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Babar Azam resigns as Pakistan's white ball captain

Who should be Pakistan's next white-ball captain after Babar Azam?

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Only a matter of time before this guy backstabs the next captain via his political contacts.
 
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He made the right decision as he's not in the right head space right now.

He's lacking in his skills and needs to go back to the basics and work on his own stuff and sort himself out.
 
Savak said:
Only a matter of time before this snake backstabs the next captain via his political contacts.
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doubt it will happen this time.

I feel he is satisfied knowing someone he can trust is taking over. Looks like Rizwan will be the next leader
 
Should’ve never accepted it the second time around. Just tarnished his own legacy and caused a massive dent to Pakistans WC campaign.

he knew he was never a leader yet he clung on to captaincy so desperately
 
Feel bad for Babar. Will be happy for the person who potentially gets it :)

Will be scared as an Indian fan that if the guy I think who will become captain becomes captain, he will bring a sense of calm to the dressing room.

Mixed emotions :((:(
 
Rana said:
Was it all worth it Babar? Was it worth betraying your friend my guy?
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If we could pin a post on this thread. This should be the one. Hit the nail on the head. I hope there'll be a journalist who'll have the cojones to ask Babar this very question.
 
bad decision to give him the second chance and a bad idea for him to accept it.
 
He will comeback soon. No body likes to resign and stick to it in Pakistan. Nobody!!!!
 
Challo.. doesn't matter.
Its about Pak cricket, not pakpassion posters' likes/dislikes.

Really makes me chuckle when I think some posters really got it in their heads that they have all the solutions sitting on their doorsteps .... lol, get a life!

Yes, half of PCB staff is trolling through pakpassion roll of honour looking for pearls of wisdom ...
 
I’d make Shadab captain thinking about it. He’s our future captain, let’s just back him now and he’s going to be our premier allrounder no one else to choose from with imad pretty much done. Now won two big domestic tournaments back to back. Rizwan isn’t a long term option for captaincy anymore. Shadab is at the stage of his career that it’s the right time to captain. By the time the next odi World Cup comes around he’ll be 36.

Give Rizwan the test captaincy. We have separate coaches for Loi and tests we might as well have separate captains too.

If it doesn’t work out, the other one can always take over from the other in all formats. Makes us have options.
 
ads101 said:
I’d make Shadab captain thinking about it. He’s our future captain, let’s just back him now and he’s going to be our premier allrounder no one else to choose from with imad pretty much done. Now won two big domestic tournaments back to back. Rizwan isn’t a long term option for captaincy anymore. Shadab is at the stage of his career that it’s the right time to captain. By the time the next odi World Cup comes around he’ll be 36.

Give Rizwan the test captaincy. We have separate coaches for Loi and tests we might as well have separate captains too.

If it doesn’t work out, the other one can always take over from the other in all formats. Makes us have options.
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Does Shadab command a guaranteed place in LOI eleven anymore?
 
Mamoon said:
No, condolences to deluded Imad and Amir fans who claimed that these two expired failures would show Babar what he was missing.

This is a good decision and it was coming, because PCB is laying the groundwork for Rizwan, the GOAT WK Batsman in Pakistan history.
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Its a circus .... full of clowns.
 
Mamoon said:
No, condolences to deluded Imad and Amir fans who claimed that these two expired failures would show Babar what he was missing.

This is a good decision and it was coming, because PCB is laying the groundwork for Rizwan, the GOAT WK Batsman in Pakistan history.
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But, a couple of months ago it was “Babar is our only option as captain”, now it’s a “good decision” to replace him😆
 
Mamoon said:
No, condolences to deluded Imad and Amir fans who claimed that these two expired failures would show Babar what he was missing.

This is a good decision and it was coming, because PCB is laying the groundwork for Rizwan, the GOAT WK Batsman in Pakistan history.
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Babar betrayed you for not being as stubborn as you expected him to be
 
YousafTheBeast said:
As a bowler, no.

As a batsman, no.

As an all rounder, no.

