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Afridi gives key captaincy advice to Imad

Pakistan former captain Shahid Afridi, praised fellow Karachi Kings mate Imad Wasim, for the youngster captaincy in the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL).

Afridi joined Karachi Kings in PSL third edition, after his stint with Peshawar Zalmi in the previous two seasons. The veteran informed about his current working with Kings.

“Imad Wasim is a very good captain, he is leading the Karachi Kings franchise well. I advise him that you should make your own decisions, more often, as it is his learning curve.”

“The good thing about Imad is not emotional and seeks advice from senior players including myself, which is a sign of a leader as cricket is a team’s game,” said Afridi.

Regarding his future in cricket, the six hitting machine stated that he is playing out of love for his fans and foundation, and will continue to do so till he is fit. “I would continue to play league cricket, and will only quit if I deemed myself unfit for the game,”

The Karachi Kings would play their fourth game against Multan Sultans on March 2 in Sharjah.

https://www.brecorder.com/2018/02/28/401972/afridi-gives-key-captaincy-advice-to-imad/
 
Imad and Sarfaraz I think can become better VC, Captain for Pakistan if they resolve their issues. I feel Imad is a better thinker of the game than Sarfaraz. On the other hand, Sarfaraz is a better task master.
 
Yes, Afridi or any of the Akmal brothers should have been made captain.
Man, Captaincy to Misbah came when everything failed.

Malik -- Failed
Younis -- Failed but temperamental
Yousuf -- Failed
Afiridi -- Failed ( except for WC SF)
Butt -- caught
K Akmal -- dubious keeping ( did not deserve to be in the team )
S Akhtar -- was breathing his last days in cricket
Amir -- caught
Asif -- caught

In fact, at that time , there was no options left? So may be Ijaz Butt thought its time for a toss - up between Misbah and Ijaz Butt himself ( for being Pak captain ).

May be you have not watched matches all theses years, or you have watched only Bolein Kya beat hai, Game on hai, and other media talk shows.
 
Irfan Jnr Got the wicket of Luke Ronchi in his first over... Game is almost over though
 
Bowlers let him down today as did the selfish duo of Khurram Manzoor and Babar Azam.
 
Good reply to Ramiz at the presentation. It's a one off game so shouldn't be too worried. I like his captaincy. but a shame that his game is poor.
 
How many wickets has he taken and how many runs did he score so far in this tournament?
 
GrandMaster said:
How many wickets has he taken and how many runs did he score so far in this tournament?
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A captain who doesn’t merit a place in the team will never inspire his team. Even a mediocre captain who performs can overachieve with his side like Mathews.
 
Imad being exposed as a captain. Sarfaraz outclassed him today. Imad looked clueless today, opting to bowl first when his team doesn't have the batsmen to chase big totals. The experiment of sending Afridi to open backfired on him big time. Can't believe posters want this guy to captain the national team just because he can speak good english.
 
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imranrizvi85 said:
Imad being exposed as a captain. Sarfaraz outclassed him today. Imad looked clueless today, opting to bowl first when his team doesn't have the batsmen to chase big totals. The experiment of sending Afridi to open backfired on him big time. Can't believe posters want this guy to captain the national team just because he can speak good english.
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His English is hardly good. It's okay...I thought Imam spoke much better than this guy.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I am grateful for this moment of opportunity that completely flipped my life around and taught me to never give up.<a href="https://twitter.com/YounusK75?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@YounusK75</a>, Sir how did you play your ball?<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HarBallHaiOpportunity?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HarBallHaiOpportunity</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Uber_PKR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Uber_PKR</a> <a href="https://t.co/QzIO4eIBoN">pic.twitter.com/QzIO4eIBoN</a></p>— Imad Wasim (@simadwasim) <a href="https://twitter.com/simadwasim/status/1099602019139104768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 24, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Terrible.

Does anyone still want to hype his captaincy? A star studded line up for KK and he seems incapable of inspiring them. Add to that his questionable tactics on the field, like bowling Bopara to Malik and now bowling Munro to Asif Ali. What did he think would happen?!
 
More show than actual tactics. Absolute rubbish. Would much rather Babar have been given the captaincy to let him develop some leadership skills.
 
mak36 said:
Terrible.

