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Well-informed sources in the national team presently touring England said that Waqar had come down really hard on his players after the team lost the first T20 international at Cardiff.
"Waqar was very angry and pointedly told some senior players that if they can't improve their fielding or performance they should leave the game," one source said.
The Pakistan team, which is facing lot of pressure after the suspension of Test captain Salman Butt and pace bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir in the spot-fixing scandal that broke out after the Lords Test, lost the first T20 match by five wickets.
Sloppy fielding by senior players including Shoaib Akhtar and Abdul Razzaq saw Pakistan lose a grip on the match and the Pakistan coach was furious, the source said.
"Waqar was angry as he felt the senior players in the given situation had not pulled their weight," the source added.
Another source said that some of the players were not very happy with Waqar's outburst and conveyed this to manager Yawar Saeed.
"The players feel that at a time when they need support of not only the people but also of the management, the attitude of the coach was not acceptable and would not help the situation in the team," the source said.
Captain Shahid Afridi also spoke to players, calmed them and made it clear they also needed to perform and deliver as the team needed to win to take the people's mind off the spot-fixing and betting issues.
Afridi had also met the three suspended players before leaving London for Cardiff and discussed their current position.
"All the three pleaded their innocence and said they had been trapped. I told them that if they were innocent they should not run away from the media but face them.
"I had a separate meeting with Mohammad Aamir and told him he had been stupid to put his promising career at stake for whatever reasons," Afridi told the 'Jang' newspaper.
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