Future Pakistan Test captain after Sarfaraz Ahmed

[Destroyer88]

Here we go again. Just when someone starts performing, we want him to be the captain. How about letting him play for a while?

 

[Abdullah]

All I want is for him to be selected ahead of imam for the odis

 

[Suleiman]

How about leaving him alone?

 

[Ahson8]

People who are rubbishing the idea of Shan as captain ? Who exactly are the alternatives ?

 

[Junaids]

Here we go again. Just when someone starts performing, we want him to be the captain. How about letting him play for a while?

Because the current captain is unselectable and the rest of the team is composed of semi-educated halfwits whom you wouldn't leave in charge of a dog for half an hour.

Shan Masood always had all the attributes to be captain EXCEPT he wasn't a good enough batsman to be sure of his place in the team.

 

[Slim]

People who are rubbishing the idea of Shan as captain ? Who exactly are the alternatives ?

And on what basis Shan deserves captaincy?

 

[BreadPakoda]

Fakhar Zaman? How is he an option? lol

 

[Amjid Javed]

However captain is they need to be able to hold a place in the side 1st on merit alone.

 

[BreadPakoda]

Most exciting thing about Fakhar is his temperament and attitude; he's down-to-earth, a calm presence and knows how to handle pressure. With these virtues I'm confident he can make it in test cricket and these virtues also automatically clear the prerequisites for captaincy. Excited to see how he does in the upcoming years.

There's a strong chance that it will be between Fakhar or Babar and personally I would give it to Fakhar as he has exactly what your looking for in a captain.

Fakhar or Hasan.

Babar doesn't seem to possess any leadership skills.

Its fairly obvious that Fakhar zamaan should be the next captain.

His on field tactics and player selection policies in domestic tournaments were incredibly good. Consistently gave chances to youngsters and promoted young batsmen up the order. Most importantly he was able to keep nepotism far away from the team somehow.

Fakhar then Shadab.

Came here to post this.

Fakhar Zaman would be my next choice and we should groom shadab as well.

Fakhar Zaman. He has prior experience of successfully captaining at domestic level including the Pakistan Cup and is 28 years old so has the required "seniority" that PCB will want.

He seems a mentally tough chap so hopefully he can handle the added responsibility.

Fakhar and then Shadab.

Fakhar has the character and ability to handle pressure to succeed.

I would make FZ captain until he retires and groom Shadab to lead the team when he is 25-28.

I AGREE with most here. Fakhar is a fearless and selfless guy and would bethe ideal candidate.. He has a lot of the same qualities that Sarfaraz has displayed so far in terms of fearlessness and confidence. I think he will be the likely successor to Sarfaraz, given he keeps up his form and keeps his place in the team.

in mu opinion, atm Fakhar Zaman is the only captaincy material in the team

Fakhar if not yasir Shah.

And these are just few of the posts on the first page.

Babar, Fakhar, Shadab...

Hilarious names being presented. It’s about time this format and leadership is returned back to the educated elite of players. We need a captain/leader. Shan will do a great job

Thank God. Some sanity.

Ironically, the same Fakhar heralded as the new dawn seems totally out of favor after a few innings.

 

[Ahson8]

And on what basis Shan deserves captaincy?

Batting well
Hard worker
Great fitness
Good fielder
Speaks well (not that important but still)

Will definitely be an upgrade over Sarfraz

 

[Slim]

Batting well
Hard worker
Great fitness
Good fielder
Speaks well (not that important but still)

Will definitely be an upgrade over Sarfraz

His batting performance has only shown in this series. Isnt this too early to think that hes going to repeat such performances in future as well?

 

[Ahson8]

His batting performance has only shown in this series. Isnt this too early to think that hes going to repeat such performances in future as well?

Again, who are your alternatives ? Azhar looks done, Shafiq is mediocre, Haris gets injured every other series and Babar is too young- best to let him focus on batting, and besides he doesn’t seem the best tactician if U19 & A team results are any indication. Shan did decently as A team captain; unlike Rizwan you could see he knew what he was doing

 

[Arham_PakFan]

And these are just few of the posts on the first page.



