Captain Clueless? Shan Masood's captaincy at the Pakistan Super League 2020

[Blistering Barnacle]

Personally I think he should feature in our white ball cricket, at least ODIs.

 

[sweep_shot]

Shan Masood never looked good for captaincy. I am actually surprised to see him as a captain.

 

[Rana]

Personally I think he should feature in our white ball cricket, at least ODIs.

And approach it like he does in T20

 

[Hawkeye]

Thought you were one of the better posters around . . with statements like "they have fluked wins" when they sit at the top of the order and have won games convincingly, you lose all objectivity and credibility in your posts . . and begin to sound biased based on your likes/dislikes . .

I don't think many people will disagree with you that Shan isn't a t20 batsman and absolutely shouldn't be anywhere close to the Pak t20 team and I am sure he will never be . . but give credit where its due . .

The team is doing well when on paper they probably have one of the worst squads . .

Irfan, Tanvir, Imran Tahir, Afridi, Bopara are all 35 and above and way past their best . .
Ilyas is below average at best . .
Shan like you say isn't a t20 player . .

That's 75% of your team that's quite mediocre . .

So they've done well thus far and there's no harm in accepting that even though we all know you despise Shan Masood in all formats . .

As far as your prediction about "guaranteeing they won't win the tournament" is concerned . . hardly proving anything there . . they shouldn't be winning this tournament . . with the team they've got, they should be at the bottom of the table . .

Currently, they're punching above their weight . .

Are they punching above their weight? Sure. And it's obviously giving some posters a chance to celebrate and have some moments of joy, good to see [MENTION=144683]Forum363[/MENTION] celebrating this.

But, it's still not a team I'd back to win anything important, i.e. the title of the tournament.

You have already seen calls in this thread to make Shan Masood the national team captain, get him in ODIs, etc.

This is what you get when you unfairly promote people who don't deserve something on merit, and even more worrisome, extrapolate something from the PSL and want immediate aftereffects in the national team, like the Shan Masood's fan club is doing here. "make him the captain!" , "get him in T20Is and ODIs!".

As long as Shan Masood stays out of the national T20 and ODI teams, I don't care much about what happens to Masood, as he's 100% not going anywhere from MS - good mates with the owner, and also was able to score.

This team is like Karachi Kings.

Some individual team victories sure, but won't win any tournament and not go through the play offs.

 

[Hawkeye]

Shan Masood never looked good for captaincy. I am actually surprised to see him as a captain.

He's not.

Some individual performances have given them victories, but they won't pass the playoffs stage and won't win the tournament anyway.

Karachi Kings-like team.

 

[Forum363]

Are they punching above their weight? Sure. And it's obviously giving some posters a chance to celebrate and have some moments of joy, good to see [MENTION=144683]Forum363[/MENTION] celebrating this.

But, it's still not a team I'd back to win anything important, i.e. the title of the tournament.

You have already seen calls in this thread to make Shan Masood the national team captain, get him in ODIs, etc.

This is what you get when you unfairly promote people who don't deserve something on merit, and even more worrisome, extrapolate something from the PSL and want immediate aftereffects in the national team, like the Shan Masood's fan club is doing here. "make him the captain!" , "get him in T20Is and ODIs!".

As long as Shan Masood stays out of the national T20 and ODI teams, I don't care much about what happens to Masood, as he's 100% not going anywhere from MS - good mates with the owner, and also was able to score.

This team is like Karachi Kings.

Some individual team victories sure, but won't win any tournament and not go through the play offs.

Ironic you talk about extrapolating something from the PSL yet that’s the exact reason you want Kami in the team.

You’ve gone from ‘destined to be the bottom’ to ‘definitely not gonna win’.

Of course I’m celebrating this, I am supporting the team.

Just like you were going crazy when Islamabad or rather Misbah won haha.

 

[Hawkeye]

Ironic you talk about extrapolating something from the PSL yet that’s the exact reason you want Kami in the team.

Again, you're quoting things out of context.

Every time, did I not tell you who's the best domestic opener in PAK currently? One of the best QeA trophy batters. One of the best consistently for some time now.

And of course, 3 PSL centuries, so that's not an extrapolation, but something on top of top FC/List A performances and spanning multiple PSL seasons.

Nobody has better credentials than Kami, yet you hate on him and don't want PAK to benefit from his good form.

 

[Hawkeye]

Normalcy restored to MS.

Anyone can have some good days, but when there's no quality, you can't sustain it.

 

[Pakhs]

He shouldnt really be playing LOI cricket

 

[MenInG]

And gone from captaincy - Mohammad Rizwan is the new captain

 

[Mamoon]

Excellent decision. Now it is time to boot him out of the playing XI as well.

 

[Kaddy]

And gone from captaincy - Mohammad Rizwan is the new captain

Last year, Rizwan couldn't find a place in playing xi in the PSL.
This year, he's a captain of one franchise.

Last year, Shan Masood was being considered for national team's captaincy.
This year, he has lost the captaincy of even a PSL franchise (and probably his place in the playing xi too)

How life changes its colors.....

 

[Forum363]

Shan was fantastic as captain last year and had Covid not happened, he would have stormed to the title.

But good decision to appoint Rizwan this time. Multan make all the right calls.

 

[shamaan]

Right call by multan.Shan may not make the starting xi

 

[Last Monetarist]

Shan Masood playing his first game of the season today.

 

[Firebat]

A review could not save Shan's stone dead LBW, he's out for 1 from 4

 

[Last Monetarist]

Didn't last long.

 

[MenInG]

May well be thanking his lucky stars that tournament has stopped or would have been continued embarrassment has he been given another chance.

 

[MenInG]

So has demotion to a regular player and carrying drinks helped Shan recover form?

 

[YousafTheBeast]

So has demotion to a regular player and carrying drinks helped Shan recover form?

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Sorry, but when was he ever in form?

 

[Rana]

very good innings so far, let’s see if he can get a hundred under 70 balls here

 

[Firebat]

A half century from just 26 balls, really good innings