoke,
17:26during the New Zealand tour,
17:27that some people are sitting
17:29and waiting for our failure.
17:30So, they should also understand
17:32that Haris Rauf became a star of Pakistan cricket
17:33with a tape ball.
17:36And it was television,
17:37it was the critics
17:38who brought Haris Rauf here.
17:40When you take the team to the heights of the sky
17:42then this will happen to you
17:43on the basis of failure.
17:45But as far as your failure is concerned,
17:49a poet has said a lot,
17:51I often recite this couplet,
17:52my wife says,
17:53don't recite this couplet now.
17:54When she watches this show,
17:55she will say,
17:56you recited this couplet again.
17:57You don't say that definitely.
17:59No.
18:00I will recite two couplets.
18:02If we look at Pakistan cricket,
18:05a few days ago,
18:06we were talking about
18:07how the Olympians
18:08are behind the destruction of Pakistan hockey.
18:10Absolutely.
18:11So, the tears of the heart
18:12rose from the wounds of the heart.
18:14This house caught fire
18:15from the windows of the house.
18:16At this time,
18:17all the people on the backseat
18:18of the Pakistan Cricket Board
18:19are telling the head of the Pakistan Cricket Board
18:22that how to do things
18:24or are looking at the helm of affairs of Pakistan cricket.
18:26They are all the most unsuccessful people.
18:28Just now, Iqbal Beg told
18:29that this is not the worst
18:30Karkardiga in Pakistan's Champions Trophy.
18:32The worst Karkardiga in Pakistan's Champions Trophy
18:34was in the 2013 Champions Trophy
18:36where Pakistan was losing badly
18:37in all three matches
18:38under the leadership of Miss Baulag.
18:39We didn't take Afridi
18:40to that tournament
18:41like we were crying here
18:42that there should be a spinner in the team.
18:44The second thing is that
18:46fire shouldn't be set somewhere in the game.
18:49Fire shouldn't be set somewhere in the game.
18:51This city is drenched in mud.
18:53Because now these things are happening
18:55that you are talking so much
18:56what did you do in your career?
18:58The cricketers of 1992
18:59are responsible for the destruction of Pakistan cricket.
19:01They have taken a lot of risks
19:02because the cricketers after 2000
19:04want to take Pakistan cricket.
19:06Only the better and common solution
19:08of Pakistan cricket is
19:10that you focus on your domestic cricket.
19:12In domestic cricket,
19:13you have to make sure that
19:15the chairman of the domestic cricket
19:17will not play with Pakistan cricket.
19:19The structure of the domestic cricket
19:21will continue.
19:22Pakistan's top class players
19:23whether it is international activity
19:25like Yunus, Hafeez
19:27they used to play Pakistan's domestic cricket.
19:29You played three matches.
19:31Absolutely right.
19:32It is very important to respect domestic cricket
19:34and don't make a strike force at that time.
19:37Absolutely right.
19:40Mr. Shahid, I will come to you.
19:42Yaya has said that
19:44there is a game,
19:45there is defeat and there is victory.
19:47But the problem is that
19:48our defeat has become continuous.
19:50In three ICC events,
19:51we were out in the first round.
19:53So this is too much.
19:54Now people have started asking questions
19:56that how will there be improvement?
19:58We will have to do a lot.
19:59First of all, in the long term
20:00we will have to improve our domestic cricket.
20:02In domestic cricket,
20:03you have seen the performance of domestic cricket
20:05which is the next stage of A cricket.
20:07You never give it.
20:08Your A cricket tour,
20:09we repeatedly say that
20:10Kenya, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe
20:12they learn from us.
20:13We don't learn from them.
20:15India played A series continuously
20:17from 2012 to 2022.
20:21South Africa, Australia and India
20:23used to play tri-series.
20:24All the players come out of their A series.
20:26They select 150 players
20:28in their academies under 19.
20:31And in one and a half years
20:33out of those 150,
20:3420 cricketers come out
20:36who take part in the U19 World Cup.
20:38But they also say that
20:39our aim is not to win the cup in the U19 World Cup.
20:42Our aim is to groom these players
20:45and make them replacement players
20:46for the national team.
20:48They have three substitutes for each player.
20:51We have one Shaheen Shah Afridi who gets unfit.
