PCB (read BUTT) has not learned a lesson from all misdoings in the past. While other teams are finalizing their 15 players, BUTT sahab has unsettled the only settled issue of Pakistani ODI team i.e Afridi as captain. I mean what the @#$@#$%#^. How can Misbah be a BETTER captain than Afridi when he was not even in the team 1 month ago. I have many reservations about Afridi but at this point in time, he is the BEST guy we have to lead ODI and T20 team.
As always BUTT and others are reading TOO MUCH from single test win against 3rd class NZ.
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Afridi is not captain material at all. A captain should encourage the players all he does is talk trash. He only supports kamran akmal and for him everyone else underperforms. Misbah is the best choice right now. Pakistan will never win anything under Afridi leadership.
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^ agree with you. Misbah is arguably the best choice as captain right now. Afridi is too brainless and irresponsible
But to be fair to the PCB, it is only since the series against South Africa in UAE that Misbah is suddenly starting to look like captain material. Prior to that series his form had been indifferent and he could not even justify a permanent place in the team as a batsman. Only a performing captain can lead by example
Pakistan's players are notorious for infighting at the best of times and changing the captain now might seriously disrupt team harmony & unity
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Captain should actually earn his place in the team. If you look at Misbah, he does not even deserve a spot in ODI team. It had to be Yousuf and if he is unfit then some youngster. I am not a big fan of afridi either but when WC is just 30 days away, he is the only choice (given that younis is not ready to take on this role)
I believe spat b/w PCB and Afirdi is also for the reason that Afridi wants to include Yousuf in WC team while selectors (or PCB?) is against it. Now if yousuf is unfit for ODI, than it makes sense but I doubt it. I am sure it is some off-field matter thats keeping Yousuf out.
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pls tell me one pak batsmen that has given consistent performance. NOT one player and yes not even younis and yousif deserve a place in the ODI team. no one is consistent anymore. it is a joke that a player with an average of 23 is a captain of a team. he has played over 300 games. How can you justify your place in the team with such pathetic avg.
the team is playing much better under misbah and the board sees something plus they dont want any more problems. afridi has to STOP crying and backstabbing the other players. Afridi will never be a better captain he lacks everything you need to be a leader. he is too immature to play cricket.
Staying with afridi will not get us the cup. Pak only has a chance if we change batting order and experiment more. I am sick and tired of seeing the same batting order in every single game. we have to shuffle in every game. these are professional players and they shud play at any postition. if we lose an opener early why are they sendig younis khan one down especially during the powerplays. what a waste. we will win nothing if we play defensive cricket we have to attack no matter what...for a change they can try misbah one down or make razzaq open the innings. its not like we are winning anything right now. why not try something new. what is the worst that can happen. look at mahela jawardene and dilshan. compare their average from before and now. we can also try umar akmal and razaq as openers. what is the point of sending razaq at no 7 or keeping him for the last 5 overs. it is hit and miss in the end and since he is in such good form why not use his skills and experience up the order.
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I am also sick and tired of afridi always complaning that he is not consulted with picking the team. like what difference will it make. It is not his job description. coach and selector shud pick the playing 11 he should concentrate on his game and perform. I remember after the worldcup loss he said its time we bring new players and then after losing another series he said we lost because we were lacking experience of younis khan and then the next series pakistan lost because yousuf was not playing and recently he complained that the team needs kamran akmal
i dont care if world cup is next month the board shud get rid of afridi, younis, yousif, hafeez, farhat, akhtar permenantly. NO MORE They have to try new players and stay with them for atleast 4-5 series. give them a chance i would rather have ahmed shahzad and shazaib hasan instead of younis and yousuf. their presence is hurting the team. too old and out of form .And even i am not a big fan of shoaib malik. i wud rather have him then younis and yousuf. he is a good fielder can bowl also and was a way better captain than afridi
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Afridi's asking for Yousuf because he understands the Pakistani batsman's fragile mentality of collapsing when they are under preassure....in a big event like the WC - he is counting on Yousef's experience and class to help absorb some of the preassure the team will be under when chasing big totals or getting runs against quality attacks...
Its a fair point. As Captain, Afridi should get the team he wants....and then if they still dont perform then his own head will be on the chopping block anyway....
I'm not a Afridi fan but he is definately the only person who should be leading in the WC.
After the WC...when the usual chopping and dropping of players takes place...then we can look at alternatives.
Re: World-cup and Pakistani captain. PCB has not learned a lesson....
Captain should actually earn his place in the team. If you look at Misbah, he does not even deserve a spot in ODI team. It had to be Yousuf and if he is unfit then some youngster. I am not a big fan of afridi either but when WC is just 30 days away, he is the only choice (given that younis is not ready to take on this role)
I believe spat b/w PCB and Afirdi is also for the reason that Afridi wants to include Yousuf in WC team while selectors (or PCB?) is against it. Now if yousuf is unfit for ODI, than it makes sense but I doubt it. I am sure it is some off-field matter thats keeping Yousuf out.
yeah that's the inclusion of YK into all formats of the game - At least that is my guess.
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^ agree with you. Misbah is arguably the best choice as captain right now. Afridi is too brainless and irresponsible
But to be fair to the PCB, it is only since the series against South Africa in UAE that Misbah is suddenly starting to look like captain material. Prior to that series his form had been indifferent and he could not even justify a permanent place in the team as a batsman. Only a performing captain can lead by example
Pakistan's players are notorious for infighting at the best of times and changing the captain now might seriously disrupt team harmony & unity
bhai I agree with you on Afridi but at the same time Misbah is not right for ODIs...he is doing well in tests because his new found confidence and patience in batting in the late middle order is working. But for ODIs his approach it too slow....unless he can turn on the MISBAH of a few years ago where he used to be the ODI teams saviour...giving him captaincy won't work.
I am still bewildered why YK did what he did to ODI/TEST captaincy...he is a fighter, a motivator and really smart planner. But his attitude sucked off field and hence he lost it. Can he ever get it back? its pretty much a new team for ODIs barring Afridi and Razzaq. So why not?
I guess for now the team should unite under Afridi and fight for every game as if it is a knock out game. Then and only then, Afridi will show results. Also Afridi needs to listen to YK in ODI team meetings and planning. So YK can be the unofficial VCaptain.
