Is it time to announce Salman Ali Agha as the ODI captain?

[Energy]

One mistake he has made is not coming to bat up the order at 4, or even 3. Instead hanging behind Saim, Haris, and then batting like a chicken.

His captaincy is an upgrade on Babar in general, but that's not saying much if you cannot do your main role.

Agha's runs with the bat in ODIs and tests are very important and if he's going to compromise that over captaincy then we don't need that.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Hesson had to hand hold him for the best part of the match from what i saw. There were frequent message sent from dug out to Salman as he looked rattled

 

[Caved12]

A garbage T20 batter, an even worse captain, and nothing more than a passenger in the team, he likely cost us the Asia Cup with his clueless batting and poor leadership. Today was no different. Not saving an over from Shaheen for the death was a massive tactical blunder. And benching Nawaz after just one over, despite spin working well? Unbelievable. Nawaz could’ve easily bowled 3, maybe even 4 overs, which would’ve freed up Shaheen to bowl the final overs when we needed him most.

He never looks confident while making decisions, and his body language on the field is anything but commanding. For someone leading a national side, he inspires zero confidence, either with the bat or as a leader.

 

[shah_1]

Fakhar should be the captain in T20s

This joker should never play for Pakistan again in this format. Hassan

 

[shah9425]

A garbage T20 batter, an even worse captain, and nothing more than a passenger in the team, he likely cost us the Asia Cup with his clueless batting and poor leadership. Today was no different. Not saving an over from Shaheen for the death was a massive tactical blunder. And benching Nawaz after just one over, despite spin working well? Unbelievable. Nawaz could’ve easily bowled 3, maybe even 4 overs, which would’ve freed up Shaheen to bowl the final overs when we needed him most.

He never looks confident while making decisions, and his body language on the field is anything but commanding. For someone leading a national side, he inspires zero confidence, either with the bat or as a leader.

He only show his chewing gum skills on tv

 

[hur rizvi]

There is no place for Agha in modern t20 cricket

 

[jnaveen1980]

A garbage T20 batter, an even worse captain, and nothing more than a passenger in the team, he likely cost us the Asia Cup with his clueless batting and poor leadership. Today was no different. Not saving an over from Shaheen for the death was a massive tactical blunder. And benching Nawaz after just one over, despite spin working well? Unbelievable. Nawaz could’ve easily bowled 3, maybe even 4 overs, which would’ve freed up Shaheen to bowl the final overs when we needed him most.

He never looks confident while making decisions, and his body language on the field is anything but commanding. For someone leading a national side, he inspires zero confidence, either with the bat or as a leader.

I believe T20 captaincy requires a bit of experience in different situations. Is he a good player or good captain in domestic T20? If not there is no logic in blindly appointing him as captain. A guy like MSD would have completely put a choke hold when the team is 20/3. India doesn't even have Kohli. All inexperienced youngsters. Less experienced than Saim Ayub.

 

[Ali Active]

Poor cricketer should nowhere be near pakistan team
shaheen should he odi and t20 captain

 

[Marooned]

Pathetic captaincy today to break the rhythm of Abrar saim when they had India locked down.

Clown with the bat too. He isn't cut out for t20s. If he's striking at 117 in domestic what chance does he have in international cricket?

 

[cricfan432]

Whose decision was it to bowl rauf, youve to sometimes be little unorthodox, nonetheless aggressive captain with modern mindset, he will learn with time.

 

[Caved12]

I believe T20 captaincy requires a bit of experience in different situations. Is he a good player or good captain in domestic T20? If not there is no logic in blindly appointing him as captain. A guy like MSD would have completely put a choke hold when the team is 20/3. India doesn't even have Kohli. All inexperienced youngsters. Less experienced than Saim Ayub.

When India were 20/3, something else happened too, Salman completely became a dummy captain. From that point on, every decision seemed to come from the dressing room, likely from coach Hesson. You can't play cricket like that. A captain needs to think on his feet and make decisions based on what he sees and feels in the moment, especially by reading his bowlers' body language and understanding the situation on the field. When decisions are fed from the outside, the captain loses his instinct, his flow, and his ability to react to the game as it's unfolding in front of him.

 

[Rana]

There is no place for Agha in modern t20 cricket

You do realise the people who hate on him want him replaced with Babar and Rizwan?

 

[hur rizvi]

You do realise the people who hate on him want him replaced with Babar and Rizwan?

Babar would be a massive upgrade over Salman.

Rizwan I agree is terrible for t20s

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

You do realise the people who hate on him want him replaced with Babar and Rizwan?

you have made it about Rizwan and Babar. Your response to Agha's dismissal performance is Rizwan and Babar. You do not want to have meaningful discussion about Agha's failure as t20 player

 

[introvert]

Should be given captaincy for ODIs as no other option available. But He doesn't belong in t20 cricket.

 

[Mamoon]

Babar would be a massive upgrade over Salman.

Rizwan I agree is terrible for t20s

Rizwan merits a place over Haris and any WK in Pakistan in all formats. You don’t have his replacement yet.

 

[hur rizvi]

Rizwan merits a place over Haris and any WK in Pakistan in all formats. You don’t have his replacement yet.

No. Rizwan has to replace Farhan or Fakhar, he’s not capable of batting out of top 3

 

[hur rizvi]

Rizwan merits a place over Haris and any WK in Pakistan in all formats. You don’t have his replacement yet.

I wouldn’t mind considering Farhan as a part time keeper either but Rizwan doesn’t fit if he can’t bat in top 3

 

[Hyder]

I wouldn’t mind considering Farhan as a part time keeper either but Rizwan doesn’t fit if he can’t bat in top 3

And hussain talat and agha fits at 5 and 6?

 

[hur rizvi]

And hussain talat and agha fits at 5 and 6?

both don’t merit a place in t20s.

I would take babar for Agha and Hasan Nawaz for talat

 

[shamaan]

Shaheen should be made captain.
Agha captaincy was very poor today.
Agha,Hussain Talat both should be dropped alongside Rauf.

 

[heddie19]

BABAR AZAM IS COMING.

 

[hur rizvi]

Shaheen should be made captain.
Agha captaincy was very poor today.
Agha,Hussain Talat both should be dropped alongside Rauf.

Shaheen is the only one who deserves his spot despite his decline so yes I agree with this.

 

[shamaan]

Shaheen is the only one who deserves his spot despite his decline so yes I agree with this.

Shadab might come back and take the captaincy proberly 50/50 between the two.

 

[Boyka]

We have a good coach but not sure about the captain. What is going on with the batting order? So much tinkering and not playing batsmen to their strengths. Saim at three, no Hassan Nawaz, M Nawaz not being promoted.

Don’t know if this weird batting lineup is on the captain or coach.

Very bad. Talat and Ashraf are just PMLN picks.

 

[heddie19]

Did pretty well.

One or two poor decisions

Overall, excellent captaincy

Yeh standard ho gya hai ab "excellemce" ka. Lanat of the highest order.

 

[heddie19]

You do realise the people who hate on him want him replaced with Babar and Rizwan?

They are coming back. Start counting bachay!

 

[heddie19]

We have a good coach but not sure about the captain. What is going on with the batting order? So much tinkering and not playing batsmen to their strengths. Saim at three, no Hassan Nawaz, M Nawaz not being promoted.

Don’t know if this weird batting lineup is on the captain or coach.

Very bad. Talat and Ashraf are just PMLN picks.

Tala too? It was obvious for Fahim and Haris.

 

[pillionrider]

Shaheen is the only one who deserves his spot despite his decline so yes I agree with this.

Not a Shaheen fan, but there is no way Agha can seriously command any more respect in that team. Subcontinent teams need a star player to be captain. Shaheen is a star.

 

[hur rizvi]

Not a Shaheen fan, but there is no way Agha can seriously command any more respect in that team. Subcontinent teams need a star player to be captain. Shaheen is a star.

Agha has no place in t20s. If we need someone for that accumulator role ho with babar at4

 

[BreadPakoda]

Shaheen is the answer. Should have never taken away captaincy from him.

 

[SportsWarrior]

In four decades of watching Pakistan cricket, he is probably the worst performing captain. He looks clueless, his individual performances is laughably bad, has a personality of a rock, poor communication skills, absolute lack of skills in white ball cricket, and I probably could go on. It is a joke that a player like that has a place in a team like Pakistan a d he is also their captain. Get rid of this joker, make Shaheen captain

 

[Nabeel23]

He isn’t suited to T20s, he just doesn’t have the game for it. He should concentrate on ODIs and Tests and make space for someone else.

 

[jnaveen1980]

In four decades of watching Pakistan cricket, he is probably the worst performing captain. He looks clueless, his individual performances is laughably bad, has a personality of a rock, poor communication skills, absolute lack of skills in white ball cricket, and I probably could go on. It is a joke that a player like that has a place in a team like Pakistan a d he is also their captain. Get rid of this joker, make Shaheen captain

First 3 wickets Pakistan got were Indians committing harakiri than him doing anything.

 

[pillionrider]

In four decades of watching Pakistan cricket, he is probably the worst performing captain. He looks clueless, his individual performances is laughably bad, has a personality of a rock, poor communication skills, absolute lack of skills in white ball cricket, and I probably could go on. It is a joke that a player like that has a place in a team like Pakistan a d he is also their captain. Get rid of this joker, make Shaheen captain

The most mediocre player to ever captain Pakistan. I thought maybe he had some captaincy genius to justify it but he made some of the stupidest choices with his bowling changes. Left Saim and Nawaz with overs to spare, took off his spinners when India were on the brink of being forced to do something rash and brought Rauf who looked tense from ball 1.

 

[pillionrider]

First 3 wickets Pakistan got were Indians committing harakiri than him doing anything.

harakiri because of the pressure their no-handshake and Surya's big mouth had brought on. If the two teams were friendly, this match would've been over before the 15th over.

 

[SportsWarrior]

harakiri because of the pressure their no-handshake and Surya's big mouth had brought on. If the two teams were friendly, this match would've been over before the 15th over.

Absolutely unnecessary drama by the captain. I had lots of respect for Surya, but he has been a joke in this tournament

 

[pillionrider]

Absolutely unnecessary drama by the captain. I had lots of respect for Surya, but he has been a joke in this tournament

Yeah I was a big fan of his when I used to follow the IPL religiously over a decade back and he was with KKR. Reminded me of KP, his style then, when he used to come at7 think. Even today he appealed for an obstructing the ball when the Pak batsmen had opted not to take a run off the deflection. Hope he learns his lesson quietly because he was most likely pressured into doing this by some political powers.

 

[SportsWarrior]

Yeah I was a big fan of his when I used to follow the IPL religiously over a decade back and he was with KKR. Reminded me of KP, his style then, when he used to come at7 think. Even today he appealed for an obstructing the ball when the Pak batsmen had opted not to take a run off the deflection. Hope he learns his lesson quietly because he was most likely pressured into doing this by some political powers.

Mostly pressured yes. But overall due to his recent poor performances he wouldn’t have the will to push back

 

[Savak]

He totally flopped in this Asia Cup. He did not look international quality at all this series. I fear his purple patch is over. The amount of abuse and trolling he is receiving on social media, i doubt he will be the same player. His form in Test Cricket and ODI Cricket could potentially nosedive as well. He should resign from the T-20 captaincy before the PCB puts him out of his misery.

 

[hks222]

I hope this flavor of month is over with him.

He is a very limited player.

 

[khyberlion]

He totally flopped in this Asia Cup. He did not look international quality at all this series. I fear his purple patch is over. The amount of abuse and trolling he is receiving on social media, i doubt he will be the same player. His form in Test Cricket and ODI Cricket could potentially nosedive as well. He should resign from the T-20 captaincy before the PCB puts him out of his misery.

He was always punching above his weight. I suspect that is about to come to an end.

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

First 3 wickets Pakistan got were Indians committing harakiri than him doing anything.

9 wickets india got after 113/1 were mostly same harakiri by Pak batters than Indian bowlers doing anything. All of them trying to smash it out of ground From ball 1 ..start with Saim Ayub til last wicket of Nawaz

 

[jnaveen1980]

9 wickets india got after 113/1 were mostly same harakiri by Pak batters than Indian bowlers doing anything. All of them trying to smash it out of ground From ball 1 ..start with Saim Ayub til last wicket of Nawaz

I am pointing out how India's collapse on their own is attributed to Salman's captaincy. HE did nothing there. Imagine someone saying SKY caused that Pakistan collapse. Pakistan did it on its own.