Does anyone still want to hype his captaincy? A star studded line up for KK and he seems incapable of inspiring them. Add to that his questionable tactics on the field, like bowling Bopara to Malik and now bowling Munro to Asif Ali. What did he think would happen?!
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He is a PATHETIC captain. To me, he doesnt want to bowl under pressure. There was no need to give Munro an over at that time when rest of the bowlers were bowling fine. You dont want to give a bowler like munro to bowl against a batsman who is well set and can hit with ease against miltary medium bowlers.

Imad should have bowled that over.

What i feel, he does not want to bowl when team is under pressure and there is a batsman who he think can hit him. He doesnt have that much confidence in his abilities.
Last match against peshwar he didnt bowl in PP against Kamran, same thinkg happened against when Karachi played Islambad in their first game, he didnt start bowling against Ronchi.
Today he did and he contained Ronchi, he doesnt believe in his abilities.
 
sehsan said:
He is a PATHETIC captain. To me, he doesnt want to bowl under pressure. There was no need to give Munro an over at that time when rest of the bowlers were bowling fine. You dont want to give a bowler like munro to bowl against a batsman who is well set and can hit with ease against miltary medium bowlers.

Imad should have bowled that over.

What i feel, he does not want to bowl when team is under pressure and there is a batsman who he think can hit him. He doesnt have that much confidence in his abilities.
Last match against peshwar he didnt bowl in PP against Kamran, same thinkg happened against when Karachi played Islambad in their first game, he didnt start bowling against Ronchi.
Today he did and he contained Ronchi, he doesnt believe in his abilities.
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+ against Lahore Qalandars he didn't bowl single over of Umer Khan. He is a very ordinary captain with the defensive mindset.
When Shinwari got smashed by Asif, any captain would have bowled with his Frontline bowler in the next over to get rid of any of the 2 set batsman but he used Munro to save 4 overs of fast bowlers for the last & match was done & dusted there.
 
He’s not terrible but he’s ordinary.

If you want to know what terrible captaincy looks like, watch when Rizwan is captaining. Or Azhar Ali
 
His blunders cost Karachi the game today.

He might one day become a leader, but will always lack behind in the strategy area.

Sarfraz is still a lot better compared to him.
 
He was badly let down by senior players today:

Shinwari who had a brain-freeze when bowling
Rizwan who dropped a game-changing catch.
 
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Saj said:
He was badly let down by senior players today:

Shinwari who had a brain-freeze when bowling
Rizwan who dropped a game-changing catch.
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Shinwari don't have a brain, so question of brain freeze doesn't arises.

Imad is being criticized due to not bowling with the right bowler at right time, he should learn something from Morgan today, who could have used any fast bowler in the 48th over to contain Windies but preferred to get wickets & gave the over to Adil Rashid.
 
Picked a better team today.

He had more bowling options, 3 spinners including himself and the batting depth looked good too.
 
So threatened by Umer Khan he didn't let him bowl his whole quota (again).
 
mak36 said:
So threatened by Umer Khan he didn't let him bowl his whole quota (again).
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not just that didnt allow iftikhar to bowl his quota too. He could have got 1 more atleast when corey anderson was on the crease. He even had AB out, though I wouldnt say that AB struggles against off spin, but he should have given 1 more at the very least to Iftikhar, he was bowling beautifully

looked more of politics and less of captaincy. In international matches, he opens the bowling, in PSL rarely he has opened the bowling like this match and the one before I think, otherwise he would not
 
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So what's the take on Imad Wasim's captaincy after his team has been knocked out of the PSL. For me, he still has a long way to go as a captain. He was completely at sea today in all facets of the game. Batting, bowling and strategy all were no where to be seen from him today.
 
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Why did Imad Kept Babar at long on and long off ? That is not his natural fielding position and as a result Karachi lost.
 
shaaik said:
So what's the take on Imad Wasim's captaincy after his team has been knocked out of the PSL. For me, he still has a long way to go as a captain. He was completely at sea today in all facets of the game today. Batting, bowling and strategy all were no where to seen from him today.
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I don't think any captain can use Shinwari in the right way.
 
Greenstorm said:
Why did Imad Kept Babar at long on and long off ? That is not his natural fielding position and as a result Karachi lost.
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To be fair to Babar, he did catch brilliantly before dropping that Asif Ali catch and with it the game.
 
Badly let down by some of his senior players in the field and with the ball.
 
