Pakistan head coach Waqar Younis today warned only players with the right attitude will represent the national team as it embarks on a "new era" with their Bangladesh tour next week.
Pakistan lost in the quarter-finals to the victorious Australians in the World Cup last month, which was jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
After this failure, Waqar submitted a strongly worded report calling for opener Ahmed Shehzad and middle-order batsman Umar Akmal to be dropped from the team.
He accused both players of under-performing and a lack of commitment in the report to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), seen by AFP.
In a bid to revamp the team after the world cup, Pakistan selected uncapped opener Sami Aslam, Babar Azam, Mukhtar Ahmed and Mohammad Rizwan across one day, Test and Twenty20 matches.
"Yes, its a new era for Pakistan cricket," Waqar told reporters during team's training camp in Lahore.
"These new players will serve Pakistan cricket in the years to come as this is a big opportunity for them," he said.
Waqar said Pakistan needed to now "move on" from the World Cup -- but also stressed that all players needed to learn from their mistakes to improve.
Pakistan open the Bangladesh tour with the first of three one-day internationals in Dhaka next Friday. They also play a Twenty20 international and two Tests.
"Of course, the most important thing for Pakistan cricket is the right kind of attitude and if that attitude, improvement in fielding and fitness do not come, we will lag far behind other teams," said Waqar.
"This is not my team, neither it's yours -- it's Pakistan team and only those players will play who show the right attitude. I respect those who show (the) right kind of attitude.