Thank God. Some sanity.

Ironically, the same Fakhar heralded as the new dawn seems totally out of favor after a few innings.

'Some sanity'

Before the series, few would have wanted Shan in the XI, let alone captain.

Hindsight is great.

 

[topspin]

Shan Masood was always captaincy material and this is something that has been discussed in PP for a few years actually. The question was whether he would be good enough to make the team on merit. Now he's worked hard on him game and looks to be equipped to play both tests and ODIs. I'd keep Sarfraz in T20Is and make Fakhar vice captain of all formats.

 

[last_knight]

It's not uncommon to have a Fast Bowler as Test Captain. The list includes some big names.

Imran , Kapil Dev, Botham, Bob Willis, Wasim, Waqar, Heath Streak,
, Walsh, Pollock and Holder.

And spinners like Vettori, Kumble, Bedi have also captained their teams.

With PCT culture, where batsmen suppose the Captain to be highest scorer, it's more suitable to have a Bowling Captain for Tests. How many more 100/1 to 160/10 we need to realise it ?

Amir, Hasan and SSA will continue playing across all formats having more workload as compared to Abbas who will be playing Tests mainly and is not a bad option for Test Captain.

PCT had 3 Fast Bowler Captains during 90s. Another is long due. If not Amir, Abbas should be Test Captain.

 

[MMHS]

[MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION], leadership qualities? Here is proof for your petition.

Education helps in every aspect of life, more so in cricket which is extremely complex, tactical and slow burning game. Also, in most (every actually) other team games, it's the coach who masterminds the formation, strategy, tactics, substitution and timeouts - in cricket it's all about Captain once in the field, coach can send tips via 12th man, but still Captain has to understand that and communicate to his players.

Shan is a brilliant reader of the game - this one I wrote during his 125 against SRL; he knew exactly what YK was trying to do and achieve, played a perfect 2nd hand to that plan; even Babar would have made a silly mistake and left the kitchen half-cooked.

Latest article on his batting development actually suggests the guy is an extremely good reader of the game, and a keen listener - most of the PAK players won't even bother to read that. I am certain now - if PCB is to make best use of professional coaches in terms of game tactics and planning, they have to appoint someone who has the ability to absorb (education isn't a must, but ability to receive a tactical input is a personality trait - MSD left school at 9th grade ...).

Once more - Shan for Test Captain.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

And these are just few of the posts on the first page.



Thank God. Some sanity.

Ironically, the same Fakhar heralded as the new dawn seems totally out of favor after a few innings.

I'm gonna stick to my words because a) I don't tend to have knee-jerk reactions like you and b) Fakhar has a long career ahead of him. He will have time to work out his technique for test cricket and a few failures in a country (that is generally considered to be the toughest place to bat) will only serve as a foot-note a few year from now.

 

[Hasan123]

Education helps in every aspect of life, more so in cricket which is extremely complex, tactical and slow burning game. Also, in most (every actually) other team games, it's the coach who masterminds the formation, strategy, tactics, substitution and timeouts - in cricket it's all about Captain once in the field, coach can send tips via 12th man, but still Captain has to understand that and communicate to his players.

Shan is a brilliant reader of the game - this one I wrote during his 125 against SRL; he knew exactly what YK was trying to do and achieve, played a perfect 2nd hand to that plan; even Babar would have made a silly mistake and left the kitchen half-cooked.

Latest article on his batting development actually suggests the guy is an extremely good reader of the game, and a keen listener - most of the PAK players won't even bother to read that. I am certain now - if PCB is to make best use of professional coaches in terms of game tactics and planning, they have to appoint someone who has the ability to absorb (education isn't a must, but ability to receive a tactical input is a personality trait - MSD left school at 9th grade ...).

Once more - Shan for Test Captain.

Will the PCB make him captain?

 

[coy0607]

People who are rubbishing the idea of Shan as captain ? Who exactly are the alternatives ?

Thats not the right way of looking at things. The better questions is, what makes Shan a good candidate? His two 60-run innings?

 

[MMHS]

Will the PCB make him captain?

