@160KPH
Let's actually analyse the options, and I'll keep the political hate out of it since its clear you're not a part of any babar cult, you only care about performances and merit and actually form very very good arguments so full respect,.
Anyway here goes unbiased version.
Option 1: Bring babar back
Despite the bias that babar was the best captain this psl, he wasn't, during the knockout game, he lost from a winning position, he scolded the team which put pressure on everyone leading to missed opportunities, drop catches and overthrown which is what happened in the 2021 semi final as well,
He burned out david willey rather then saving him until the end, opting to give jamal the over who was expensive the whole innings.
saim ayub was not a good decison, Saim's bowling miracles would have eventually given out as saim isnt a full fledged bowler and shpuld be used as a part timing 6th or 7th option, the saim strategy would have backfired eventually. This is like if dhoni alwya s asked ishant sharma to finish the last over for him, that strategybwould have backfired, theirs a reason dhoni only gambled once in the ct 2013 final, and even then dhoni gambled cause ishanr sharma suprisngly was good that day deapite usually being a trundler.
other then that, Babar hasnt won anything, not a single thing as captain, plus hes beyond stubborn and egotistical as a captain never bothering to change the winning 11 until it got butchered, panicking at the last moment, making memes etc etc.
As a player Bobby is fine, amd he shpuld remain as just a player for our squad. Heck make him the senior batsmen and give him that role model status but he doesn't deserve captaincy anymore.
Option 2: Imad Waseem
Other then the fact that this would be super funny for me, and i cant wait to watch his haters erupt into a ball of fire, logically it doesnt make sense.
not only would it make the PCB look like amateurs which they already have a reputation of,
it would just cause animosity amongst the dug out and currently a gelled team is needed. Imad atm has such negative press, that if he drinks a cup of water, people will make an advertisement about how imad is spreading cholera across Pakistan.
Imad was always a better player then nawaz, all this stats stats nonsense means nothing, a simple eye test shows nawaz is not a batter nor a bowler, hes a joke and 2023 proved that, saying nawaz should replace imad for his 42, os like saying Haris shpuld replace babar as he outperformed him in 2022 wc.
All these stats arguments are completly nonsense in hindsoght, it backfired for players like imam, Shadab, nawaz, and most of the medicore lot we got.
but as a captain historically Imad has been AlrightE, rn logically it doesnt make much sense, nor would it gell the team and just cause total Carnage, we'd get more humiliated then 2023 wc.
Option 3: Shadab
Heres the thing, Shadab isnt that bad as a captain and my past statement that i made about his captaincy decisions regarding Afghanistan i take back.
Shadab wasn't given a functioning team, they were all newbies and forced to face a team that in recent years gave the current wc 2023 winners a fright.
The fact that he won a single game is still a Testimony that he's a decent captain, his own captaincy skills in the field weren't that bad either.
Especially when even our full power team was spending a decade fluking victories against Afghanistan and eventjally they stomped and butchered our A team in the world cup. Considering what shadab was given, babar would would have lost 3-0 lol.
But as a player sheddy is horrible, hos psl superstar heroics mean nothing if anytime he comes to international hes on par with joe root as a bowler and is a virtual tailender as a batsmen. Shadab isnt even close to people like hafeez and malik.
hafeez and malik i consider medicore, the fact that shadab isnt even 2% of their capabilities juat shows what his standards are.
Option 4: Rizwan
This is going to cause an entire war. Heres the rhing about rizwan, Saya corps aside, as a player hes okay, i get pissed off when people shove me with statemwnts such as rizwan is top 3 in the world etc etc or that his wc performances is the greatest of all time, hes clearly overhyped to the moon, but as a player
Hes fine, even though Sri lanka was the weakest attack in the world cup, I don't see Sarfi achieving that amd haris wouldn't be able to stay at the crease even if it was a weak attack. Haris sohail was superior to rizzu as a bat in 2019,
However rizwan has managed to chase down 200 scores in t20 with babar, he did deal with India for a 10 wicket win, he did play a crucial knock in the 2022 sf against nz etc etc. All that deserves praise.
Lastly hes a good keeper, his jumps have saved multiple boundaries whereas if azam Khan was behind the stumps then Allah khair.
Problem is it doesn't ignore all his faults, as captain He just like babar srubbornly refuses to try different combinations and keeps himself at opening which causes problems.
at opening rizwan botched the final against sri lanka, i dont how a side that gives you 11 wides at the start bringing the tarhet to 157, and a player who gets his 50, still puts you in a position where you need 60 of 24? And you never come close to the mark.
Same with psl, his final performance as an opener was trash. On top of that he's horrible at figuring out LBW's etc etc and his overly friendly and relaxed attitude while better then babar's aggression, creates too much of a relaxed field, players will be caught sleeping like this, literally the amount of penalties this man received in the psl is a testament to that, the helmet penalty is beyond silly.
Option 5: Shan
Only bringing him up cause hes a meme, moving on.
Option 6: Shaheen
Shaheen's form is nowhere near his 2019 self, and he flunked the psl, he hasnt had a great start to his captaincy career. Only benefit you cam give him is that its early days thats all, and he was once our star bowler so if he can replicate his 2019 magic and his past psl captaincy performances then he's a great choice.
Also tbf to him LQ this season wasn't completly his fault, he is to blame yes but the coaching and staff itself was beyond incompetent and provided zero support to shaheen.
Option 7: Pick someone brand new.
No comment on this.
Based of all options we have, it's either shadab, Shaheen or rizwan.
Best options logically are shadab or rizwan based of psl,
But shaheen makes the most moral sense if you're planning to build an actual team.
Edit: No i am not aupporting rizwan or shadab, they both suck, but shadab is a worse player, if it cones down to these 2 then rizzu i guess. Ya Allah please take of our cricket
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