20:54So we look for a left arm fast bowler
20:56but we don't have a left arm fast bowler.
20:58We don't groom our players properly.
21:00So we have to groom our players in the longer term
21:03and in the shorter term,
21:04we have to teach our team
21:06how to play international cricket.
21:08Our hockey, as we were discussing just now,
21:11our hockey was also harmed by the hockey players.
21:14And there is a rigid policy
21:15that we were grass champions.
21:17Why should we go for the fitness of AstroTurf
21:19and the fitness of AstroTurf?
21:20Why should we go for its quality?
21:22Why should we go for its style of play?
21:24If you don't adopt international style of play
21:27in T20 cricket,
21:29your condition will be the same as your hockey condition.
21:32So if you look at domestic cricket in the longer term,
21:35take the example of a Sahabzada Farhan.
21:37He has an average of 45 in the first class in the red ball.
21:40He has an average of 42 in the white ball in the list A.
21:43He has an average of 33 in the T20.
21:45He has been the top scorer of the national T20 for the last 4 years.
21:49But how does he get a chance?
21:503 matches outside.
21:51He got 2 matches in 2024.
21:56He is 5th in 1 match and 7th in 1 match.
21:59Give some respect to your domestic cricketer.
22:02He has the same right in the red ball as he has in the white ball.
22:05Even in the red ball, he is always included in the top 5 of the Qaid-e-Zam trophy.
22:09So until you properly groom your players,
22:12look at the blueprint of India.
22:14Get the style of India.
22:15It is not necessary that your opponents are Russians.
22:18God forbid, you have a problem with them.
22:21Get their system.
22:22The sincerity of their players,
22:24the quality of their senior players,
22:26they should be included in the top 5.
22:28Let me talk about hockey.
22:29Olympians have caused a lot of loss in hockey.
22:32But the people who come from the back door,
22:34who come to the helm of affairs of hockey,
22:36look at how infamous they are in the Azlan Shah Cup.
22:39They didn't include Pakistan because they wanted to give some money to Pakistan.
22:43And the President of PHF also goes there.
22:47And the Secretary of PHF also goes there.
22:49So the officials,
22:50what was he in the era of Noor Khan?
22:52He was a competent man.
22:53Now there is destruction of hockey,
22:55destruction of cricket,
22:56destruction of every game.
22:57Before going on break,
22:58I would like to talk to all three of you about the 90s discussion,
23:01which Yaya had also touched on in the middle.
23:03Hafeez's sentence went viral.
23:07A lot of people commented on it.
23:09That the players of the 90s left no legacy.
23:13To some extent, I agree.
23:15Because after the 1992 World Cup,
23:17those players who had so much skill,
23:20so much strength,
23:21so much game awareness,
23:23as Mr. Shahid says,
23:24that they should have won,
23:26like Australia in the 2000s,
23:29or India today.
23:30There were such players.
23:31So they couldn't deliver as much as they could.
23:34We also have jealousy.
23:36No one was allowed to come to sports.
23:39Take the example of Kabir Khan.
23:41Take the example of Mohammad Zahid.
23:43They were such great bowlers.
23:44But then what happened?
23:45Zahid was made to bowl in Sri Lanka,
23:48where there was so much humidity,
23:50that he suffered back pain.
23:51So we have politics in cricket too.
23:54That no player should be allowed to come forward.
23:56Take the example of Asim Kamal.
23:58He was such a good player in the middle order.
24:00But at that time, there were such players
24:01who didn't let anyone come forward.
24:03So we have this.
24:04There is no doubt about it.
24:05Jealousy and Yaya,
24:06their controversies,
24:08fights,
24:09some match-fixing scandals,
24:10but there were also fights.
24:12That was there in every era.
24:13This is about 1992.
24:15See, they have a justification
24:17that they didn't let others replace themselves.
24:19The reason is that
24:20there were 10 test matches a year at that time.
24:22Most of them were 41 days international.
24:24There was no third format.
24:26Either you played for the English county,
24:28or you represented Pakistan.
24:29But today it is not like that.
24:31Today you have to play 25 T20s a year,
24:34play 10 test matches,
24:35play 15 one-day matches.
24:37If you keep playing the same player,
24:39then Pakistan cricket will be destroyed.