As a specialist fielder captain, yes.
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Pakistan already has a specialist captain in tests.

If the worst ever top order batter in test history can captain Pakistan and continue despite having zero percent win record then anything is possible.
 
Face saving tactics by Babar. Gary Kirsten threw his weight behind Babar and he in general requested the PCB not to change the captain before the 2025 CT but the reality is that the PCB had lost confidence in Babar's captaincy and were sick and tired of the shenanigans of the non performing senior players including Babar.

Babar had tried very hard to secure a one to one meeting with Mohsin Naqvi but his phone calls and meeting requests kept getting turned down. He knew that he was not going to be the all powerful captain that he was under Ramiz anymore.
 
I'm glad he finally realized the obvious. I blame PCB most of all for his disastrous second stint as captain. There was no need to reappoint him after you had essentially sacked him after the 2023 World Cup. It gave us one of the most embarrassing moments in our cricket history: losing to USA in a T20 World Cup match, and seemingly created numerous personal issues among the players. Pakistan Cricket only moves 10 steps backwards. It never moves forward. There is never any sense of stability.
 
Savak said:
Face saving tactics by Babar. Gary Kirsten threw his weight behind Babar and he in general requested the PCB not to change the captain before the 2025 CT but the reality is that the PCB had lost confidence in Babar's captaincy and were sick and tired of the shenanigans of the non performing senior players including Babar.

Babar had tried very hard to secure a one to one meeting with Mohsin Naqvi but his phone calls and meeting requests kept getting turned down. He knew that he was not going to be the all powerful captain that he was under Ramiz anymore.
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Most Pakistani captain want to be Imran Khan but they don't have the tactical mind or eye to identify players or even getting the best out of their players like Imran/Sarfaraz

I hope Babar means this and he understood that captaincy is not his cup of tea and he will stick with his decision and not play any backroom politics with new captain.
 
Josh said:
Most Pakistani captain want to be Imran Khan but they don't have the tactical mind or eye to identify players or even getting the best out of their players like Imran/Sarfaraz

I hope Babar means this and he understood that captaincy is not his cup of tea and he will stick with his decision and not play any backroom politics with new captain.
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Sadly this is not Australia, England, South Africa, New Zealand or even India for that matter where players play professionally. In Pakistan all senior players feel aggrieved with the PCB and resent losing their authority, influence in the team which is why they don't get behind a new captain in the right spirit and resort to dressing room politics.

Personally i would have wanted the PCB to give some cooling off period to the likes of Rizwan, Babar, Shaheen, Shadab, Rauf and co. We are already at the bottom of the rankings in all the formats. How more badly can a fresh new look squad really do? Atleast a new look team can play with a fresh mindset without any baggage or pressure of expectations.
 
Well , Babar has been ousted. No excuses for PCT not to dominate all formats now.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
I'm glad he finally realized the obvious. I blame PCB most of all for his disastrous second stint as captain. There was no need to reappoint him after you had essentially sacked him after the 2023 World Cup. It gave us one of the most embarrassing moments in our cricket history: losing to USA in a T20 World Cup match, and seemingly created numerous personal issues among the players. Pakistan Cricket only moves 10 steps backwards. It never moves forward. There is never any sense of stability.
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It was doubly awful
1) The PCB in choosing to dismiss SSA after one series and choosing to reappoint Babar.
2) Babar in having the stupidity to allow his ego to override better judgement and accept.

Why does no other country have this circus going on…..
 
This is supposed to be a forum for the knowledgeable cricket followers , surprised to see someone picked Shadab and Chacha Iftikhar as the possible choices, and I'm even more surprised to his Iftikhar;s name in the polls .
 
moghul said:
This is supposed to be a forum for the knowledgeable cricket followers , surprised to see someone picked Shadab and Chacha Iftikhar as the possible choices, and I'm even more surprised to his Iftikhar;s name in the polls .
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And your not surprised people have picked Rizwan?
 
moghul said:
This is supposed to be a forum for the knowledgeable cricket followers , surprised to see someone picked Shadab and Chacha Iftikhar as the possible choices, and I'm even more surprised to his Iftikhar;s name in the polls .
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Iftikhar has the hunger for trophies, he even slept with a runners up trophy. The Guy deserves a shot at it.
 

