The unwanted trend for Pakistan continued at the T20I World Cup 2024 as well after they were eliminated from the tournament during the group stage itself, losing to USA and India in huge debacles in the first two games. This comes after their flopped show at the ODI World Cup 2023 in India where they were met with same fate. Their inadequate performances and lack of collectiveness contributed to their unbelievable elimination from the T20 World Cup. None of the Pakistani players appeared to be up to the task, failing to stop a string of defeats that Pakistan started to suffer from the outset. In the aftermath of their surprise elimination, Pakistan have been under a lot of criticism and the criticism continues to grow with each passing day. 

Amid the criticism, former Pakistan skipper Mohmmad Hafeez, who for a brief period was the team director, has revealed that four-five Pakistani players were sleeping in the dressing room during a Test match.

“You tell me Gilly, If a player is sleeping in a dressing room and we are playing Test cricket. If 4-5 players are sleeping in the dressing room, should I allow that as a team director?” Hafeez said during an interaction with Michael Vaughan and Adam Gilchrist on the Club Prairie Fire podcast.

Then Vaughan asked, "Were they tired?"

Hafeez responded: "I really don't know. I went into the dressing room and found 4-5 players are sleeping in the dressing room while playing Test cricket. I was like, "how come you guys can do that?" If you do something like this, you cannot be a part of this team. I want you guys to stay focussed during the game and then off the game, whatever you guys do, it is your own life, I never get involved in it. But in professional timings of the game, I want you guys to focus on the game. Stay in touch. If you are a fast bowler, you can have a rest, a good ice bath but you need to concentrate on the game of cricket, like how the other team is also doing. You cannot switch yourself off during the game, but unfortunately the media didn't like it."