No. They'll make Asad Captain. When they'll make Shan Captain, he'll be declining fast and adopt a safer route to pamper few players and hold on to his chair. That'll be the case for every Captain appointed at closer to mid 30s than mid 20s. Decades long "experience" doesn't make anyone better Captain in cricket, rather it's personality trait and ability as a player that matters. If a Captain himself is shaky, he can't lead his team with conviction; therefore most better planned boards appoint Captains in their mid 20s and allow to stay for half a decade at least, with a deputy 5-6 years younger. Ponting was made deputy at 23, bypassing at least half a dozen greats ....... PCB does opposite - makes someone Captain into his 30s and appoint deputy older than the Captain - like after Azhar, now Asad is Sarfraz's deputy.

 

[MenInG]

Thats not the right way of looking at things. The better questions is, what makes Shan a good candidate? His two 60-run innings?

Also how many domestic sides (and how many times) has he captained? What experience does he have? Or does Pak National team provide on the job training?

 

[coy0607]

Also how many domestic sides (and how many times) has he captained? What experience does he have? Or does Pak National team provide on the job training?

Agreed. If there are no suitable candidates, I would rather leave Sarfraz as captain rather than experimenting with someone else who is unproven or unqualified.

Better to wait a year and appoint the right person, rather than make a change now then another change in a year and so forth...

 

[ayemgilani86]

Fakhar in ODIs, Just to make him earn it more Shan needs to score a few more runs in his next tests and then can make him captain

 

[Bouncer]

Education helps in every aspect of life, more so in cricket which is extremely complex, tactical and slow burning game. Also, in most (every actually) other team games, it's the coach who masterminds the formation, strategy, tactics, substitution and timeouts - in cricket it's all about Captain once in the field, coach can send tips via 12th man, but still Captain has to understand that and communicate to his players.

Shan is a brilliant reader of the game - this one I wrote during his 125 against SRL; he knew exactly what YK was trying to do and achieve, played a perfect 2nd hand to that plan; even Babar would have made a silly mistake and left the kitchen half-cooked.

Latest article on his batting development actually suggests the guy is an extremely good reader of the game, and a keen listener - most of the PAK players won't even bother to read that. I am certain now - if PCB is to make best use of professional coaches in terms of game tactics and planning, they have to appoint someone who has the ability to absorb (education isn't a must, but ability to receive a tactical input is a personality trait - MSD left school at 9th grade ...).

Once more - Shan for Test Captain.

Education helps in every aspect of life, more so in cricket which is extremely complex, tactical and slow burning game. Also, in most (every actually) other team games, it's the coach who masterminds the formation, strategy, tactics, substitution and timeouts - in cricket it's all about Captain once in the field, coach can send tips via 12th man, but still Captain has to understand that and communicate to his players.

Shan is a brilliant reader of the game - this one I wrote during his 125 against SRL; he knew exactly what YK was trying to do and achieve, played a perfect 2nd hand to that plan; even Babar would have made a silly mistake and left the kitchen half-cooked.

Latest article on his batting development actually suggests the guy is an extremely good reader of the game, and a keen listener - most of the PAK players won't even bother to read that. I am certain now - if PCB is to make best use of professional coaches in terms of game tactics and planning, they have to appoint someone who has the ability to absorb (education isn't a must, but ability to receive a tactical input is a personality trait - MSD left school at 9th grade ...).

Once more - Shan for Test Captain.

Brilliantly said.

I'd just add one more thing, Shan is also from Karachi so if a Karachi captain gets replaced by another Karachi Captain, he has less chance of becoming target of vicious Karachi Media Mafia and Ex cricketers from Karachi who are always taregtting a non karachi Captain or Coach.

So a good thing for Pak cricket.

 

[last_knight]

People who are rubbishing the idea of Shan as captain ? Who exactly are the alternatives ?

If Shan is being considered as next Captain, he should Captain Multan in PSL-4. That can be a litmus for PCB and Shan.

 

[hailian]

Shan masood takes my vote. Intelligent, hard working and and always fit.

 

[Bouncer]

If Shan is being considered as next Captain, he should Captain Multan in PSL-4. That can be a litmus for PCB and Shan.

