India, Feb. 17 -- Less than 24 hours after criticising Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi and calling him "incompetent" and "illiterate" on live television following Pakistan's 61-run humiliation against India in the T20 World Cup, cricket legend Shoaib Akhtar changed his tune.

Akhtar was visibly frustrated after Pakistan slumped to their eighth defeat in nine T20 World Cup meetings against India. Sunday's result left the 2009 champions on the brink of yet another group-stage exit, prompting Akhtar to lash out during an interaction with an Indian TV channel. "The biggest crime in the world is giving an incompetent guy the biggest job. When an incompetent and jaahil [ignorant] person is given a big job, any sort of chaos a...