He was a vice captain for good 1.5 years under babar. I know his bowling form is down. But atleast he can bat is not selfish like shaheen and rizwan. He plays for the team and will surely lose matches but atleast he will not be selfish as previous counterparts
This is a joke, right?
One thing I have understood when verifying Pakistan cricket news and sources is that you should always see what the agenda journalists and analysts are saying about an agenda that suits them. In the past 24-36 hours, some very hardcore pro RizBar journos have changed their tunes about the possibility of Rizwan (and even Shaheen) becoming the white ball captain. Its just something that I have noticed.
Agreed, but if you are going to appoint someone who has never captained in domestic matches and hasn't been tested, what is the point of testing Rizwan, Shaheen, and others for captaincy in domestic competitions? I think we are back in 2019 when Babar was made captain without being tested in domestic cricket.
Pakistan Cricket works in weird ways, Waqar Younis when given the job by Naqvi was on a separate mission to what the PCB bigwigs had in mind. They both played each other.
We change chairman like socks.
Waqar was not very effective during the later part of his playing career either, with only a few good performances while being dominated by opposing batsmen in most matches. He seemed to suffer from an inferiority complex regarding Wasim Akram and often engaged in internal politics to secure the captaincy. He hasn’t changed much; as a coach, he is extremely below average. I remember how the Australian board rejected his application to become the Australian bowling coach, despite his strong desire to be part of that setup, even though he holds Australian nationality. Nobody can deny his greatness in the first half of his playing career, but the CA clearly understands his limitations as a tactician and coach
The ipl finished this year on 26th May and the World T20 started 1st June.
I don't control fatigue. Regardless you shpuld be happy.The ipl finished this year on 26th May and the World T20 started 1st June.
Why don't you believe fatigue is an issue this year.???
Is it because they won.
You must be impressed by his performance at the last world cup in India and also in Australia ???
Of the fans or the PCB?
I would pick Rizwan, he is the only one deserves to be captain now . He is an experienced player , with captaincy experience also and the only one who has been performing among the batters and the best keeper Pakistan had for long time .
But why did they remove him from Test vice captaincy and appoint Saud?
I appreciate the enthusiasm and I'm not a prediction guru, Anything can happen so theirs no way for me to say if pakistan will win or not.
You’ve done that for 5 years
Tbh his agent will talk him out of removing Rizwan if he does actually want to do that. He might move him down the order and get proper middle order players in.
So where exactly pak full strength went missing after 2017 ? I remember 2 asia cup matches with out kohli, 1 yawning sarfaraz in 2019 , 228 runs loss and 7 wickets loss .
Stop with this where did this guy go or that guy go. I do not know where they went.
On one hand u say India is superior side past several years and other hand u says pak put India in rightful place meaning pak is much superior. So am asking you which is correct?
Pak putting India in their rightful place is a term/figure of speech. Not a literal implication.
So it's figure of speech for pak and not for Australia.
Figure of speech for pak, Not for Australia no. Australia genuinely owns India in finals. Pak was a one off but it's a humilating one off for india that shall remain.
Am not sure about humiliation part bro. I am happy to accept we lost quite badly in ct which was held 7 years back, we learnt the lesson of attacking middle overs with aggressive bowlers and brought kuldeep/chahal/xyz. As long as we learnt the lesson and improve ourselves, it gives me peace, hope about future and stability.
As an Indian fan I respect what you believe. Genuinely I do.
I know its the excuses you control.
The reason being is that their bowlers like bumrah got injured for 2 years after that event so much so that their 2022 bowling attack was depleted and was a joke.
Riz is currently the best choice with plenty of experience.
Fakhar wouldn't make a good captain? He flunked LQ despite having the strongest team? He should be brought to test and given his t20 opening back only?
That's the equivalent of me saying that the Pakistan 2003 WC attack that had Shoaib returning after a long injury lay off and Wasim, Waqar and Saeed anwar were done having retired after that tournament therefore we have an excuse for the result.
The cupboard is bare so its Riz or Fakhar as he makes it as a player in all 3 formats.
I'm not saying India has an excuse.
Bro things are very different now. I think his name is being forwarded because Kirsten just doesn’t want to play in the manner old Pakistan mindset advisors want to go with. He knows you need a skipper who has to target 400 if you are asked to bat first against India and New Zealand.
Well then no choice really. Might as well go for it. We need a change anyway and having someone aggressive is the quota now.
I want an aggressive approach however your best batter is not your best captain or your most aggressive either?
It would be a gift from Mohsin Naqvi and will be a good redemption arc after making a bad decision of bringing babar back.
It’s a bit different this time
While I like Fakhar and I also understand Aqiv's bias for him because of Lahore Qalandars connection. My only concern is that we haven't seen Fakhar captain much in any stage. Not in PSL. Not in domestic.
If it's any solace I didn't place my vote until now
, i chose fakhar
Those 68% who voted rizwan should be ashamed of them selves for supporting this trash and should be banned from having cricket discussion.
50 votes,If it's any solace I didn't place my vote until now
They are the sensible majority apparently whereas those who oppose them are the loud minority
Well, it’s not as bad as picking Rizwan I tell you.Why tf did I choose Shan Masood
It wasn't a bad pick at that time for tests atleast. Easier to speak now in hindsight, however tbf, Shan is still > Babar and rizwan as a captainWhy tf did I choose Shan Masood
The thing about Shan is that
Only shocker is that Major and daytrader aren't on the list but everyone else is standard and is to be expected.
Once the politics, selfishness and ego is gone, I believe the team will slowly start improving and start winning again. Which is not possible as long as any player from the original core group remains.
Let’s not get rid of Riz
Get rid of all but makes no difference. It's a system the mafia created but the talent has dried up. Unless Saim pulls some rabbits out of the rabbit, we will get worse Everyone one of the guys that everyone suggested has made no difference and we are getting worse.
