India, March 15 -- Aaqib Javed has launched a forceful defence of Pakistan's selection committee and the team's recent record, arguing that criticism after every major setback has turned into a destructive obsession with finding someone to blame.

Speaking at a press conference in Lahore, where the selectors had no squad to announce, Aaqib pushed back against the fallout from Pakistan's T20 World Cup exit, insisting the team's campaign had not been poor enough to justify claims that Pakistan cricket had been "destroyed". All members of the men's selection committee were present, and the PCB later said chairman Mohsin Naqvi had met them and expressed full confidence in their work.

"In our setup, whenever a team loses, there is always a de...