Imran Khan vs Misbah-ul-Haq - Who is the better captain?

[corneredtiger85292]

What an absolutly embarrassing statement from the PCB chairman but then again its to be expected. When you become a slave of the Sharif family you've got to say idotic things like that to stay in the good books. Absolutly a political statement.

Misbah will always be remembered in positive light for his performances, his calming influence and for taking the helm after the spot fixing scandal but claiming he is a better captain the Imran is an absolute joke.

Imran is not just the finest captain Pakistan has ever produced, he is the finest captain the sub continent has ever produced and in my opinion also the finest captain of all time. He would certainly win most debates regarding who would captain an all time XI.

Misbah is a Pakistan legend and one of our cricket history's top 5 captains, Imran is a legend the world over and at worst, one of cricket history's top 3 captains ever

 

[Junaids]

People's voting pattern on this poll will be influenced by their political differences with Imran.


Purely on cricketing basis, there isn't even a competition between Imran and Misbah.

Not being Pakistani, I don't really understand what Imran's politics are.

But I know that he valued youth over "experience". He threw out Zaheer Abbas - and even his own cousin Majid Khan - when they were still far better batsmen than Younis or Misbah are at 43 years of age.

And he didn't go into matches with too few bowlers, especially too few quick bowlers.

And he didn't pack the legside instead of trying to get people out.

And he didn't score ultra-slowly unless the conditions dictated it.

 

[super hitter]

You just can't put out stats to judge who's better. pathetic it would be.

We are looking at two completely different era's so please don't judge by stats...

Pak became no.1 test team for just a few months and if it wasn't India (I guess India lost some test and otherwise they would've been at no.1) we won't have been to the first spot.

 

[Rafa]

Misbah took the Pakistan team to Number 1 Rankings..... What else needs to be said?

 

[Bilal7]

People's voting pattern on this poll will be influenced by their political differences with Imran.


Purely on cricketing basis, there isn't even a competition between Imran and Misbah.

This. Unfortunately, people are unable to put their biases aside and judge cricketers on their cricket.

Imran Khan is the greatest Asian test captain and cricketer.

After him fighting for the #2 spot in the captaincy table are Ganguly, Miandad, Misbah, etc while in the players' table are Sachin, Wasim and Murali.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Imran Khan for sure, he would be 500 times than Misbah in terms of captaincy.

 

[Mian]

Misbah took the Pakistan team to Number 1 Rankings..... What else needs to be said?

Imran did same in 1987 by taking team to number 1 and we had great windies playing at that time so that was some achievement. Under imran we also become number 1 in odi for the first and last time

 

[waleed88]

Winning a fluke world cup doesn't make someone a great captain... Specially when you need three attempts to win it

 

[waleed88]

Imran isn't even the second best captain, he is behind Miandad who has more wins in lesser games than Imran.

Imran actually made sure Miandad is ousted from captaincy so that he doesn't surpass his wins ratio in lesser games. (Miandad has alleged this himself in his book)

 

[waleed88]

Imran did same in 1987 by taking team to number 1 and we had great windies playing at that time so that was some achievement. Under imran we also become number 1 in odi for the first and last time

This is a team deprived of home Test matches with average players like Rahat Ali, Imran Khan jr, Ahmed Shehzad, Abdur Rehman winning you test matches against Australia, NZ, England respectively.. whereas Imran Khan Sr. had the luxury of home and world class cricketing squad, and an era where drawing a test match was a very common sight in test matches..

INfact the 5 test match series vs India had 4 draws....

 

[waleed88]

Correction : Miandad has the same number of wins as Imran in lesser games played..

 

[Square Drive]

The fact that there are 12 individuals in this world who believe Misbah > Imran as a captain makes me cringe so hard, that I really cannot even explain it.

 

[Abdullah719]

Winning a fluke world cup doesn't make someone a great captain... Specially when you need three attempts to win it

So not winning a World Cup is better than (what you claim it to be) a 'fluke' World Cup win?

 

[waleed88]

So not winning a World Cup is better than (what you claim it to be) a 'fluke' World Cup win?

All you need is a rain dance at the right time, and a few umpiring decisions in your favor

 

[MRSN]

All you need is a rain dance at the right time, and a few umpiring decisions in your favor

quite ironic coming from someone who can't stop bringing no.1 rank whenever Misbah is mentioned.

 

[Abdullah719]

All you need is a rain dance at the right time, and a few umpiring decisions in your favor

Yeah and a few flukes from Inzi, Miandad and Wasim.... all 'luck' and 'flukes'.

