mak36
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I am bored of making the same old point of how PSL sides are wasting talent I thought I would do something different; make a composite 'bench' squad to get the point across. Put simply, any domestic player who is an existing member of a squad but did not feature in any of the opening games for the side was eligible to be picked.
Playing XI:
1. Nasir Nawaz (IU)
2. Ahsan Ali (QG)
3. Haris Sohail (LQ)
4. Saud Shakeel (QG)
5. Danish Aziz (QG)
6. Umair Masood (LQ)
7. Aamer Yamin (KK)
8. Amad Butt (IU)
9. Zafar Gohar (IU)
10. Musa (IU)
11. Irfan Khan (MS)
Bench:
12. Sahibzada Farhan (IU)
13. Agha Salman (LQ)
14. Hasan Khan (LQ)
15. Usama Mir (KK)
16. Umar Siddiq (MS)
17. Asghar (QG)
18. Mohammad Hasanain (QG)
What talent! What waste!
Optimists might say the bench strength simply shows how strong the squads are this year. Perhaps, but so many of these players are in form and, more importantly, possible contenders for the national side. Instead they are being made to warm the bench largely because teams are making some very odd selection decisions. It doesn’t take a genius to work out many of the sides have looked unbalanced. There is certainly talent being wasted, particularly when you look at the performances of those who played instead. A few examples:
Samit Patel: 2-0-19-0 and a dropped catch
Ahmed Shehzad: 0 (1)
Sohail Tanvir 4-0-36-0
Ravi Bopara: 3*(3) and 2-0-33-0
Brendan Taylor 2(3)
@saj
Playing XI:
1. Nasir Nawaz (IU)
2. Ahsan Ali (QG)
3. Haris Sohail (LQ)
4. Saud Shakeel (QG)
5. Danish Aziz (QG)
6. Umair Masood (LQ)
7. Aamer Yamin (KK)
8. Amad Butt (IU)
9. Zafar Gohar (IU)
10. Musa (IU)
11. Irfan Khan (MS)
Bench:
12. Sahibzada Farhan (IU)
13. Agha Salman (LQ)
14. Hasan Khan (LQ)
15. Usama Mir (KK)
16. Umar Siddiq (MS)
17. Asghar (QG)
18. Mohammad Hasanain (QG)
What talent! What waste!
Optimists might say the bench strength simply shows how strong the squads are this year. Perhaps, but so many of these players are in form and, more importantly, possible contenders for the national side. Instead they are being made to warm the bench largely because teams are making some very odd selection decisions. It doesn’t take a genius to work out many of the sides have looked unbalanced. There is certainly talent being wasted, particularly when you look at the performances of those who played instead. A few examples:
Samit Patel: 2-0-19-0 and a dropped catch
Ahmed Shehzad: 0 (1)
Sohail Tanvir 4-0-36-0
Ravi Bopara: 3*(3) and 2-0-33-0
Brendan Taylor 2(3)
@saj