You realise I can just steelman you on this front and claim where was your excessive praise for babar during those years and why all the sudden shift? Again all of this is completly irrelevant.
No you can’t. I am not Babar’s teammate. I am an outsider who doesn’t have a horse in this race. Whether I praise or criticize Babar does not impact me in any way but it did impact Imad.
The point is that Imad had no problems with Babar’s approach to batting in T20s when he won him the PSL and played with him in the national team under his captaincy, but the same playing style suddenly became a problem when he was dropped?
What does that tells us? It tells us that Imad’s criticism of Babar is not genuine and is fueled by bitterness and a toxic agenda because he was dropped. Ergo, people shouldn’t be heed to what Imad is saying because it is coming from a vested interest.
What does tell us about Imad’s character? It tells us that he is a toxic human being and isn’t genuine in his praise and criticism.
No one who's on the team will complain, they'll obviously complain if their dropped unfairly which imad 100% was replacing him for a bootleg version and not getting called to the odi squad despite outperforming Shadab and nawaz in NZ t20 series. Regardless of the 65 excuse imad wouldn't have done worse then 2 bowlers who have a habit of conceding over 80+ runs and can't pick up a single wicket, over a guy who clearly showed he was superior even In 2023.
There is nothing wrong in “complaining”. That is not even the point. You already know what the point is but you don’t want to address because you can’t.
Imad could have complained by simply stating that he deserves to play for Pakistan because of XYZ reasons and he didn’t deserve to be dropped. Had he done that, it wouldn’t have been a problem.
A lot of players complain about getting dropped. It is understandable. However, Imad decided to take a different route.
As an outcome of his inflated ego, he didn’t want to come across as needy and desperate. He didn’t want to give the impression that he is really eager to play for Pakistan.
Instead, he decided to take a different route and started criticizing Babar’s playing style even though he didn’t have a problem with the same playing style previously when he was playing with him and when he won the PSL because of that playing style.
Gullible fans fell for this appraisal of Babar’s performance as genuine criticism but those of us who can see beyond our nose could clearly tell that the reason and the agenda behind this criticism and could see through the act.
Imam ul haq complained immensely when he was dropped for shan masood.
Again, there is nothing wrong with complaining about getting dropped. It is perfectly okay. If Imam thinks that he is a better opener than Masood and deserves to play ahead of him, he has the right to complain.
Similarly, if Imad thinks he is better than Nawaz and deserves to play ahead of him, he has the right to be upset and complain.
Again - it is not about complaining. It is about what you are complaining about. Imam would come across as a blithering hypocrite if he praises Masood’s batting approach and then starts criticizing the same approach the minute he is dropped.
Imad’s problem is not Babar’s batting approach in T20s. His problem is that he was dropped from the team. He decided to peddle this narrative because he didn’t want to create the impression that he is desperate to play for Pakistan.
This is precisely why he did this retirement drama as well, he wants to give out the impression that he doesn’t care if he is picked or not, and gullible fans like yourself fell for it like nine pins.
The whole why he didn't complain doesn't make him look like a hypocrite. I'd complain and attack if someone removed me and replaced me for an inferior version. Why on earth would I cause I scene if I'm in the team and doing my own part? What babar does wouldn't be any of my business as I'm not a captain.
Idk why I'm even writing these essays, you're still ignore 99% of the things I say and delusionally make me repeat on ad nauseum to keep a delusion that you're arguments are still up for debate.
Just like the psl 2024, it's over mate, GG.
Once again, complaining and attacking someone doesn’t make you a hypocrite. What you complain about and what is your method of attack dictates whether you are hypocrite or not.
Imad wouldn’t have exposed himself as the toxic hypocrite that he is if his complaint centered around getting dropped from the team for a player that he deemed inferior.
He wouldn’t have exposed himself as the toxic hypocrite that he is if his mode of attack centered around the idea that Babar was unfair to him and there was an agenda to keep him out.
Instead, in order to massage his ego and give the impression that he is not desperate to play for Pakistan, he decided to attack Babar’s batting approach in T20s even though it was the same approach that Imad used to praise previously and it was the same approach that helped him win the PSL as captain.
Imad wasn’t wrong to complain, criticize or even attack Babar. He simply chose the wrong strategy and exposed himself as a hypocrite and he deserved to be criticized for it.
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