 

[waleed88]

quite ironic coming from someone who can't stop bringing no.1 rank whenever Misbah is mentioned.

Is the fact that Misbah who has 10 more victories than Imran in Test Matches a fluke too?

 

[waleed88]

Yeah and a few flukes from Inzi, Miandad and Wasim.... all 'luck' and 'flukes'.

Even Pakistan's own players have admitted they were lucky to qualify for the semis, except for Megalomania Khan, who tries to bring it in every conversation he has ever had to keep himself relevant for 25 years

 

[Abdullah719]

Even Pakistan's own players have admitted they were lucky to qualify for the semis, except for Megalomania Khan, who tries to bring it in every conversation he has ever had to keep himself relevant for 25 years

I don't believe in luck.

If Pakistan would ever get close to winning another World Cup then perhaps we as a nation would get over 92.

Sadly, it doesn't look like we'll be winning one soon.

 

[Syed1]

All you need is a rain dance at the right time, and a few umpiring decisions in your favor

Oh boy do I have some news for you...

Here it goes


Pakistan became number 1 side under Misbah due to rain in India​ vs Windies series.

Mind = blown


#checkmate

 

[waleed88]

Oh boy do I have some news for you...

Here it goes


Pakistan became number 1 side under Misbah due to rain in India​ vs Windies series.

Mind = blown


#checkmate

'Javed Miandad, reckoned he was out lbw. I know because I was the bowler and, as he later admitted, ‘Allah smiled on me’ that March day in Melbourne 23 years ago.
If umpire Steve Bucknor had raised his finger, or the Decision Review System had been invented, England would not still be searching for their first World Cup title at the 11th attempt.'


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cr...d-key-wicket-Derek-Pringle.html#ixzz4gJVSDWJH

 

[waleed88]

Atleast Misbah's achievements didn't have anything to do with umpires, or with luck.. the fact that he won 10 more Test Matches than Imran is a testament to that

 

[waleed88]

I don't believe in luck.

If Pakistan would ever get close to winning another World Cup then perhaps we as a nation would get over 92.

Sadly, it doesn't look like we'll be winning one soon.

Yes, which is why it makes sense to make Imran Prime Minister, because no one else could win a World Cup for Pakistan, and we are still reminiscing our time of 1992 WC win

 

[czar]

Even Pakistan's own players have admitted they were lucky to qualify for the semis, except for Megalomania Khan, who tries to bring it in every conversation he has ever had to keep himself relevant for 25 years

Yeah he keeps talks about the 1992 WC Non Stop everytime. It's like a broken record.

 

[Syed1]

'Javed Miandad, reckoned he was out lbw. I know because I was the bowler and, as he later admitted, ‘Allah smiled on me’ that March day in Melbourne 23 years ago.
If umpire Steve Bucknor had raised his finger, or the Decision Review System had been invented, England would not still be searching for their first World Cup title at the 11th attempt.'


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cr...d-key-wicket-Derek-Pringle.html#ixzz4gJVSDWJH

Coulda shoulda woulda... Can't change history mate.

IK WC wins = 1
Misbah WC wins = 0

 

[Abdullah719]

Yes, which is why it makes sense to make Imran Prime Minister, because no one else could win a World Cup for Pakistan, and we are still reminiscing our time of 1992 WC win

Kindly keep politics off this thread.

 

[waleed88]

The manner in which Pakistan won the world cup, a more professional team/captain would mention that 'they were fortunate to win it'. Australians would never pride themselves on this kind of stuff actually... they would be the first to say yea we got off lucky there

 

[last_knight]

Atleast Misbah's achievements didn't have anything to do with umpires, or with luck.. the fact that he won 10 more Test Matches than Imran is a testament to that

Who will lead if a team has both Misbah and IK ?

 

[pakistan cricket fan]

Imran khan is much better.

 

[moghul]

Who is better batsman, Viv Richard or our Shehzad ? Similarly , not many people on this forum have seen IK and his leadership as captain, but please don't compare Misbah with him.

It would be fare to compare Misbah with likes of Inzi, Salim Malik, Moeen, but please not with IK.

 

[waleed88]

Who is better batsman, Viv Richard or our Shehzad ? Similarly , not many people on this forum have seen IK and his leadership as captain, but please don't compare Misbah with him.

It would be fare to compare Misbah with likes of Inzi, Salim Malik, Moeen, but please not with IK.

Which is why Miandad tactically was a better captain? And always telling Imran what fields to set?