Is Anwar Ali the right replacement for Umar Akmal for Quetta Gladiators?

[SensiblePakFan]

Now that this has happened, should Q.G go for a like for like replacement or an allrounder?
Any immediate names from the draft?

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Need an explosive batsman no matter what. They don’t have too many others in the current squad.

 

[SensiblePakFan]

Hopefully its someone deserving of a spot.

 

[Abdullah719]

Umar Akmal was in the Gold category.

Players in the gold category who weren't picked:

Abid Ali
Asad Shafiq
Azhar Ali
Fawad Alam
Hammad Azam
Imran Farhat
Imran Nazir
Mukhtar Ahmed
Nauman Anwar
Saad Ali
Saad Nasim
Sahibzada Farhan
Sami Aslam
Shakeel Ansar
Sohaib Maqsood
Usman Salahuddin

Haris Sohail was in Diamond, so I guess he might be amongst the options.

QG have too many top-order options with Watson, Roy, Shehzad, Ahsan, Manzoor, etc. So they definitely need a middle-order batsman.

 

[Officer Barbrady]

Sohaib is the most logical choice though I wouldn’t mind seeing Haris sohail

 

[minamino]

It’s going to be Asad Shafiq

 

[Barragan]

There better be solid evidence, otherwise the pcb should be held accountable for doing something stupid before your most premier tournament.

 

[Rellu_Katta]

It’s going to be Asad Shafiq

it is and all bcz of pathatic racist mentality of QG ...

pick useless players based on their ethnicity ...

who in their right mind would pick likes of Tabish khan and khurram manzoor and azam khan ... such a waste..
i do hope tht Harris Sohail gets picked ... but given the boot sarfraz has from the national team, highly unlikely he will pick a current team player

 

[b.lesner]

Usama Balouch

 

[IAJ]

Umar Akmal was in the Gold category.

Players in the gold category who weren't picked:

Abid Ali
Asad Shafiq
Azhar Ali
Fawad Alam
Hammad Azam
Imran Farhat
Imran Nazir
Mukhtar Ahmed
Nauman Anwar
Saad Ali
Saad Nasim
Sahibzada Farhan
Sami Aslam
Shakeel Ansar
Sohaib Maqsood
Usman Salahuddin

Haris Sohail was in Diamond, so I guess he might be amongst the options.

QG have too many top-order options with Watson, Roy, Shehzad, Ahsan, Manzoor, etc. So they definitely need a middle-order batsman.

Isn’t Sohaib Maqsood in the Multan squad?

 

[SensiblePakFan]

Only see 2-3 reasonable players who replace akmal.

 

[Mobashir]

Saud Shakeel or Hammad Azam hopefully.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Sohaib, Saad, Azam and Farhan are good picks.

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

sadly no one from the list but I won't mind haris sohail.

 

[MenInG]

Anwar Ali replaces Umar Akmal in Quetta Gladiators squad

Karachi, 20 February 2020:

All-rounder Anwar Ali will replace Umar Akmal in the Quetta Gladiators’ line-up for the HBL Pakistan Super League 2020 following the event’s technical committee’s approval.

The technical committee is chaired by PCB Chief Executive Wasim Khan and it includes Bazid Khan, Marina Iqbal, Sameer Khosa and Dr Sohail Saleem.

The 32-year-old comes in as a Silver category player. He has turned out for Quetta Gladiators in all previous editions, scoring 191 runs and taking 23 wickets in 32 HBL PSL matches.

Quetta Gladiators, the defending champions, will begin their title defence tonight with the opening match of the fifth edition against two-time champion Islamabad United at the National Stadium, Karachi, at 9pm.

 

[SensiblePakFan]

Good thinking, forgot about him, and he was already in quetta before so he's familiar with the team ethos.
The important thing is he can bat.

 

[LordJames]

Anwar Ali is known quantity for QG and he knows the setup and can come in and quickly settle down.

 

[Rana]

It should have been Sohaib Maqsood

He was better than Umar Akmal even when they played International cricket together

 

[LordJames]

It should have been Sohaib Maqsood

He was better than Umar Akmal even when they played International cricket together

On form Anwar Ali is a better choice, on paper Anwar Ali is an "all rounder" but he is a clean hitter and can do equally as good as Umar Akmal based on recent form.

 

[Hawkeye]

Poor choice.

They're going to suffer.

 

[Asif321]

what a luck for Annu

 

[Titan24]

QG was lacking a local pace bowling all rounder especially considering that one of the emerging players is Aarish Ali who is an SLA and is gonna play most of the games. A local pace bowling all rounder was needed to open more combinations.

There werent many options other than Hamad Azam or him I guess.

 

[Angrez Pakistani]

He’s a good pick.

 

[MenInG]

poll added

 

[Titan24]

For QG’s combination its a good pick but as a fan we can be justifiably selfish to hope for a young batsmen. So not sure what to choose in the poll.

 

[Hawkeye]

For QG’s combination its a good pick but as a fan we can be justifiably selfish to hope for a young batsmen. So not sure what to choose in the poll.

Bro

He's definitely NOT a good pick. The epitome of mediocrity. Can't bat, can't bowl.

QG was already a poor team. Umar was their best batsman. They have the likes of Shafiq and Shehzad!

Now with Anwar, they're going to suffer even more.

 

[Titan24]

Bro

He's definitely NOT a good pick. The epitome of mediocrity. Can't bat, can't bowl.

QG was already a poor team. Umar was their best batsman. They have the likes of Shafiq and Shehzad!

Now with Anwar, they're going to suffer even more.

I guess they can try something like this:

Roy
Shehzad
Ahsan Ali
Watson
Sarfaraz (Wk) (C)
Cutting
Nawaz
Anwer
Aarish Ali
Fawad Ahmed/ Tymal Mills
Mohammad Hasnain

Naseem is probably not gonna play first two games as per instructions of PCB’s medical panel.

 

[Hawkeye]

I guess they cam try something like

Roy
Shehzad
Ahsan Ali
Watson
Sarfaraz (Wk) (C)
Cutting
Nawaz
Anwer
Aarish Ali
Fawad Ahmed/ Tymal Mills
Mohammad Hasnain

Naseem is probably not gonna play first two games as per instructions of PCB’s medical panel.

Yeah. A very weak team basically.

 

[Titan24]

Yeah. A very weak team basically.

This is what they had from the start with the exception of Umer Akmal being replaced by Anwer in the squad.