24:41Pakistan cricket,
24:42either the agents have destroyed it,
24:44or Pakistan cricket,
24:45because of social media in the last three years,
24:48has become a hit.
24:50Today we are crying that
24:51we are not giving new players a chance.
24:53In the past,
24:54our first-class cricket performer
24:55either failed in the team,
24:57or you didn't give him a chance,
24:58or you kept him to drink water.
25:00But in the last three to four years,
25:02the star of social media that you have developed,
25:04the game of agents,
25:06has really turned Pakistan cricket around.
25:10All we need is that
25:12Pakistan pays attention to first-class cricket,
25:14doesn't do new experiments.
25:16And the most important thing is that
25:17you don't rotate one player everywhere.
25:19Two or three players can play in every team.
25:21Absolutely.
25:22Rotation is what the whole world does,
25:23series by series.
25:24Pakistan will have to increase the pool of players.
25:27Our interim head coach says that
25:30on one defeat,
25:32the public gets upset.
25:33He is not saying that the series is not coming.
25:35No, not that.
25:36There is another very interesting thing.
25:38No, I am talking about that.
25:39No, I am talking about
25:41Aqib Javed.
25:42Aqib Javed.
25:43On one defeat, the public gets upset.
25:45Our aim is the Asia Cup and the World Cup.
25:47In the bilateral series,
25:49you say that your aim is the ICC event.
25:52And when you go to that,
25:54you come out in the first round.
25:55What is it?
25:56After every ICC event,
25:57you will hear that
25:58Pakistan's team is in the transition phase.
26:00Now we are preparing for the next World Cup.
26:02We are preparing for the Asia Cup.
26:04When the Asia Cup comes,
26:05we will say that
26:06we are preparing for the T20 World Cup.
26:08When the T20 World Cup comes,
26:09everything will change suddenly.
26:11We will say that
26:12we have the ODI World Cup of 2027 on our head.
26:15So you have to plan everything separately.
26:17You have to plan the test separately.
26:20You have to plan the ODI wide ball separately.
26:23From now on,
26:24you have to think about your one-day team of 2027.
26:26And from now on,
26:27you have to think that
26:28you have to play the T20 World Cup in 2026.
26:30So, as Yahya is saying,
26:31don't turn only one player.
26:33Keep a substitute for one player.
26:35Keep a wide ball player separately.
26:36Keep a red ball player separately.
26:38And one of the biggest shortcomings is
26:40that players are not ready to learn and listen.
26:43You can ask both of them.
26:44They will praise the player 10 times.
26:46You will never get a call saying,
26:48thank you for praising us.
26:50Because they think it is their right.
26:52Try saying bad things once.
26:54Try criticizing once.
26:55You will get a call.
26:56I would like to add one thing.
26:57I would like to add one thing.
26:58You have to change the culture.
27:00Not every cricketer can become a coach.
27:02Not every successful cricketer can go to the cricket board.
27:04You have to understand this too.
27:06The second most important thing is
27:08that this is the culture of Pakistan Cricket.
27:10Either in the board,
27:11as Mohd. Hafeez says,
27:12Babu Rail, or in the jail.
27:14So, in Pakistan Cricket,
27:15either you are working in the cricket board,
27:16or you are sitting on the television.
27:18It doesn't happen in the world
27:19that those who are sitting on the television
27:20get involved with the cricket team.
27:22If you look at Gautam Gambhir,
27:23he is playing in the IPL.
27:24He is not with any franchise.
27:25But if we had a coach,
27:26he would be with any franchise.
27:28These are very basic mistakes.
27:30The franchise has been allowed to coach.
27:32The head coach.
27:33This is the main thing.
27:34You should not be like this.
27:35You need an official.
27:37Whether he is a former cricketer.
27:38Make him a director.
27:39Internationally,
27:40there has never been a former cricketer.
27:42Pat Howard was in Australia.
27:43High performance manager.
27:45Now he has Ben Oliver.
27:47In England, there was Mo Bobad.
27:48In India too,
27:49everyone is always high performance.
27:51There is no test cricketer.
27:52100-150 players have data
27:55that these are my 75 white balls.
27:57These are my 75 test matches.
27:59These are my bowlers of white balls.