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JattMaula said:
Does Shadab command a guaranteed place in LOI eleven anymore?
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He isn’t great. It’s very disappointing how he’s declined as a player. But yes he is. I can’t honestly think of a better allrounder than him that we have currently. Imad was the only competition who is now gone. This is also why time in time again Shadab dominates in domestic too. Maybe he’s not good enough solely as a batsman or solely as a bowler. But as an allrounder, there’s few who compete. We have to be realistic. Plus he’s a great fielder, which does serve as a good role model. If Shadab decided to leave IU tomorrow he would be snapped up instantly as a platinum pick.

We have to look at the players younger than Babar on who will be an our long term captaincy option. Even if Rizwan took over, I feel eventually it would go to Shadab khan after Rizwan retires. There’s just hardly any players younger than Babar who have made it in internationals. Imam might someone who also had a long career, but he is now out of the team, little captaincy experience because he wasn’t good enough especially in PSL. Shaheen is the other choice, who is younger than Shadab, less captaincy experience, and is a fast bowler with an extremely large and prone to injury frame. It’s very difficult for someone like Shaheen to captain all formats just because it’s hard to keep him fit for all games. Probably the reason why few fast bowlers are ever captains in cricket and making an injury prone one just seems like a bad idea.

Shadab has captaincy experience. Back to back domestic tournament wins. And it might be good to let him learn alongside one of the most famed coaches in cricket, Gary Kirsten. Right age, about 3/4 years younger than Babar which is about right for a successor.
 
Mamoon said:
No, condolences to deluded Imad and Amir fans who claimed that these two expired failures would show Babar what he was missing.

This is a good decision and it was coming, because PCB is laying the groundwork for Rizwan, the GOAT WK Batsman in Pakistan history.
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You mean the guy that masquerades as a cricketer now to pretend to be a captain?

Well, lets get this over with too.
 
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It was stupid he took it in the first place and all he's done is tarnish his legacy and create division within the team when it was actually unified for like the first time in Pakistan's history.

His captaincy and his batting the last years is what's going to stick out when his career is all said & done.
 
Savak said:
Only a matter of time before this guy backstabs the next captain via his political contacts.
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Rana said:
Was it all worth it Babar? Was it worth betraying your friend my guy?
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If Babar can resign - why doesn’t Shan Masood resign then?

Shameless and nepotistic and does not belong at this level…
 
moghul said:
This is supposed to be a forum for the knowledgeable cricket followers , surprised to see someone picked Shadab and Chacha Iftikhar as the possible choices, and I'm even more surprised to his Iftikhar;s name in the polls .
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I vote for Saud Shakeel as Test and ODI captain
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
I'm glad he finally realized the obvious. I blame PCB most of all for his disastrous second stint as captain. There was no need to reappoint him after you had essentially sacked him after the 2023 World Cup. It gave us one of the most embarrassing moments in our cricket history: losing to USA in a T20 World Cup match, and seemingly created numerous personal issues among the players. Pakistan Cricket only moves 10 steps backwards. It never moves forward. There is never any sense of stability.
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We have a dysfunctional Govt, Economy and Society

So don’t expect cricket to be any different..
 
ads101 said:
I’d make Shadab captain thinking about it. He’s our future captain, let’s just back him now and he’s going to be our premier allrounder no one else to choose from with imad pretty much done. Now won two big domestic tournaments back to back. Rizwan isn’t a long term option for captaincy anymore. Shadab is at the stage of his career that it’s the right time to captain. By the time the next odi World Cup comes around he’ll be 36.

Give Rizwan the test captaincy. We have separate coaches for Loi and tests we might as well have separate captains too.