So in short...if he does well for a frenchise in his 1st year under a new leadership in a T20 competition. That is what he needs to do to become Captain of the test team and if his Captaincy results for Multon in a T20 tournament are not getting Multan great results then he is NOT right person for captaining in Test? Brilliant

 

[topspin]

Brilliantly said.

I'd just add one more thing, Shan is also from Karachi so if a Karachi captain gets replaced by another Karachi Captain, he has less chance of becoming target of vicious Karachi Media Mafia and Ex cricketers from Karachi who are always taregtting a non karachi Captain or Coach.

So a good thing for Pak cricket.

It's a good point but unfortunately they wouldn't view him as a "true Karachite" rather a Kuwaiti born Pakistani with education in England.

 

[MMHS]

Brilliantly said.

I'd just add one more thing, Shan is also from Karachi so if a Karachi captain gets replaced by another Karachi Captain, he has less chance of becoming target of vicious Karachi Media Mafia and Ex cricketers from Karachi who are always taregtting a non karachi Captain or Coach.

So a good thing for Pak cricket.

I didn’t know that - his naming style suggests he is Punjabi, but not sure. Indeed it’ll be helpful if he is from Karachi - at least media (& Karachi based Buzurgs) won’t be able to do bakwas about provincial bias. Also, Shan is educated enough to dodge media bullets - when to keep mouth shut & when to counter attack with logic & examples. I don’t think that PAK’s sport journalism is intelligent enough to catch someone like Shan or Misbah off guard - there reach is up to Sarfraz & Afridi level.

Obviously one should expect PAK captain to have better stats, but Shan has just started (9 Tests in like 6 years before this series), therefore it’s unfair to judge him on past stats. Guy was poor and dropped for the right reason - now he has comeback as a much better player and performing; it’s almost like a new player. In last year or two, he has been scoring lots of runs in domestics and awarded rightly with a Test spot - averaging close to 48 since return.

His other traits are absolutely 10 out of 10. Posters like [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION] doesn’t change perceptions overnight and Shan managed to convince almost everyone here with his persona, commitment & intelligence. Only a handful of those are not joining my petition are actually Sarfraz Bhakts - can’t support anything that puts their boy at risk. Few weeks back they did oppose me regarding availability of a back up WKeeeper in whole of PAK out of 600+ FC cricketers, who can average 23 with bat and take regulation gathers - now, everyone is silent in that regard. Putting down Rizwan isn’t enough to cover for Sarfraz any more.

The amount of unconditional support PCB had given to Sarfraz on & off the field since appointment, if Shan (or any other regular player) is given that as Captain, I am sure he’ll do much better than a pathetic specialist captain, damn poor in the only purpose of his selection in XI. These are the favours PCB did to Sarfraz -

1. Compromise on fitness, which has lower their moral on fitness grounds - genuine hard working players will feel hard done by & they are using fitness card to drop deserving players when needed. I know that 18.2 YoYo story, but I have seen the guy suffering like asthma patients on 2nd run on my own eyes & he is a WK as well!!!!!
2. Allowing own players to surround him.
3. Not appointing any deputy for 2 years and they won’t have done so had PAK won the game against BD in Asia Cup (means PAK makes the final)
4. Not picking a backup WK for 2 years, neither picking a batsman who can keep in crisis - they put national team in great risk for series in ENG, NZ ... where you need at least 10-12 days to bring a replacement
5. Overlooking his shambolic media manners & on field antics, abuse to own players, that too selectively
6. Throwing own players under bus selectively
7. Poor individual performance as a player & most importantly
8. Absolute clueless captaincy despite being almost the chosen one specialist captain.

If Shan is made captain, instantly he’ll improve on 4 of these 8 points - 1, 3, 4, 5. PCB won’t pick only 2 openers in squad and you can use makeshift openers, but not make shift WKs. And, they’ll definitely appoint a deputy this time - no need to protect Shan here.

Point no. 2 is on PCB’s hand - stop your CS to deal a trade off for his nephew, no one’ll have own picks.