28:00These are my bowlers of red balls.
28:02I asked the captain
28:03that when the season ends,
28:04you leave,
28:05do you ever communicate with your players?
28:07He said,
28:08their home is ours,
28:09our home is ours.
28:10I will add to this.
28:11There are no such performances.
28:12In this,
28:13your lobbies work for coaching.
28:15Azhar Mehmood is giving a statement
28:17that we are coming to Chile.
28:19This is not the first statement.
28:21Before that, he used to say
28:22that the pitch is not of our interest.
28:24Before that, he used to say
28:25that we don't have a spinner.
28:26Now you see,
28:27such people have been around for a long time.
28:29So for this too,
28:30you have to scrutinize.
28:31Before going to England,
28:32he said that there is no better all-rounder than Amit Jamal.
28:34He doesn't come in the team.
28:36So we will continue the discussion.
28:37It's time for a small commercial break.
28:39Don't go anywhere.
28:40We will be right back.
28:45Glad to have you back once again
28:46to our Eat Special show.
28:47And now we will play our rapid fire round.
28:50So let's start.
28:51First of all,
28:52from Iqbal bhai to Iqbal bhai,
28:53you have a good memory.
28:55You speak fast anyway.
28:56We have to follow you.
28:58So here are some fast questions.
29:00Fast answers.
29:01Whatever comes to mind,
29:02you have to answer.
29:03First of all,
29:04if Shahdaab Khan wasn't a cricketer,
29:06what would you be?
29:07He would be working somewhere
29:09near Attock,
29:10where he is from.
29:11No, he himself said in my interview
29:13that he would be a labourer.
29:14So he is working.
29:15That's the right answer.
29:17Virat Kohli,
29:18why does he always run against Pakistan?
29:20Because he has a new passion.
29:22Pakistan is a favorite food for him.
29:25You have to name one existing superstar of Pakistan cricket.
29:29One name.
29:30I will have to look for it.
29:32I accept that.
29:33This is Albia, Pakistan.
29:34This is Albia.
29:35If you say anything now,
29:36there will be a counter.
29:38Mohammad Rizwan,
29:39what is the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning?
29:41When I wake up in the morning?
29:42I pray.
29:43After praying.
29:44After praying,
29:45I don't look at women.
29:47I sit with my head down.
29:49Should Pakistan learn cricket from India?
29:52Absolutely.
29:53Absolutely.
29:54The best captain of Pakistan's history.
29:56Mushtaq Mohammad.
29:57Okay, great.
29:59I will name some players.
30:00What advice will you give them?
30:02First of all, Ahmad Shehzad.
30:05Don't be too radical.
30:07His cricket career is over now.
30:09Okay.
30:10Shaheen Afridi.
30:11Shaheen Afridi,
30:12don't listen to anyone else.
30:14Just pay attention to yourself.
30:16You understood.
30:17Absolutely, I understood.
30:18Babur Azam.
30:19Babur Azam,
30:20his father,
30:21stay away from his father.
30:22Listen to your father.
30:23Stay away from him.
30:24Give him some advice on cricket.
30:26Shoaib Malik.
30:27Shoaib Malik.
30:28Shoaib Malik,
30:29he is very sharp.
30:30He is 43 years old now.
30:31Stop playing cricket.
30:32He can play T20 now.
30:33Yes, he is one of our experts.
30:36Waqar Yunus.
30:37Waqar Yunus.
30:38Why does every player love him so much?
30:40This is the question.
30:44Very good.
30:45Iqbal bhai,
30:46this is what I expected from you.
30:47Without thinking,
30:48without waiting.
30:49Yahya, are you ready?
30:50Yes, sir.
30:51When you are criticized,
30:52do you get angry?
30:54I am a human being.
30:55And
30:56I would like to say
30:57that
30:59I have improved myself.
31:00Along with time,
31:01a person should learn.
31:03If we raise questions on someone,
31:05then we should talk to them
31:07in a better way.
31:09This is rapid fire, Yahya.
31:12Yahya, this is rapid fire.
31:13I am reminding you.
31:14One reason for the collapse of Pakistan cricket.
31:16Quickly.
31:18Like or dislike.
31:19Like or dislike.
31:20Is there favoritism in literature?
