KARACHI (Kashmir English): Pakistan white-ball and Multan Sultans’ skipper Mohammad Rizwan has said he doesn’t feel embarrassed over his limited English-speaking abilities, saying that his job is to deliver performances on the field and not to impress with language fluency.
Addressing a press conference here, Rizwan addressed criticism over his lack of English proficiency, stating, “I regret not completing my education, which is why I don’t know English, but I am not ashamed that as Pakistan’s captain, I cannot speak English.”
Cricket, not English!
“The demand from me is to play cricket, not to speak English,” he Rizwan and added if Pakistan wanted me to speak English, I would become a professor, learn it, and return. “Pakistan asks me for cricket, not English.”
Rizwan was confident that he can communicate well enough to make himself understood even to a native English speaker.
“Sometimes I feel I can explain things to an Englishman in my own way — he’ll understand me just fine. But the problem lies with those who are just upset with me,” the skipper remarked.
The wicketkeeper-batter urged critics to extend constructive feedback rather than just pointing out flaws.
Rizwan expressed disappointment over critics who offer no solutions to the problems faced with Pakistan cricket, warning that if senior players only focus on fault-finding, younger cricketers would have every right to resent them in the future.
Rizwan acknowledged that fans would definitely get upset when the team fails to perform. “Fans are justified in their anger and they’ve all the right to be upset at us because they also love us,” he said.
Commenting on the criticism, Rizwan said the most successful people in the world were even called mad before being followed by others, adding those who can’t handle criticism, achieve nothing.