Point 6 almost certainly is covered - even if Shan throws some players under bus, he is smart enough to camouflage it by sugar coating the criticism; he’ll mince words with double meaning, but my hunch is guy won’t go to that route - he is brilliant on his media manners and can avoid leading questions.

No. 8 is well covered, I can say that right now; because the bench mark is Sarfraz; just like Sarfraz looked like Benaud when he replaced Azhar; you don’t need a genius to better Captain Sarfraz. Shan can count without using fingers - won’t goof-up bowling chart to underbowl his premier pacers in death overs; just one example.

Only left is No. 7 - I don’t think benchmark is that high again for Shan to fail. Sulman Butt was made Captain with similar Test stats & his stats as Captain is like tail-ender - Shan can definitely do better. Even if so, I’ll take Shan Masood every day as specialist Captain - he’ll at least put the cart behind horse.

 

[topspin]

I'm gonna stick to my words because a) I don't tend to have knee-jerk reactions like you and b) Fakhar has a long career ahead of him. He will have time to work out his technique for test cricket and a few failures in a country (that is generally considered to be the toughest place to bat) will only serve as a foot-note a few year from now.

Agreed. As usual on PP there's a lot of knee jerk reactions with Fakhar being the latest victim this time round.

He has the mental endurance and the drive to be a successful batsman - just needs a few tweaks in his technical deficiencies. The same posters wanting him dropped ought to be reminded that he looked very shaky in his first LOI matches 2 years ago (just prior to the CT) against the WI but was able to overcome those struggles and deliver on the big stage when it mattered. How many Pakistani batsman have performed in ICC knockout matches with clutch knocks in the last 20 years? Even some of the LOI greats such as Inzy, Saeed Anwar and co choked in the mid to late 90s and 2000s when the stakes were high.

In addition he is statistically the best opener in Pakistan - if we go by his impressive FC stats averaging in excess 40 at a dynamic strike rate of over 60.

Shan and Fakhar should be the front runners for the captaincy roles. I would have the former captaining the test side and the latter leading the LOIs.

I'm sure Shan Masood will seal a spot in the ODIs, so he could become all format captain if Fakhar fails in this regard.

 

[MMHS]

If Shan is being considered as next Captain, he should Captain Multan in PSL-4. That can be a litmus for PCB and Shan.

Doesn’t matter at all - Captaincy in T20 & other formats are totally different. You can follow PAK’s latest Captain in 3 formats for a sanity check. Also, MS is an individual entity from PCB - they can’t & shouldn't force MS to appoint their Captain.

Besides, I can confidently say that experience of captaining domestic sides has very little to do with how one is going to lead his side at highest level. It helps probably to explain better (for the people appointing the Captain) - why & how someone is “groomed” to Captaincy; but a decade of domestic Captaincy doesn’t ensure a good leader. Imran was made Captain at 29 without any prior experience as pro cricketer (led Oxford in his last year), neither Pataudi, who was made Captain at 21 years 77 days, after Contractor was hit (almost died) by a Griffith bouncer. Opposite spectrum is Sarfraz, who has been PCB’s Captain from probably U7 level

Just throw the right personality into deep waters - those who can, will learn to swim, those who can’t, will forget swimming being scared of the situation. Shan has the right persona, so has Amir (I am telling it again), but for Test, appointing a fast bowler, not so famous for endurance & fitness is risky - Amir should be made ODI & T20 Captain; Shan Test Captain. Don’t mind Babar to be deputy in both or FZ deputy of Amir in LOs.

 

[Abdullah719]

If Shan is being considered as next Captain, he should Captain Multan in PSL-4. That can be a litmus for PCB and Shan.

I believe Malik has been retained by MS as captain.

 

[last_knight]

Doesn’t matter at all - Captaincy in T20 & other formats are totally different. You can follow PAK’s latest Captain in 3 formats for a sanity check. Also, MS is an individual entity from PCB - they can’t & shouldn't force MS to appoint their Captain.

