Shoaib Akhter - Dilemma ends (Merged)

[Captain1]

Re: Shoaib Akhter - Dilemma ends (Merged)

@fkhan2

This thread was started 3-4 days ago but I guess the dilemma ended today when the team was announced. I earlier said in couple of my posts that shoiab akhtar’ exclusion from the provisional squad doesn’t mean that he won’t be included in the final squad. I was really hoping that PCB will atleast take his fitness test, which I remember they mentioned earlier, but they never did that. OK I believe that PCB thinks that he is unfit and therefore doesn’t deserve consideration for selection. But what really has bothered me are the posts from few people who doesn’t want him anymore in the side. I admit that I am also not a fan of unfit shoaib who then becomes a burden on the side, but tell me honestly comon how many times he has performed and won matches for Pakistan. How many times our adrenaline pumped when he use to ball at an unplayable pace. OK I admit he has a big mouth and attitude. What I am trying to say is don’t insult the man and give due credit to him for his past acheivement and don’t humiliate him because of whatever is happening risht now. Yes I admit that as long as he is not 100% fit to play cricket, he shouldn’t be included in the side. But for God sake don’t insult as if you have never ever appreciated his performance in the past. This is typical mentality of alot of people specially in subcontinent when they appreciate when everything is going right and start degrading when a player or the team is not performing. And I also hope that Shoaib will learn from all this experoence and will try his best to achieve 100% fitness so that we could see him again in the side.

Kindly point out the members who think Shoaib has not achieved anything in past and cannot achieve anything in future, mucho gracias.