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Injustice to Azhar Ali to drop him from the ODI squad!

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Most of us wanted to get rid of Azhar Ali as a captain or player but when you see failures like Shehzad, Kamran and Hafeez in the team it looks like Inzamam is unfair with him. How many simple catches dropped by Hafeez and Kamran and how many time both Hafeez and Shehzad played selfishly to loose match while chasing big total?
 
Inzi is only selecting players who were around when he himself was playing.
 
He brings no value to the ODI team , if some deadwood is selected doesnt mean we need more of it.
 
He's been hard done by.

Hafeez has been terrible with the bat recently, even in the PSL he only played that one good knock otherwise he looked lost. Depressing how he's been retained again.
 
Boi said:
He's been hard done by.

Hafeez has been terrible with the bat recently, even in the PSL he only played that one good knock otherwise he looked lost. Depressing how he's been retained again.
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Same with Shehzad and Kamraan both flopped spectacularly for major part of the tournament and just had one or two good performances.
 
TBF Shehzad has had a spectacular One day season in domestic , amassing over a thousand runs @ 100 SR and averaging 80 plus. Then he had a reatively good PSL as well , he deserved to be selected.
 
Value? At least he can stay on the field and never gets in trouble. Azhar has maxed out his potential, but at least he did that. Shehzad, Kami, etc. didn't even go that far.

Shehzad will do some 2 for 13 nonsense.
 
Injustice to drop Azhar. He has performed in ODIs and we forget that before he came into the XI pakistan struggled to score 240 in most matches at the world cup. We have gone backwards. Captaincy did affect his batting during the Aus series but it would have been worth seeing how he performed without the burden of captaincy.
 
Rightfully dropped, he does not belong in our limited over teams going forward.

The issue is more that Kamran and Hafeez are in the squad. Would rather take Azhar over both of those players combined right now.
 
Honestly, I'd take Azhar over anyone with the last name of Akmal.
 
I think it's he right decision.
Having said that: Malik? Hafeez? Shehzad? Akmal?
 
Tbh if you're going to have Shehzad there you might as well keep Azhar Ali too.

Both take yonks to up the run-rate, and when they do start batting quicker it's always too little too late.
 
JibranAnsari said:
TBF Shehzad has had a spectacular One day season in domestic , amassing over a thousand runs @ 100 SR and averaging 80 plus. Then he had a reatively good PSL as well , he deserved to be selected.
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Don't worry, now when he knows he is selected again, he will back to his normal "best" and playing his favourite shots, straight to fielders.
 
Azhar Ali was doing fine as an opener not sure why inzi dropped him and persisted with Hafeez. This is a clear injustice to Azhar Ali. His average of 38 is better than half of the team.
 
Not an ODI player. Good that he is dropped. Don't understand what people are thinking when they say he was doing fine in ODIs
 
pakistanigoneaussie said:
two wrongs dont make a right


Azhar Ali should never play in the green shirt again
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We beared Hafeez for 13 years, Younis Khan for 15 years and Asad Shafiq and Shahazad for 7 years. Now compare their averages with Azhar Ali and Azhar is above them all and by very far. He is a class batsman and thats the reason his stats are of a class batsman but once we started hating someone we hate him for life.
 
The likes of Kamran and Hafeez while pretty mediocre are twice the ODI batsman Azhar is
 
Actually, it's good for Azhar - had he dragged his ODI career, he could have faced the treatment of Taufique Umar. But, at least someone should ask Shahriar to explain, why his captains fail to qualify as squad member, once he is stripped off from Captaincy - this is probably 3rd or 4th instance in recent times.
 
Wanted to see how he does without the pressure and bruden of captaincy...

He was given a very tough task to establish himself as an ODI batsman and also captain the same time when he is not a captaincy material and he failed miserably but still he managed to do quite a decent job as an opening batsman...

if you are selecting shehzad, kamran and hafeez, then dropping azhar ali is an injustice...

Those who say no, think how many times did we see the scoreline 15/3 or 20/3 inside 10 overs with azhar ali as opener which is pretty usual with hafeez and shehzad opening...Now soon will be back those garbage days of losing 3 batsman inside the powerplay and losing 6 wickets for 125 inside 30 overs when shehzad kamran open and followed by hafeez (punter of pak)...
 
Most ODI centuries by a Pakistani captain, but he isn't good enough for the modern game. Also, he doesn't have the connections that the likes of Akmal, Shehzad and Hafeez has. Nice guy, but it isn't injustice to drop him.
 
Probably the best opener we ever had and he has been dropped. Pathetic stuff
 
From what I hear it was between him & Hafeez for a spot.

And honestly, I'd take Hafeez in ODIs (especially now that he can ball) over Azhar 9/10 times.
 
Its good for him , should concentrate on Test Matches , look to play Test till 40 years , and get to 10 K runs with 35 Hundreds :)
 
I'll put the final nail in the coffin to say that he's by far the worst captain in the history of Pak cricket. I don't want to see anyone justifying his captaincy, I was nearly about to stop watching cricket because of Azhar. Good thing we got Sarfraz now since he's actually captained at a young age and has had results.
 
