Of course, Pakistan has another match to play against Bangladesh, who is also already out of dispute over the semi -finals of the Champions Trophy. This match in Rawalpindi on Thursday is also under the serious threat of rain, and perhaps a soft outfield, with this that has been a wet week in the city.

Javed spoke in the long run about the different permutations and combinations in selection that could have improved the team’s output this tournament. But clearly still hurt the loss to India on Sunday, he also pointed out that India’s XI had a much larger body of work on their resume than Pakistans.

“When Pakistan and India play, it’s not just cricket – that’s more than that. You need a lot of experience,” Javed said. “This Indian team was the most experienced – they have nearly 1500 matches together. And Pakistan is at the bottom with less than 400 games together. If you look at players like Babar Azam is the only one who has played more than 100 games. Then is der Mohammad Rizwan (88 ODDs) and then Shaheen Afridi (64 ODDs).

“The rest of them have less than 30 matches. Tayyab Tahir has played as eight games. Imam-Ul-Haq (73 games) came back in the team. The most important thing is when nothing works and when you talk about more than one Play, then the experience counts.

“Similarly, we had to bring Khushdil Shah in because Saim was unsuitable. The reason is that in a day’s cricket you can’t go with 5 bowlers. You have to make a combination of seven batsmen and four bowlers.

“When Said was there, he used to beat at the top and he used to bowl five to seven overs. When he wasn’t there – we saw that if you did a little research – even with the amazing performances Khushdil Shah has given in One and a half years of cricket, his wickets … there is no comparison.

In the absence of these players, it was down to Big Five: Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah and Shaheen to step up, Javed said. But match -winning performances from these players never came.

These players have come under special fire in Pakistan since the end of the team.

“An ordinary person who does not play and is not part of the team management wants the reasons and the names of people because of whom this team is losing,” Javed said. “As far as Babar, Rizwan, Shaheen, Naseem and Haris were concerned, our plan was to make the best possible 11 or 15. There is no doubt that Shaheen, Naseem and Haris are excellent bowlers. If you compare them with Bowling attacks from any team, they are one of the best quick-bowling options.

“And if you look at Babar – except for him what other options do you have? We always say that if the team loses you have to change the team. This is the most inexperienced team already.”