Re: PSL 2017 Final: Quetta Gladiators vs Peshawar Zalmi, Lahore, Sunday 5th March
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Re: PSL 2017 Final: Quetta Gladiators vs Peshawar Zalmi, Lahore, Sunday 5th March
I think neither Sethi nor PCB can be blamed for the replacements or the final.
It seems that none of the PSL teams had done their homework. They should have had a plan B in place to ensure that the replacements they had were good enough at this level. All the teams knew well in advance that the final would be played in Lahore (Sethi announced this long time ago). Credit to Afridi that he was able to persuade Sammy and Samuels to come to Lahore otherwise Zalmi would have been in a similar dilemma as Gladiators (but the irony is it might have resulted in a more even contest).
I am not sure that it makes sense to have foreign players as captains if they are not going to (although very understandable) play the final in Pakistan. What if in next years PSL, both teams that qualify for the final have foreign captains. It is hard enough to suddenly replace 3 or 4 players (who have established roles at various batting positions) let alone the respective captains at the 11th hour.
Sarfraz won’t say this in public for obvious reasons but if you asked him in private he might have preferred to play the final in UAE with a full strength side.
I think I have said it before but this this three match KO format (credit to IPL for introducing it) rather than straight semis should be adopted in world cups as well. It ensures that at least one of the top two teams will be in the final.