Not bad so far. The natural leader finally gets his chance and so far delivering the goods.
 
Impressive captaincy with all out attack paying dividends
 
Excellent candidate to replace Sarf post WC. Should have been captain from the first game of the series if it wasn't for 'seniority' culture.
 
Imad's leads by out in the middle - he's always been proactive and plays to win as evident from his batting and how he's leading the side today. I also feel he will get the best out of his bowling as well.

PCB ought to know it isn't too late to change captain if he can build on this until the end of the series.
 
Syed1 said:
Excellent candidate to replace Sarf post WC. Should have been captain from the first game of the series if it wasn't for 'seniority' culture.
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And he's improved a lot when it comes to his batting as well IMO.
 
I said he was a future captain years ago. Unless Sarf wins the WC he should be replaced by Imad.
 
He looks a compact ,busy cricketer with a cool mature head. What I like about him is his always be positive body language. He is a good all-rounder who can take challenge of bowling in powerplays. He looks a seriously good prospect to be a captain . Unfortunately, these qualities arent needed to be a Pakistan captain. You should have a fat belly, need to shout at your players often on the field, should speak poor English and lastly loose cool on the field easily to become a captain of Pakistan.
 
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Should have captained the team in this series instead of the motivational speaker Shoaib Malik.

PCB will argue there's no alternative to Sarfraz but how can there be when you don't groom the alternatives like Imad ?
 
PPers have already given their verdict because he kept a slip in the middle-overs, which appears to be the only measure of good ODI captaincy.
 
decent captain today, certainly better than Malik

I don't think Imad is a long term option though. Although his batting has improved a lot, he is still a #7 batsmen who averages 40+ with the ball.

He is a bits and pieces cricketer and with Shadab in the team, there likely won't be room for Imad in the WC playing 11 in Eng. And in future series in Aus, NZ, Saf as well
 
coy0607 said:
decent captain today, certainly better than Malik

I don't think Imad is a long term option though. Although his batting has improved a lot, he is still a #7 batsmen who averages 40+ with the ball.

He is a bits and pieces cricketer and with Shadab in the team, there likely won't be room for Imad in the WC playing 11 in Eng. And in future series in Aus, NZ, Saf as well
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He's the only aggressive batsman you have.

He makes the team on batting alone.
 
coy0607 said:
decent captain today, certainly better than Malik

I don't think Imad is a long term option though. Although his batting has improved a lot, he is still a #7 batsmen who averages 40+ with the ball.

He is a bits and pieces cricketer and with Shadab in the team, there likely won't be room for Imad in the WC playing 11 in Eng. And in future series in Aus, NZ, Saf as well
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He averages almost 50 with the bat!!!
 
Chokli said:
He's the only aggressive batsman you have.

He makes the team on batting alone.
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ar2020 said:
He averages almost 50 with the bat!!!
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hopefully you guys aren't serious. He has 600 ODI runs, the average is high because he has 13 not-outs in 27 innings.
Without the not-outs, he averages 24

I do like his aggressive hitting, the only hitter we have. But I don't think his hitting qualifies him for captaincy. If he can improve his bowling, even to prime Hafeez level, then he would be a strong candidate
 
coy0607 said:
hopefully you guys aren't serious. He has 600 ODI runs, the average is high because he has 13 not-outs in 27 innings.
Without the not-outs, he averages 24

I do like his aggressive hitting, the only hitter we have. But I don't think his hitting qualifies him for captaincy. If he can improve his bowling, even to prime Hafeez level, then he would be a strong candidate
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As if remaining not out when coming out to bat after the 40th over everytime is some child's play right? If that was the case then why didn't the likes of Afridi, Razzaq and Mahmood just gather not outs and average in the forties?
 
He should have come in before Saad today.

A huge mistake.
 
Saj said:
He should have come in before Saad today.

A huge mistake.
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He did the right thing, if we are really aiming to test the bench strength from this series.

I am sure Malik wouldn't have the guts to do the same, and instead would have come up earlier to bat
 
GreenKnightRises said:
He did the right thing, if we are really aiming to test the bench strength from this series.

I am sure Malik wouldn't have the guts to do the same, and instead would have come up earlier to bat
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Winning is more important than bench strength.

This defeat was nothing short of farcical.
 
Can he do it today or will it be another case of too near yet so far him today as well ..
 
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