If it doesn’t work out, the other one can always take over from the other in all formats. Makes us have options.
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Lol 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
 
moghul said:
This is supposed to be a forum for the knowledgeable cricket followers , surprised to see someone picked Shadab and Chacha Iftikhar as the possible choices, and I'm even more surprised to his Iftikhar;s name in the polls .
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Absolutely right brother......
Shadab khan is a biggest fraud happened to Pakistan cricket....he doesn't deserve a place in playing eleven and here some people want to make him captain....
 
Who should be the next captain?

Some options are Shadab, Rizwan, Shaheen, and Fakhar. I think Fakhar should be the captain.
 
So ig rizzu era? This is 100× worse now.

I'd give it to saim, and pick a fresh start tbh but ik it won't happen so shadab is best bet for now
 
JattMaula said:
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exactly his performances are not that good to speak of even in the champions cup..

He needs to decide whether he wants to be a bowling allrounder or batting allrounder..
Bowling + fielding
Batting + fielding

either of the above 2 options will keep him in the team...With bowling avg of 30+ and batting avg of 20+ will not be good enough to warrant a place..
 
Mamoon said:
No, condolences to deluded Imad and Amir fans who claimed that these two expired failures would show Babar what he was missing.

This is a good decision and it was coming, because PCB is laying the groundwork for Rizwan, the GOAT WK Batsman in Pakistan history.
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what u mean by groundwork...??
 
The problem with Rizwan as captain is that he will take the friendship culture to next level.. Chacha will be undroppable now
Khusdil will make a return and more KPK players to walk in with the help of Rizwan..

If this doesnt happen then Rizwan would be the best bet
 
If shadab is made captain, then Rizwan , Babar , Shaheen will be three big figures to spoil it for Shadab who cant even warrant a place in the team with his performances. Thats the culture in PCT unfortunately everyone has a thirst to be captain and if snubbed will start to chase it and doesnt co-operate with the new captain..
 
A good decision and I always wanted him to resign in the first place. Whether he has done it under pressure or he did it for his own development, I am happy that he came to his senses.

Now, He can be dropped if does not perform.
 
It too late but its a good decision. He should be appreciated for doing the right thing for once.
 
ask_analyse_act said:
If shadab is made captain, then Rizwan , Babar , Shaheen will be three big figures to spoil it for Shadab who cant even warrant a place in the team with his performances. Thats the culture in PCT unfortunately everyone has a thirst to be captain and if snubbed will start to chase it and doesnt co-operate with the new captain..
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Shadab doesn't even deserve to make the starting eleven right now. Why should he be made captain?
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Shadab doesn't even deserve to make the starting eleven right now. Why should he be made captain?
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He won 2 tournaments in pakistan both psl and champions one day cup despite not having the strongest team in either case.

Psl was him playing with a middle order of imad wasim and haider Ali lol, and champions one day cup had Markhors packed qith the most international experience, Rizwan, Chacha, Salman Ali Agha + Best past domestic performers such as Kamran Ghulam etc.

Despite this his team dominated throughout the tournament and won on both occasions.

Shan on the other hand even before his appointment in test had the worst team performance in psl and his county record pre appointment isn't anything special.
 
mominsaigol said:
He won 2 tournaments in pakistan both psl and champions one day cup despite not having the strongest team in either case.

Psl was him playing with a middle order of imad wasim and haider Ali lol, and champions one day cup had Markhors packed qith the most international experience, Rizwan, Chacha, Salman Ali Agha + Best past domestic performers such as Kamran Ghulam etc.

Despite this his team dominated throughout the tournament and won on both occasions.

Shan on the other hand even before his appointment in test had the worst team performance in psl and his county record pre appointment isn't anything special.
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His bowling has been rubbish for the last two years. He has lost any sense of who he is as a bowler by playing an endless amount of T20 cricket. He needs to play FC cricket and learn to become a real bowler, which he is not at this phase of his career. Infact he has only gotten worse and this is not a normal slump. This is a Hasan Ali level slump. Domestic performances clearly don't mean much with him either because he performed in the PSL too and then bombed at the T20 World Cup.

It's bad enough that we already have a captain in tests who is the worst player in the team. Now you want a non-performing captain in white-ball too?
 
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