Top-ranked Pakistan cricket team suffered a humiliating whitewash against Sri Lanka in the three-match T20I series on home soil. Head coach-cum-chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq is unhappy that some players are just too relaxed, shy away from proper training and are not working on improving their cricket discipline.
"What has disturbed Misbah the most in his first assignment as head coach and the chief selector is the reluctance of some players to follow directions of the management and do proper training to keep high fitness standards," a source told PTI.
"He is unhappy that some players are just too relaxed and take training lightly and are not working on improving their cricket discipline. He has also not been encouraged by the attitude of captain, Sarfaraz Ahmed whom he feels shies away from taking responsibility when the chips are down."
Another source told PTI that Misbah was surprised by the behaviour of three senior players - Wahab Riaz, Imad Wasim, and Haris Sohail.
"Several times he felt they were making excuses to shy away from training and proper nets. He got the feeling they had some sort of excuse ready to go easy on their training," the source said.
"Batsman, Haris Sohail has developed a painful habit of making excuses for having some niggling problem or pain when asked to push himself in training.
"Another problem which confronts Misbah is that most of the players don't appear to have the cricket discipline to follow and execute plans on the field which are discussed in the dressing room."
"Two players bluntly informed their team's head coaches that they would reach for the National T20 Championship matches in Faisalabad on the morning of the games. When Misbah came to know about this he told the head coaches they should be more firm with the players and ensure they joined their provincial team a day before the matches," one source said.