By Nikhil

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India and Pakistan are all set to play each other again in the Super 4 stage of the Asia Cup 2025 on Sunday in Dubai, following the controversial Group Stage match. The Group Stage encounter concluded controversially when Suryakumar Yadav and company refused to shake hands with Team Pakistan, despite India winning by a commanding seven wickets. To assist players psychologically, the Pakistan Cricket Board has added Dr. Raheel Karim as a motivational speaker to the camp for the forthcoming encounter. Najam Sethi On Pakistan Cricket TeamFormer PCB chief Najam Sethi expressed disapproval of the board’s choice over Karim’s admission. He said that because psychologists are uncommon in their culture, the players might not accept one. “I tried for it [Having a psychiatrist] during my tenure. But, players here don’t really accept such things, because in our culture therapy is often misunderstood. Going to a psychiatrist is considered a sign of weakness or even madness, which creates stigma,” Sethi told Samaa TV. “Mental health, however, is a broader concept. Unfortunately, here it is only reduced to: ‘Are you crazy or not?’ But the most interesting factor here is, many of these experts are foreign-qualified. They communicate in English which isn’t the language of our boys. They are required to be told in Urdu or Pashto,” he added. Sethi added that players come from a variety of ethnicities and backgrounds, which can also be problematic for the psychologist. “Their backgrounds, their class, and the lack of proper education is another issue. Psychiatrist bhi raato raat unko kuch nahi seekha sakta (A psychiatrist can’t help them overnight),” Sethi said.