31:22Somewhere.
31:23What do you do?
31:25I will not say no.
31:27People say
31:28it is difficult to become an anchor.
31:29Is it difficult?
31:30No.
31:31If you
31:33have passion,
31:34then you can do anything.
31:35What would you have been if you were not a journalist?
31:37If I was not a journalist,
31:38then I would have been Yahya Hussain.
31:40Yahya Hussain.
31:42He would have been a teacher.
31:44He is still a teacher.
31:45Not in the initial days.
31:46Now he is a teacher of teachers.
31:47At that time,
31:48he used to teach in the initial days.
31:49Ask him.
31:50He used to teach.
31:51Absolutely.
31:52Why do you get angry?
31:53Why do I not get angry?
31:54I don't get angry.
31:55But I try
31:56not to get angry.
31:57Okay.
31:58Who is the best captain?
32:00Sarfaraz Babar Rizwan.
32:02Sarfaraz Babar?
32:04Rizwan.
32:05I am not saying this.
32:06The whole world is saying
32:07Sarfaraz is the best.
32:08Sarfaraz is the best.
32:09Is Shahdaab Khan's place
32:10in the current team of Pakistan?
32:12No.
32:13Okay.
32:14Is the coach of Pakistan
32:15a country or a non-country?
32:17Pakistani.
32:19What is the reason
32:20why talent does not come forward?
32:21Like or dislike.
32:22Like or dislike.
32:23You started
32:24like a test match.
32:25But then you came
32:26to T20.
32:27Okay.
32:28Shahid Bhai
32:29I am coming to you.
32:30It was wrong
32:31to remove
32:32Sarfaraz from
32:33the captaincy
32:34in 2019.
32:35Absolutely wrong.
32:36Babar Azam
32:37and Mohammad Rizwan
32:38should leave
32:39T20 cricket now.
32:40They should play better.
32:41They should not leave.
32:42Before the T20 World Cup
32:43of 2024,
32:44Babar Azam
32:45should not
32:46take the captaincy again.
32:47It was a very wrong decision.
32:48Shaheen Shah Afridi
32:49needs a suitable
32:50break from International cricket.
33:21If we don't get enough funding from the ICC, it will be difficult for us to run our cricket.
33:27And if your cricket goes down according to your ranking,
33:31then Afghanistan and other associated countries will say that we should get more money.
33:36Why Pakistan is getting 34.5 or 34.7?
33:40So it will be difficult for Pakistan.
33:42Before leaving, Shahid Bhai, can you sing a nice song on the occasion of Eid?
33:47Nadeem Sahib is a legend of Pakistani films.
33:50Mehdi Hassan is also a legend.
33:52His name is famous all over the world.
33:54He sang a song on the occasion of Eid.
33:57On the day of Eid?
34:17On the day of Eid.
34:21Along with giving us a hug, you should also give us Eidi.
34:24Yes, we will give you a hug, but you will have to give us Eidi.
34:26Everyone will get Eidi.
34:27Who didn't get it?
34:29Everyone will get it off-air.
34:31Thank you very much to everyone.
34:33Iqbal Bhai, I can't forget that time when I came to a new field.
34:37I used to call you and ask about the news inside.
34:39You have always been there.
34:41Because your background is such that you are connected to the media.
34:44Your grandfather, your father, everyone is connected to the media.
34:46Thank you very much.
34:48Yaya, I would like to say again that despite being on another channel,
34:51Friendship is always because of him.
34:53He calls, he remembers.
34:55There is always a discussion on cricket with him.
34:57Yaya, thank you very much for coming.
34:59You called him and scored.
35:03Shahid Bhai, you are our own.
35:05And you always teach us.
35:07Your guidance is constant.
35:10Thank you very much.
35:12Thank you so much.
35:13You also gave us time on this busy day.
35:15Viewers, I hope you liked today's program.
35:19We had a lot of fun.
35:21About his career, about Pakistan cricket.
35:24Unfortunately, we are not getting much happiness there.
35:27But we tried to find a solution in that too.
35:30Hopefully you liked the program.
35:32Once again, happy Eid to you.
35:34Give permission to your host, Najeeb-ul-Hasnain.
35:36Take care of yourself. Allah Hafiz.