From last 18 months or so some captaincy game / drama is being played by the cricket authorities of Pakistan.
It was Shoaib Malik, although promoted by some odd reasons but was doing reasonably well, Pakistan played the finals of T20 and was some relatively better looking side although was not promising and there was lot to be done to improve… and the PCB management and later the coach changed… there goes Shoaib Malik and Younis Khan was Captain…
It was Younis Khan but despite winning the T20 world cup and taking the team to the semi-final he lost the captaincy to some games he was lost in the dressing room.. there goes Younis Khan and Yousaf was Captain
Than comes the Yousaf, he was nominated for New-Zealand Australia series, despites his pleads, Younis was not sent to the test squad of Pakistan and Yousaf like Younis fell to the dressing room games… Here comes Shahid Afridi..
Shahid Afridi was found eating in public, hence was banned… don’t know if he was hungry or “Some body” from the dressing room have told him to EAT in public… in comes Shoaib Malik as a Captain again
Shoaib was given the captaincy for two T20 match series, the series was leveled and Shoaib along with others was fined and banned…
While others were pleading for against PCB’s action of Ban and some announced their retirement ( Fil-Haal basis), Shoaib was the smartest of the lot and he trapped Sania Mirza the Tennis star ( not player) of India to marry her…
This action of Shoaib got him back in the team.. Afridi was announced captain for One days and T20s Salman was under discussion for Test Captaincy… and then Afridi suddenly came out of the clouds and announced his willingness to play and lead in Test Cricket…
So the Captain was Shahid Khan Afridi, who did well in the Asia cup but failed to play in the finals, yet did well against Aussies in 2 T20s yet lost the first test match against Australians… his pleads to the board to include both or atleast one of the Ys went unheard… Boy that was thrilling episode of this drama
Then Came Salman Butt, Captaining Pakistani side against Australians, beat them with the bowlers again and it was celebrated as Pakistan has won the Kashmir Battle… only a week later Pakistani batsman were finding it difficult to get the team score in 3 figures…
So the point is, Who would be the next captain???
PS: while typing this, Pakistan lost 4 wickets, now don’t take it wrong, it typed all this in 15 mins only