‘From a Ferrari to a rickshaw’ – Former Pakistan player makes strange analogy about Mohammad Rizwan’s captaincy

Mohammad Rizwan continues to get flak after hosts and defending champions Pakistan’s early exit from Champions Trophy 2025. The Men in Green finished bottom in Group A with just one point from three games. Rizwan and his side started with a loss to New Zealand at home before losing to India last Sunday in Dubai. 

Former Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir took a huge swipe at Rizwan and his captaincy techniques. Amir made a strange analogy while he was speaking to Sports Tak recently. The 32-year-old said that Rizwan’s captaincy had gone from being a Ferrari to an autorickshaw. 

Speaking to Sports Tak channel, Amir said, "Rizwan... You have come from a Ferrari to a rickshaw now. At some point, I liked him because he has captained in domestic cricket and also in PSL; he was successful there and his team would play in the final. But then suddenly, if you see, after 2-4 months, his decisions began to change suddenly.”

Mohammad Amir slams Rizwan’s captaincy in CT2025

The former Pakistani seamer, during his chat on the Sports Tak channel, also went on to say, “I don’t know why or what happened, as I haven’t shared the dressing room with him for 2-4 months. Why is he behaving this way? His decisions are coming across as strange.” 

The 32-year-old added that initially Rizwan earned praise for his rather ‘daring’ style of leadership. “He was a daring captain at the start. It looked like he would change some things. But then suddenly, in 2-4 months, you feel that he is very distant from cricketing knowledge. Everyone thinks that Ahmed Shehzad made videos; I gave interviews to the media, even Wasim Akram bhai, you name it.”

“Everyone said that this squad is not fine, there are no genuine openers, you should add spinners. If the captain says he didn’t have any power, that is a lie, he does have power. The way Rizwan was appointed as skipper, he could have made these decisions but he didn’t do it, I don’t know why,” Amir said during his chat with Sports Tak. 

Finally the former seamer also attacked the selectors for not adding an extra spinner after Fakhar Zaman got injured. “They got a small opportunity when Fakhar Zaman got injured, they could have added an extra spinner. That is what I am saying, when you owe people favours and put the team behind, then problems arise. They had the chance and they had an opened in Usman and they didn’t need Imam-ul-Haq. They could have got an extra spinner, but they didn’t. They should be daring and take responsibility for such decisions."