Baseball captain requests equal respect, money as cricketers
Pakistan will be competing at the 29th Asian Baseball Championship in Taiwan.
LAHORE (Web Desk) – Pakistan base ball team captain Hafiz Muhammad Usman has expressed concerns over the facilities given to players representing Pakistan in games other than cricket.
Talking to local daily, Usman said that we’re ranked among the top teams in the world, top 25, but there is no support or funding.
He said people give us respect, but it would be nice to at least see that our quality of life is better, but it is not.
He further said when compared to cricketers, people would want to see their children play cricket, instead of baseball, or any other sport.
It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan will be competing at the 29th Asian Baseball Championship, also a qualifying round for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, in Taipei City, Taiwan starting from October 14.
Pakistan had qualified for the championship after they finished as the finalists at the West Asia Cup in Sri Lanka, a performance that was stellar as it was, but went unnoticed by the government and the mainstream media.
