As Pak is getting to ready to visit WI for a long tour, the teams will be announced shortly. We already know that Sarfraz will be the captain in T20 and ODI while Misbah will lead in test matches.
What other players would you like to be in team? And why?
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Misbah should’ve retired…dunno why we have to have him everywhere…hogging a spot of youth…selfish tuk tuk
YK should be rested as well, just make it permanent.
Time to discard Gul, S Malik, Shahzad, etc as they’re all not doing much now.
I’d rather still have lala in T20 team
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I think Kamran Akmal should be and will be given a chance. Even in T20 where Sarfraz is captain. He can replace Sharjeel.
Also Fakhar Zaman from Lahore Qal should be included alongwith other young players of PSL like Osman, Usama and others. Though these are all bowlers so it’ll hard for them to get in.
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I think Misbah has overstayed his welcome. He is setting a wrong precedent here.
He should have quit the scene after the team’s dismal performance in Australia. Failed in tests miserably both with the bat and as captain. That was his and the team’s litmus test. The other batsmen did reasonably well with the bat (although not in the 4th innings) but both bowling and Misbah’s leadership left a lot to be desired. Failed to motivate the team in the field and his field settings were ultra defensive. Pakistan should not have lost at Melbourne after scoring nearly 450 in the first innings.
I do not always agree with Ian Chappell but his harsh comments about Misbah’s place in the team, his leadership and about whether Pakistan should have toured Australia have merit. Unless Pak start winning ot at least drawing tests down under, Australia should refuse to host us.
No one wants to quit on a low but if Misbah thinks that a good performance in the Caribbean will somehow erase the bad memories down under then he’s badly mistaken imo.
Now guys like Kamran Akmal have every right to expect to get selected even after they turn 40 if they keep performing well domestically and/or in PSL!
Some people may not like my comments here but has Misbah grown a beard under pressure from Inzi (chief selector) or to please the latter? It seems to me that. For starters, it does not suit him. He looks like a robber now. Agar kuch change karna hai tau yeh cricketers sab sey pehley apna character badlein. A few of them recently made headlines for all the wrong reasons, spot-fixing etc. Unfortunately we are a nation that only believes in dikhawa.** I am against this excessive show of piety and religiosity in cricket or any sport or walk of life**. Religion is a sacred thing and it should remain a private and personal matter.
Maulana Tariq Jamil sey in sab ko door rakho!
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Such comments are not a new thing. Infact with this robber comment you are belittling you own self.
Beard or no beard he would be given same amount of time. you chose to blame inzi and misbah for favoritism while other legends are not commenting on this and are on wait and see.
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I am not against beard but this excessive show of religiosity or dikhawa that is so prevalent now in our society … favouritism, corruption, spot-fixing etc, nahin chorni. Why suddenly now when he’s well past retirement age and when Inzi is the chief selector.
aur meri poori statement mein sey ofcourse this was the only thing u noticed.
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others things are ok. but its you who is dragging religion here with your speculations.
Didnt pcb requested him to not to retire, not to speak of chief selector was not inzamam then?
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Yes PCB did after the surprise 2-2 in England
but that was mainly with the tough Aussie series in mind.
However it doesn’t mean you hang on stubbornly regardless of results!!
Following the team’s dismal performance in Australia he should have done the honorable thing and retired.
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and it has nothing to do with religion. many players did that. this was the point.
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I agree with you that religion should not be part of sports however there is no evidence that Misbah kept beard on the say so of Inzamam or that he has displayed any excessive religious show in his interviews or elsewhere.
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I strongly feel that he should have retired after the England tour. That was a high for him not only in terms of the sucessfull tour but also taking Pak to number one spot. However, he should now retire after windies tour regardless of the results. The loss in NZ and Aus even though bad will not take anything away from his brilliance as a captain. No Pakistani captain has been sucessfull in Aus to date so let not be harsh on Misbah only.
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Misbah did a good job at a difficult time. He is a decent man and was a decent bat once - I give him that - but I always thought that he was a very defensive captain. His captaincy stats are inflated by wins in UAE.
Despite Windies being in decline for the best part of the last two decades, Pakistan has never won a test series in the Caribbean.
Misbah can still go out on a high if he can lead us to our first ever victory there.