Re: Breaking News....Shoaib Malik Gets Pakistan Captaincy according to "The Nation"
First of all, Shoaib Malik must improve his batting and confirm his place as a Test batsman. If he can not do that, I doubt he will be able to maintain his position as a captain for long. People over here are missing a factor, before Inzamam's retirement, Shoaib Malik seldom had the responsibility to help us win games. He was in same category with Razzaq, Akmal and one of the openers. He was a supporting factor. Majority of responsibilities were on Inzamam, Yousuf and Younis shoulders. Inzi retired and Younis is thinking about it. In the end, Yousuf is his only choice of batsman for victories. So, either he plays first down or 6th...he will not be able to continue as a captain if he plays like he has been before. He will be like Michael Vaughn of England. Sometime clicks, but majority of time is kept as captain because of potential. Its an entire different situation when you are captain, prime target and have the responsibility to score consistently. Looking at the middle order, PCB must help him out in that department.