Re: Warne Tops the list of Signing fee receivers for IPL
Shoaib Malik has been and is a very reliable and handy player. Unfortunately his shortcomings as Captain are eclipsing his abilities. He's not the best Test player we have, but he is certainly better than Yasir Hameed and Faisal Iqbal, so until you have found many better players for Pakistan Test squad who are not getting a chance to play, we can talk about Shoaib's place.
Younis Khan would have been the best Captain for us, and the opportunity WAS given to him many times. Younis' drama shouldn't make us biased against Malik.
I thought Game had good cricketing sense but his campaign to make Akhtar Captain (who can't play the whole series), and his vendetta against Malik is kind of surprising.
Malik is getting paid his worth. Obviously the people whose opinions do count (the ones spending the money) agree. Smoke that!