Besides, I can confidently say that experience of captaining domestic sides has very little to do with how one is going to lead his side at highest level. It helps probably to explain better (for the people appointing the Captain) - why & how someone is “groomed” to Captaincy; but a decade of domestic Captaincy doesn’t ensure a good leader. Imran was made Captain at 29 without any prior experience as pro cricketer (led Oxford in his last year), neither Pataudi, who was made Captain at 21 years 77 days, after Contractor was hit (almost died) by a Griffith bouncer. Opposite spectrum is Sarfraz, who has been PCB’s Captain from probably U7 level

Just throw the right personality into deep waters - those who can, will learn to swim, those who can’t, will forget swimming being scared of the situation. Shan has the right persona, so has Amir (I am telling it again), but for Test, appointing a fast bowler, not so famous for endurance & fitness is risky - Amir should be made ODI & T20 Captain; Shan Test Captain. Don’t mind Babar to be deputy in both or FZ deputy of Amir in LOs.

So in short...if he does well for a frenchise in his 1st year under a new leadership in a T20 competition. That is what he needs to do to become Captain of the test team and if his Captaincy results for Multon in a T20 tournament are not getting Multan great results then he is NOT right person for captaining in Test? Brilliant

No.I didn't say PSL comment for checking Shan's Captaincy Results.

 

[Pete Rose]

Our relative periods of stability have come under somewhat educated captains: imran, misbah (in tests, at least).
But, the problem is the same. Its just too easy to be considered for captaincy in pakistan. we have a new savior every tour. I like shan masood at least, he has a batting technique that's built for cricket. But he is yet to play out the full tour.
How many here will have sympathy if we crash out of the world cup under him (if he becomes odi captain, basis probably playing the odi series here) or if we lose to the next test opposition.

I think a lot of folks on the forum saw the issues with sarfaraz's batting, which would be his justification to hold a position in this team.
He cannot justify his place in odi or t20 (ok, maybe t20, since Pakistan is the only team that cares about it) and his test batting will be challenged.

there really are no easy answers.

 

[cricket_cfa]

Lambi race ka ghora
Can fight and fight and keep going the distance under pressure
Who can be this

 

[cricket_cfa]

Captaincy for longer periods may improve ability to lead under pressure
Sarfaraz can become a better captain if he works hard day night on his skills

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Agreed. As usual on PP there's a lot of knee jerk reactions with Fakhar being the latest victim this time round.

He has the mental endurance and the drive to be a successful batsman - just needs a few tweaks in his technical deficiencies. The same posters wanting him dropped ought to be reminded that he looked very shaky in his first LOI matches 2 years ago (just prior to the CT) against the WI but was able to overcome those struggles and deliver on the big stage when it mattered. How many Pakistani batsman have performed in ICC knockout matches with clutch knocks in the last 20 years? Even some of the LOI greats such as Inzy, Saeed Anwar and co choked in the mid to late 90s and 2000s when the stakes were high.

In addition he is statistically the best opener in Pakistan - if we go by his impressive FC stats averaging in excess 40 at a dynamic strike rate of over 60.

Shan and Fakhar should be the front runners for the captaincy roles. I would have the former captaining the test side and the latter leading the LOIs.

I'm sure Shan Masood will seal a spot in the ODIs, so he could become all format captain if Fakhar fails in this regard.

I would say even stats mean nothing in context to really judging a player. Look at Pujara he was statistically terrible outside Asia at the start of the year and ended the year by winning India a series in Australia. Even Shan Masood, had terrible record and his shoddy technique was sliced open by Anderson, Broad, Herath and now he's returned with a solid technique and a new sense of focus.

Point being you can never truly judge how far they are willing to go to improve themselves and its foolish to write someone like Fakhar off so early.

 

[gazza619]

I dont like the idea of one captain for all formats.

Lets have a separate captain for the mickey mouse T20s.

For example somebody like Shan Masood can be tried as a captain in ODIs and tests.

In T20s we can make Hasan Ali the captain.

 

[superman]

Shan masood, after 1 good series he was atrocious before this series and his previous selection reasons even more so. After 1 gd series and because he can speak english he is the leading contender despite only playing as harris was injured. Babar is actually the only automatic selection in all formats

 

[hadi123]

I dont like the idea of one captain for all formats.

