Re: YK in ODI’s
Not everyone can or needs to score at a SR of 90+ let alone 100+ in ODIs. Viv, Gilchrist, Sehwag and Jayasuriya are exceptions to the rule. We also need good innings stabilizers esp. during the crucial middle period when spinners are usu. on but we can only afford to play two such players in any given team i.e. 2 from Misbah, YK, Malik and Asad. on present form it should be Misbah and YK/Asad.
But for that all important partnership of 90 odd between Misbah and Umar Akmal in the 3rd ODI against Bangladesh, we would have lost that game for sure..
Since Hafeez is doing well with both bat and ball and we have two other good spinners (Ajmal and Afridi), Malik is not really needed in ODIs at the moment
Misbah averages 42.67 at a decent SR of 75.29 (Inzi’s SR was 74.24 and he was a very good ODI player!!)
http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-pakistan-2011/content/player/41378.html
so not sure why in your opinion Misbah does not belong in ODIs..