Gameplans are made when you have a coach and a set up along with a captain who has ideas..
Our players are not bad, our team overall comes in the top 4 teams. Team is good, issue is the team management.
When Misbah was in charge, he never wanted Babar to be captain because Babar is not someone that is captain material. He doesn't know how to make game strategies and than play out those strategies. Bit like Tendulkar, a good batsman but not someone who could make strategies as a captain.
Imran Khan forced the Chairman at the time that Babar needs to be captain, and thus we got Babar as captain.
Now when Misbah was there, he helped the team with the game planning and all. Babar had 0 clue and it was all Misbah doing the work, selecting players and everything. Babar only cared to select Usman Qadir or Imam Ul Haq, thats about it.
Misbah gets kicked out by Rameez, and Rameez comes in also says he doesnt believe in coaches, players dont need coaches blabla.
Now, they hire Saqlain Mushtaq for a series, keep Babar as captain with full charge. Babar now doesnt have a proper coach like Misbah and he is all over the place. Saqlain Mushtaq joins him along with Mohammad Yousuf. Now they dont sit and make plans, they dont decide oh lets play some fast cricket and take advantage of the PP.
Also another issue is that Babar is not a team player, he is not flexible. For him, his runs comes first, which is why he opens and not play 1 down.
In the PSL with Karachi Kings, Waseem Akram was fed up with him, because they lost 9 games on the trot and Waseem kept saying move to one down so that we can try something else in the opening position and you can come after the ball or pitch doesnt offer the intial movement. Babar couldn't care less because Babar prefers to play a few dot balls to play his long innings.
Anyways, with Saqlain as coach and Babar as the head of all affairs, guy has no idea what to do, and each game he was going in with no strategy what so ever.
We lost to Zimbabwe today and people are calling this team bad, trust me, this team is very good. The fact that they won many matches with a bad captain shows the team is good. If this team was bad than we would had lost all matches with the terrible captain.
Babar doesnt think like a captain, he goes with the flow. So if first 5 overs will be pacers an the rest will be spinners till 14, he will do that. He wont experiment and try to make sure to bowl part timers so that main bowlers who are getting hit cannot be stopped.
He puts himself in a corner and thats what he did in the semi finals against Australia which we lost because Babar got scared that hafeez would be attacked.
Even now in this World Cup, the team has been selected without planning. The intial squad had Usman Qadir, we had 3 spinners in a squad of 15 for the world t20. We didnt take a pace bowling allrounder.
And to make it worse, everyone on this forum knows Haider Ali is clueless, Babar decided to play him against Zimbabwe again and he got out to a nothing delivery first ball.
Its not like Babar and Rizwan cant bat fast, problem is Babar is taking decision taht we will bat like this so that we bat till the end. That doesnt work in Australia because boundaries come in the PP here. A batter lasting 50-60 runs by rotating stirke cant finish innings because you get tired.
But no Babar isn't gonna learn or listen.
This is why you dont make captains, this is why you keep your PM away from cricket, and this is why YOU NEED COACHES IN CRICKET!