I mean it's 50 50, another chance without captaincy could've happened and I'd be fine with it but he wasn't scoring so he can;t really complain.
 
maybe he should have got a go until the ct in england becuase u need a solid opener in england.
but in an ideal world only one batsman in the line up should be allowed to bide his time and anybody who is selected needs to know that that man is BABAR AZAM!
everybody else needs to get on with it.
 
Hardly injustice to drop him from the squad. He shouldn't have been on it in the first place and he shouldn't have been made captain -- which is where I believe is the issue. He is a great Test player who lacks the ability to play the modern game with aggressive shots and wasn't anywhere near the ODI team and is somehow made captain. He is great at Tests and he should just focus on that.

And to be honest, I can't really say Shehzad or K. Akmal deserve to be on the squad either (K Akmal definitely doesn't with his long poor track record) but at least Shehzad has shown glimpses of playing aggressively and the ability to dominate domestically and is still pretty young enough to improve upon his flaws whereas K Akmal, Azhar etc.. they are what they are at this point, which isn't anything good.
 
hailian said:
We beared Hafeez for 13 years, Younis Khan for 15 years and Asad Shafiq and Shahazad for 7 years. Now compare their averages with Azhar Ali and Azhar is above them all and by very far. He is a class batsman and thats the reason his stats are of a class batsman but once we started hating someone we hate him for life.
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nobody has hated on younis more than me, however that doesnt justify Azhar's performance.

He simply isnt cut out for modern day cricket, especially when we no longer have Sharjeel whoes explosive starts give Azhar more time.

Now i perfectly understand that shezhad has done worse then Azhar, im not exactly great with his recall but he does deserve it. More so we know Shezhad is capable of playing modern day cricket even if its once in a blue moon. Azhar doesnt have this ability
 
pakistanigoneaussie said:
nobody has hated on younis more than me, however that doesnt justify Azhar's performance.

He simply isnt cut out for modern day cricket, especially when we no longer have Sharjeel whoes explosive starts give Azhar more time.

Now i perfectly understand that shezhad has done worse then Azhar, im not exactly great with his recall but he does deserve it. More so we know Shezhad is capable of playing modern day cricket even if its once in a blue moon. Azhar doesnt have this ability
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I wish you and our nation knows Azhar Ali stats and your post clearly tells the story of our lives. Please do your due diligence and match Azhar Ali stats with not only Shahzad but with half of the batsman Inzi has selected. If Azhar is not a modern day cricketer how come his Strike Rate of 75 is better than Shahzad SR 72? Also since Azhar has become captain his strike rate got boosted to 80 as a captain, which is comparable to many teams main batsman these days. You guys has just assumed he is not a modern player because he doesnt have a flamboyance. Remember these stats are made up on performances not in air!
 
Apparently he scored a hundred in the practice game before the squad was announced as well? Got to feel sorry for him if that's true :))
 
I fail to understand why Azhar fans don't realize that he is not an LOI batsman. He has no strokeplay, can't hit boundaries, can't rotate the strike. He has no place in modern LOI game. He had his chances but couldn't capitalize. He should concentrate only on test cricket where he is very good.
 
Tbh .... Azhar Ali is a test player not an ODI caliber player .. He is made for dot balls .. We don't need Tuktuk players in limited over cricket in Pakistan .. Sayin it since Misbah era.. We want aggressive players who don't waste over or become Under pressure start playing Tuktuk ..
 
hailian said:
I wish you and our nation knows Azhar Ali stats and your post clearly tells the story of our lives. Please do your due diligence and match Azhar Ali stats with not only Shahzad but with half of the batsman Inzi has selected. If Azhar is not a modern day cricketer how come his Strike Rate of 75 is better than Shahzad SR 72? Also since Azhar has become captain his strike rate got boosted to 80 as a captain, which is comparable to many teams main batsman these days. You guys has just assumed he is not a modern player because he doesnt have a flamboyance. Remember these stats are made up on performances not in air!
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I suggest you do as you preach and look at the stats in detail.

Azhar Ali only strikes above 75 against WI, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe

This last year he averaged 24 at a strike rate of 75


Further his strike rate is a Misbah style strike rate ( though its worse than Misbah because he cant say he is doing due to collapse) and doesn't tell the whole picture. Its not Like Azhar plays his innings consistently at a strike above 70. Most of the time he is hovering in the high 50s, and its his ugly slogging that gets him to 70 - 80.

Before that he is putting undue pressure on his partners, which would have been exemplified now because he doesn't have sharjeel to hide behind.

Now you raise a perfectly legitimate point that Shehzad has been worse in every aspect when you look at his career in totality. I don't agree with his selection, but he has one thing over Azhar - He can play fast innings, even if its once in a blue moon, he has the capability while Azhar does not.

Now i fully expect Shezhad to fail, but if he fails it will be for the same reasons as Azhar, and hence both should be out. However given his domestic season and whats happened with Sharjeel, i see why the selectors have gone back to shehzad.
 
I think we will see him back in greens after champions trophy ..never say never in pakistan cricket.

LOL who would have thought that hafeez would be back.
 
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