Pakistan suffered a shocking first-round exit from the ongoing T20 World Cup following two consecutive defeats against the USA and India.

While the Men in Green defeated Canada, the qualification chances for Super 8 were hanging in balance as they had to depend on the outcome of the USA versus Ireland clash.

As it turned out, the match ended in a no-result, forcing Pakistan out of the tournament as USA advanced to the next round from Group A alongside India.

The Babar Azam-led side ended their dismal campaign with a consolation three-wicket win over Ireland in the final group-stage fixture.

Amid the debacle, legendary pacer Wasim Akram has blamed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for the flop show of the senior men's national cricket team at the T20 World Cup 2024.

Highlighting how PCB was run by four different chairmen in one-year period, Akram stated that the team could never be consistent with its performance in such a scenario.

"They replaced Shaheen Afridi from captaincy and then changed three chairmen in one year. First they removed Ramiz (Raja). They didn't even let him get into office. Then Najam Sethi was brought in. Zaka Ashraf came after three months. After four to five months, Mohsin Naqvi was brought in as new PCB chairman. How can the team be consistent then?" Akram told Sportskeeda.

After Pakistan failed to qualify for the semi-final during last year’s ODI World Cup in India, Babar Azam stepped down as skipper from all formats and the T20I captaincy was handed to Shaheen Afridi.

Under Shaheen, Pakistan suffered a 4-1 defeat in a T20I series on the tour of New Zealand and Babar was reinstated in the role.

According to Wasim Akram, Shaheen should have given at least one year in the leadership job.

"They replaced Babar with Shaheen as Pakistan captain. The latter lost one series and the chairman got changed during that phase. The newcomer asked to change the captain and got it done. This is just not on. People make fun of us in world cricket. They don't get it. If you have made (Shaheen) Afridi the captain, give him a year," the 58-year-old said.

"They don't ask us. It's good that we are away from Pakistan cricket. It is a blessing in disguise because it is just criticism, politics," he remarked.