Lets have a separate captain for the mickey mouse T20s.

For example somebody like Shan Masood can be tried as a captain in ODIs and tests.

In T20s we can make Hasan Ali the captain.

Leave Sarfaraz as skipper in T20I's. Don't fix something that isn't broke

 

[Mamoon]

Leave Sarfaraz as skipper in T20I's. Don't fix something that isn't broke

But it will eventually break. The T20 team is in a bubble right now, a bubble that will burst soon.

One T20 series with India today anywhere in the world will expose the true worth of this average T20 outfit. Similarly, a series with England would have similar repercussions.

Yes we beat them in 2016, but that was just one game.

At best, this team is a distant third in T20s after India and England.

However, it is obviously unrealistic to hope that Sarfraz will get sacked. At the end of the day, we are still number one regardless of how artificial and misleading the ranking is.

We will wait till the wheels come off like in the other formats to make a move. Nevertheless, I disagree with the notion of having different captains for ODIs and T20s.

In today’s era, your ODI and T20 squads should be pretty much identical with the exception of 1-2 players. If most of your T20 players are not cut for ODIs, you will not have a good ODI team and vice versa.

As a result, it makes no sense to have different captains when 90% of the personnel are the same.

 

[Markhor]

But it will eventually break. The T20 team is in a bubble right now, a bubble that will burst soon.

One T20 series with India today anywhere in the world will expose the true worth of this average T20 outfit. Similarly, a series with England would have similar repercussions.

Yes we beat them in 2016, but that was just one game.

At best, this team is a distant third in T20s after India and England.

However, it is obviously unrealistic to hope that Sarfraz will get sacked. At the end of the day, we are still number one regardless of how artificial and misleading the ranking is.

We will wait till the wheels come off like in the other formats to make a move. Nevertheless, I disagree with the notion of having different captains for ODIs and T20s.

In today’s era, your ODI and T20 squads should be pretty much identical with the exception of 1-2 players. If most of your T20 players are not cut for ODIs, you will not have a good ODI team and vice versa.

As a result, it makes no sense to have different captains when 90% of the personnel are the same.

Strongly agreed with this. There should only be one limited overs captain. Imad Wasim is an option, he captained his team to victory in the 2017 Pakistan Cup, and is a regular fixture in both ODIs and T20s.

Some will argue Sarfraz will be liberated without the Test captaincy and should stay on as ODI and T20 captain. True, the shorter the format and required attention span, the better a captain Sarfraz is - but his nonexistent performances with the bat means he doesn't even merit a place in the team.

Finding a Test captain is more difficult.

 

[hadi123]

But it will eventually break. The T20 team is in a bubble right now, a bubble that will burst soon.

One T20 series with India today anywhere in the world will expose the true worth of this average T20 outfit. Similarly, a series with England would have similar repercussions.

Yes we beat them in 2016, but that was just one game.

At best, this team is a distant third in T20s after India and England.

However, it is obviously unrealistic to hope that Sarfraz will get sacked. At the end of the day, we are still number one regardless of how artificial and misleading the ranking is.

We will wait till the wheels come off like in the other formats to make a move. Nevertheless, I disagree with the notion of having different captains for ODIs and T20s.

In today’s era, your ODI and T20 squads should be pretty much identical with the exception of 1-2 players. If most of your T20 players are not cut for ODIs, you will not have a good ODI team and vice versa.

As a result, it makes no sense to have different captains when 90% of the personnel are the same.

I agree with most of your points but even so, I don't think Sarfaraz is a problem for us in T20's anyway. It's just the fact we have too many accumulators and not many people capable of taking the game away like England have Buttler, India have Kohli etc, Sarfaraz is fine in T20I's, and even if we were to lose a few series, I doubt he'd be to blame.

