All this talk about Fawad's technique is getting old. Katich is not technically perfect and neither is Chanderpaul. Virender Sehwag was until very recently, the world number one batsman and he is still there abouts. Hashim Amla is the world number one odi batsman. Now what does it tell you about technique if the world number 1 batsmen in both forms of the game are a slap on the face of technique? It doesn't tell you technique isn't important, but that technique isn't even a small barrier to success.
Now before I get a barrage of comments saying how dare I compare great players to Fawad Alam, allow me to say this - Virender Sehwag and Hashim Amla weren't born great. In fact Hashim Amla in particular received THE EXACT type of criticism that you guys are putting on Fawad. They used to say he'll never play international cricket with that back-lift. However, Hashim performed consistently in domestic cricket and with that in mind, the South African selectors decided to persist with him. Now all those so called 'experts' are hiding in their shells. Even on the world's flattest pitches, you don't average 55 if you don't know how to bat. Fawad's technique is obviously something which has worked for him. So what if the textbook doesn't teach you to bat like that - if the Indians and the South Africans gave as much importance to the textbook as Pakistan, then the world would have been deprived of two great players.
Fawad did the most he could possibly have been asked to do as a test debutant - opening the batting when he's never done it before AND scoring one of the highest test debut scores ever. May I remind you that Fawad's score in his first ever test was only about 20 runs shy of Jacques Kaliis's all time highest score. People regularly dismiss this as some sort of average achievement because of the flat pitch, but to be honest with you, I didn't really see a single one of the 'established' batsmen even get close to Fawad's score in the entire series.
Only and only in Pakistan would a player who made 170 odd runs on debut against a quality opposition get dropped after a couple more games. It is frankly ridiculous to suggest that the 2 games after his debut were a clear indication of his ability because you can't judge something like that on 2 tests. Fawad Alam may not turn out to be the next great batsman for Pakistan. In the same way, Azhar Ali may not either, and maybe not even Asad Shafiq. The point is however that you're only ever going to truly find out if you let them play. If you're prepared to give Imran Farhat 40 odd test matches when he honestly can't hold a bat, then at least give the guy an opportunity of just 10 tests. If he doesn't perform then you have a point, but to stand here and assert he won't perform on the back of no evidence whatsoever is just totally unfair on the lad.
Sallu Bhai of future - he is 
