{"id":2004,"date":"2024-10-21T06:19:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T06:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/?p=2004"},"modified":"2024-10-21T06:19:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T06:19:24","slug":"ramiz-raja-exposes-key-figure-behind-flat-pitches-in-test-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2024\/10\/21\/ramiz-raja-exposes-key-figure-behind-flat-pitches-in-test-matches\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramiz Raja Exposes Key Figure Behind Flat Pitches in Test Matches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, Ramiz Raja, has attributed the disappointing condition of home pitches during his tenure to then-captain Babar Azam.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on BBC Test Match Special, Raja claimed Babar played a key role in pitch-related decisions, contradicting his earlier defense of the surfaces during Pakistan&#8217;s series against Australia in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The former PCB Chairman explained that the Lahore born cricketer led the pitch strategy, and while he sometimes questioned it, he followed the plan of the skipper.<\/p>\n<p>Ramiz Raja acknowledged that inconsistent pitches had hindered the performance of the national cricket team, particularly during the high-scoring draw test matches against Australia in 2022 in Rawalpindi.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Raja also critiqued the Test captaincy of Babar Azam, praising his leadership in limited-overs cricket but expressing frustration over his field settings in Tests.<\/p>\n<p>Ramiz Raja emphasized the role of Babar Azam in maintaining team morale and stressed the importance of players like Babar and Shaheen Afridi in promoting Pakistan cricket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, Ramiz Raja, has attributed the disappointing condition of home pitches during his tenure to then-captain Babar Azam. Speaking on BBC Test Match Special, Raja claimed Babar played a key role in pitch-related decisions, contradicting his earlier defense of the surfaces during Pakistan&#8217;s series against Australia in 2022. The former &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2004"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2006,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004\/revisions\/2006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}