Pakistan's Shaheen Afridi, left, celebrates with teammate the wicket of India's captain Rohit Sharma during the ICC Champions Trophy cricket match between India and Pakistan at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)Former Pakistan player Mohammad Hafeez slammed the Men in Green’s pace attack consisting of Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf after their 6-wicket loss against India in Dubai on Sunday which has put them on the brink of an early exit from the tournament. Hafeez said that it was time for Pakistan to look ahead from this pace trio and give others a chance.“Since the Asia Cup in 2023, we were expecting this trio of Shaheen, Naseem, and Haris to deliver trophies for us. But they’ve been unsuccessful. The 2023 World Cup, a disaster. The 2022 T20 tournament in Melbourne, a disaster. And now, this Champions Trophy, another failure,” he said in PTV’s coverage of the Champions Trophy.“It is time to realise that these guys, according to many people they have skills but these skills are not enough for them to win Pakistan the big tournaments. They are not proving themselves capable of helping Pakistan win a big tournament. Let’s move on from them. Let’s bring other people. Let’s go with Mohammad Ali, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Akif Javed, Mir Hamza. These guys are waiting for their chances. Let’s see what happens if we play them. They are also Pakistani; they also have a Pakistani passport,” he added.View this post on InstagramA post shared by tapmad (@tapmad.entertainment)The current Pakistan pace bowling trio has had a Champions Trophy to forget, conceding more than 200 runs against New Zealand in the tournament opener and then failing to defend 242 runs against India in a must-win game on Sunday.In order to stay alive in the tournament now, Pakistan have to pray that Bangladesh upset New Zealand on Thursday and then defeat Bangladesh in the last group game. They’ll also be hoping that India can beat New Zealand in the other group game on Sunday so that net run rate comes into play.© IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd