Is Sarfaraz Ahmed the new Shahid Afridi in pressure situations?

[Abdullah Rabbani]

Afridi is very good hitter but lacks consistency whatever the situation he try to play his shot he won matches for Pakistan but mostly we lose sarfraz is new shahid afridi playing in no7 like him today's inconsistent with bat one good inning in one series rest so poor,
In New Zealand vs Pakistan test series why the hell he played sweep shot and got out cheaply and pakistan lost match by just 4 runs and poor captaincy we whitewashed by Sri Lanka under him in uae lost by New Zealand 5:0 except CT he is so poor in batting and captaincy....

 

[Khan12]

Shahid Afridi was miles better test player then Mr loud mouth.

 

[Aman]

Afridi was more consistent (which is saying something) and a match winner on his day, it's insulting to compare the two.

 

[aukhan]

YES..he is our new Afridi.

To be fair Afridi had the potential of winning any match against any opposition from any hopeless situation. With Sarfraz you know its an aukaat say baahar wish.

 

[Abdul]

Sarfaraz is a thousand times worse.

 

[shariqnoor]

I'm one of Afridi's biggest ever critics but even I believe that Afridi was light years ahead of Sarfraz. Sarfraz is a very very ordinary captain. His captaincy is only suited to the T20 setup. He is nowhere near captaincy material in the ODIs and Tests arena.

Unless and until PCB and team management takes tough decisions, Pakistan will always remain clogged. You just have to see what England did in SL. They dropped Broad (400+ wickets) and Bairstow (50+ average recently) because they thought they were going to be useless in SL. Changed their approach to batting in Asian conditions and consciously made an effort to play at 3.5 RPO. Now they are on the verge of whitewashing SL. Ask this England team to now play in the UAE, and they will whitewash Sarfraz's team.

Misbah's captaincy is seriously underrated. He was a brilliant tactician, especially in the UAE. It's no wonder even the mighty South Africans couldn't beat us in the UAE. Sarfraz simply has to go. His batting is woeful and his captaincy isn't great either. But this seniority tag is unfortunately holy in Pakistan which will allow Sarfraz to remain at the helm.

Irrespective of what happens at the World Cup, we need an Aamer Sohail type purge in Pakistani cricket.

 

[Hedz]

Simply put, NO

 

[Kohli The King of Chase]

No, worse than him.

 

[YousafTheBeast]

No, he’s more like Misbah ul Haq

 

[RyanRyan10]

Afridi was atleast a match winner in Limited formats and even though he was Inconsistent,he was seen as some kind of threat for the opposition with his big hitting ability and he also improved as a bowler in later half of his career

Sarfaraz adds nothing to the team
Useless batsman,average keeper,an uninspiring captain

 

[MMHS]

Even at this age of 50, as a player Lala can keep Sarfraz in his pocket and then forget which pocket it is.....

People curse Afridi for prolonging career may be for 2 extra years (for rest 18, he did make PAK team on merit, and he left Test cricket because he felt that he wasn't helping Test team) - and Bhakths worship Sarfraz for 2 years of lime light!!!!!

 

[angrypathan]

Afridi could actually win you games from time to time

 

[Hasan123]

Afridi left the test team because he knew he wasn't good enough. He made the ODI team on merit unlike Breeley saab who will play well beyond his expirey date. Then his fans tell us he is selfless. )

 

[castortroy]

Let's not get ahead of ourselves. Afridi won us what 5 games in over 300 matches.

He was the ultimate bottler in these type of situations. He would have taken zero responsibility and skied the first or second deliver he faced

 

[Abdullah Rabbani]

Let's not get ahead of ourselves. Afridi won us what 5 games in over 300 matches.

He was the ultimate bottler in these type of situations. He would have taken zero responsibility and skied the first or second deliver he faced

And what sarfraz doing bro

 

[Madplayer]

An insult to Afridi's outrageous natural talent (albeit with lack of brains). Sarfaraz is a single double player at best who can only dream to win the kind of matches Afridi did. Normally you would expect a sarfaraz kind of player to be more consistent but the only thing that he shares with Afridi is inconsistency.

 

[the Great Khan]

he's just going through a bad patch..dont underestimate the responsibility on the shoulders of wicketkeeper captains..give him a chance for goodness sake..he's hardly captained in tests for us..

 

[Abdullah Rabbani]

he's just going through a bad patch..dont underestimate the responsibility on the shoulders of wicketkeeper captains..give him a chance for goodness sake..he's hardly captained in tests for us..

What patch dhoni , sangakara and mcullam are not wicketkeeper worst irresponsible guy after every loss he say we don't do this mistake again but he do back to back we whitewashed by poor srilanka team and by New Zealand by 5:0 worst captain worst cricketer

 

[the Great Khan]

What patch dhoni , sangakara and mcullam are not wicketkeeper worst irresponsible guy after every loss he say we don't do this mistake again but he do back to back we whitewashed by poor srilanka team and by New Zealand by 5:0 worst captain worst cricketer

so call dhoni and get him to cuptaan your side. what a ridiculous response. Dhoni had an all start batting lineup to fall back on and mcallum is highly overated. If he were so good he should have guided qalanders to the latter stages with a poor side..

 

[reversehook]

Afridi was always a bowler who could hit out, we tried to see him as a pure batsman who could bowl, or over hyped him.... Mr Kuptaan here is playing as a wk/batsman, and takes a batting spot, and never performs, stinks in t20's, odi's and tests... i doubt he walks into any other playing eleven with either of his roles or combined roles...

he is a loud speaker captain, unfortunately no one else is worthy of taking it from him, so no point brining on another immature or under cooked kuptaan...

 

[Abdullah Rabbani]

so call dhoni and get him to cuptaan your side. what a ridiculous response. Dhoni had an all start batting lineup to fall back on and mcallum is highly overated. If he were so good he should have guided qalanders to the latter stages with a poor side..

This is your answer why we are no7 don't compare t20 with test that mcaulam drew series with his double hundred in uae and whitewash you in New Zealand and dhoni save many matches what crap is sarfraz poor batsman poor wicketkeeper poor captain why he not select player on merit if he is captain?

 

[the Great Khan]

This is your answer why we are no7 don't compare t20 with test that mcaulam drew series with his double hundred in uae and whitewash you in New Zealand and dhoni save many matches what crap is sarfraz poor batsman poor wicketkeeper poor captain why he not select player on merit if he is captain?

Why are we number seven? what were you expecting? number 1? where were we when Misbah took over? we went up and down during his tenure too. Sarfi ahs just taken over and your already complaining? We are number seven for various reasons:

1) its a new team with new players
2) our batting is full of new players: fakhar,imam,haris,babar. Thats half our batting.
3) We have 1 , yes 1, world class middle order batter in our side in Azhar ali who is a little out of form.
4) we have a totally inexperienced bowling line up: Abbas, hasan,shadab, faheem, shaheen shah. even yasir.
5) we have a new captain who has never really captained us in tests before.
6) we do not play our cricket at home. So what you ask? well ask Marcus Trescothick what happens to players on the road all the time. Our players do not have any advantages. We begun from a disadvantage.
7) our domestic structure is a mess as a result of what happened in 2009 coupled with corruption and mismanagement.
10) we just lost two major batsmen who used to help shore up our middle order. Replacing them has been hard and shafiq has not been upto the mark.

shall I go on?

 

[srh]

Afridi is very good hitter but lacks consistency whatever the situation he try to play his shot he won matches for Pakistan but mostly we lose sarfraz is new shahid afridi playing in no7 like him today's inconsistent with bat one good inning in one series rest so poor,
In New Zealand vs Pakistan test series why the hell he played sweep shot and got out cheaply and pakistan lost match by just 4 runs and poor captaincy we whitewashed by Sri Lanka under him in uae lost by New Zealand 5:0 except CT he is so poor in batting and captaincy....

frankly its insulting to Afridi to be compared against Sarfraz; Afridi itna burra bhi nahin tha

 

[greatest]

Come on guys! Comparing Sarfraz with one of the legends of the game!

 

[Hawkeye]

I'm a Sarfraz critic, but honestly, Afridi was the epitome of inconsistency.

Sarfraz is bad but not as inconsistent.

Afridi was on a whole new level. 1 performance in 25 matches.

 

[MMHS]

I'm a Sarfraz critic, but honestly, Afridi was the epitome of inconsistency.

Sarfraz is bad but not as inconsistent.

Afridi was on a whole new level. 1 performance in 25 matches.

Afridi has probably 50 MoM in LO cricket, out of 450 games - that's one out of 9. You can't ignore him as a LO player. In fact, his Test stats are better than Sarfraz with bat, and he could have been a 6K run, 400 wicket Test all-rounder.

 

[topspin]

Afridi operated in a single mode and that was to slog. Whether there was pressure or no pressure he would bat the same way.

Sarfraz has crumbled and totally regressed as a batsman. If he genuinely is 31 (I have my doubts) I don't recall Afridi being this woeful with the bat at least he could play a useful cameo in LOIs. Sarfraz is just some Karachi street cricketer.

 

[Mamoon]

In his pomp, Afridi was among the better Limited Overs leg-spinners around, and any team would be privileged to have a good spinner who can also maintain 25/115 stats with the bat in ODIs and hit some lusty blows in T20s with taking any time to settle in.

Afridi came with a lot of baggage and prolonged his career which has clouded the judgement of many people. A very good Limited Overs player by any measure, who would make most teams in the world in his pomp. There was hardly much competition for him in the 2000s as far as spin-bowling all-rounders are concerned.

Sarfraz is an average player who does not bring any unique skills to the table. There are about 4-5 better wicket-keeper batsmen than him around which sums up his standing in the game today.

 

[Abdullah Rabbani]

Afridi operated in a single mode and that was to slog. Whether there was pressure or no pressure he would bat the same way.

Sarfraz has crumbled and totally regressed as a batsman. If he genuinely is 31 (I have my doubts) I don't recall Afridi being this woeful with the bat at least he could play a useful cameo in LOIs. Sarfraz is just some Karachi street cricketer.

True Sarfraz is stupid never learn anything make mistakes again and again