 

[MMHS]

Sarfraz's only alibi in T20 is that, he can be hidden among 11 players, as 11 players are too many for 20 overs game. If top 5 bat well, then ahead of Sarfraz - Shadab, Imad, Hasan, Amir, even Shaheen can come and take a swing ...... if Top 5 make it 50-4, then Sarfraz can play within his limit and score a nice 25 of 23 balls, to make a match of it. In T20, WKs role is not much different from 1st baseman therefore he can remain as WK as well - won't cost much. 4 specialist bowlers, 4 batsmen and 2 all-rounders + specialist Captain is fine for T20I bilateral, where most of the time teams experiment with their squad; so Sarfraz can carry his No. 1 team to WC 2020 ...... PAK didn't make SF in last 2 T20 WCs, when other teams put their best possible squad, therefore Sarfraz's PAK can't do worse in 2020 WC, so there is a point of keeping him in charge and keep his Bhakts sober. However, still he'll have to carry his own load on field, and I am not confident in that regard in 18-19 months time.

 

[FreePalestine]

Predict next Pak test team captain

As of today, my best guess is Asad Shafiq..

 

[Slim]

LOL @ those voting for Shan Masood smh

 

[rhony]

I agree with most of your points but even so, I don't think Sarfaraz is a problem for us in T20's anyway. It's just the fact we have too many accumulators and not many people capable of taking the game away like England have Buttler, India have Kohli etc, Sarfaraz is fine in T20I's, and even if we were to lose a few series, I doubt he'd be to blame.

I think it should be the other way around. T20 is where teams experiment. Pak has a settled T20 side and it's perfect for Babar to get his feet wet. Sarf should be the ODI captain until he hands that over to Babar as well.

 

[Madplayer]

Who should be made captain of Pakistan team if Sarfaraz Ahmad is banned?

The question is simple and straight forward.

Some of the options :

ODIs and T20s:

1) Fakhar
2) Babar Azam
3) Shan Masood (just putting his name in there for the sake of argument and lack of options)
4) Malik
5) Hafeez
6) Imad waseem

Tests :

1) Babar
2) Shafiq
3) Shan Masood

Personally i at sixes and sevens thinking about who can lead the side.

 

[Pakhs]

Babar in all 3 formats

 

[Rana]

Imad Wasim ODI and T20

Shan Masood Test

 

[Rana]

Babar in all 3 formats

Nope, let him just bat.

 

[Shandarchowka]

Hafeez until world cup and Babar after that. I'm a firm believer that the captain should be someone who is the first name of team sheet and there's no one better than Babar for Pakistan. However, Babar is too crucial to gamble with just before the world cup so I will give it to experienced pro like Hafeez.

 

[Amirforpresident]

Imad Wasim ODI and T20

Shan Masood Test

Imad? The same guy that got dropped in the previous match?

 

[Madplayer]

I think its written in the stars that Malik will lead the side in world cup. Everything has fallen into place for him, its almost like the script of game of thrones. Incredible really if you think about it.

 

[PakPremi]

Hafeez until world cup and Babar after that. I'm a firm believer that the captain should be someone who is the first name of team sheet and there's no one better than Babar for Pakistan. However, Babar is too crucial to gamble with just before the world cup so I will give it to experienced pro like Hafeez.

Agree to all

 

[Mueez]

ODI and Test - Imam ul Haq
T20 - Imad Wasim

 

[Madplayer]

ODI and Test - Imam ul Haq
T20 - Imad Wasim

Imam ul haq? On what Basis?

 

[Pakhs]

Nope, let him just bat.

Batsmen only usually make good captain.

 

[Rana]

Imad? The same guy that got dropped in the previous match?

Why was he dropped? For that dud Talat??

 

[Mueez]

Imam ul haq? On what Basis?

Well let’s be honest until Inzimam is CS, Imam’s name will be the first on the sheet.

Imam is 23 years old and Pak should look to groom a young captain.

Imam has shown in the start of his career that he is gritty and puts prize on his wicket even though he isn’t the most talented out there.

The way he plays in the second innings in Tests, suggests that he isn’t a mental midget and can handle the pressure when the going gets tough.

 

[Amirforpresident]

Why was he dropped? For that dud Talat??

Why he was dropped? Probably because they wanted to strengthen the batting and felt Hussain Talat was the better batsmen between the two. Also Imad only has to play 2 games against each team for them to figure him out.