Is Sifarish acceptable in cricket or not?

[Major]

Networking is something that is promoted alot in Business studies. Researchers have started to accept that the best way to get a job is through networking, always building your network and you will land a job.

Now in Pakistan cricket, many talented players cant get into the system, while other talented players get into the system cause of their network.

Shan Masood got in cause of his father
Wahab Riaz got in cause of his father aswell
Azam khan same story
All the akmal brothers and Babar Azam had the advantage due to Kamran Akmal
Imam Ul haq got into domestic cricket due to his Uncle Inzamam.

Now, Shan Masood has done great in Domestic.Wahab Riaz has a good career. Akmal brothers have also served Pakistan well and Imam is doing good for now in international level.

so what kind of sifarish or till what level do you think it is acceptable in cricket?

 

[Khan12]

Misbah is a prime example. How on earth did he the job?

 

[Mamoon]

Sifarish is always acceptable as long as it promotes the right man for the right job. There is no such thing as meritocracy in the practical world. Even if you are competent and deserving, you will need contacts and networking to find your way.

People who think nepotism is a problem are naive, deluded and have no clue how things work in Pakistan.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

No. And anyone who defends it probably got a sifarish himself at some point in his life.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Networking is something that is promoted alot in Business studies. Researchers have started to accept that the best way to get a job is through networking, always building your network and you will land a job.

Now in Pakistan cricket, many talented players cant get into the system, while other talented players get into the system cause of their network.

Shan Masood got in cause of his father
Wahab Riaz got in cause of his father aswell
Azam khan same story
All the akmal brothers and Babar Azam had the advantage due to Kamran Akmal
Imam Ul haq got into domestic cricket due to his Uncle Inzamam.

Now, Shan Masood has done great in Domestic.Wahab Riaz has a good career. Akmal brothers have also served Pakistan well and Imam is doing good for now in international level.

so what kind of sifarish or till what level do you think it is acceptable in cricket?

You're wrong about Wahab. He got in due to his domestic performances and pace.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Networking is something that is promoted alot in Business studies. Researchers have started to accept that the best way to get a job is through networking, always building your network and you will land a job.

Now in Pakistan cricket, many talented players cant get into the system, while other talented players get into the system cause of their network.

Shan Masood got in cause of his father
Wahab Riaz got in cause of his father aswell
Azam khan same story
All the akmal brothers and Babar Azam had the advantage due to Kamran Akmal
Imam Ul haq got into domestic cricket due to his Uncle Inzamam.

Now, Shan Masood has done great in Domestic.Wahab Riaz has a good career. Akmal brothers have also served Pakistan well and Imam is doing good for now in international level.

so what kind of sifarish or till what level do you think it is acceptable in cricket?

All the examples given are wrong.

Babar Azam was part and parcel of the national since under 16.

Same goes for the Umar Akmal and Imam who were already in the under 19 circuit.

If a person chooses his fathers or any other relatives profession, doesn't implicate the player has Sifarish.

However if the same player is made to play in elite competitions without having any noticeable performance, that is Sifarish.

 

[Bewal Express]

Sifarish is always acceptable as long as it promotes the right man for the right job. There is no such thing as meritocracy in the practical world. Even if you are competent and deserving, you will need contacts and networking to find your way.

People who think nepotism is a problem are naive, deluded and have no clue how things work in Pakistan.

And how would you know that the right people are promoted? If these guys are so good surely they would rise to the top anyway and as you say they would be the best people for the job. Sifarish promotes cabals, which by their very nature are self serving!

 

[sweep_shot]

It is not acceptable but that's how it is in that part of region. I don't think you can eliminate it overnight but it can be reduced.

 

[Major]

No. And anyone who defends it probably got a sifarish himself at some point in his life.

sifarish is now being promoted in business studies courses aswell. Infact, the term networking is now used instead of sifarish

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

sifarish is now being promoted in business studies courses aswell. Infact, the term networking is now used instead of sifarish

That's somewhat different imo.

 

[sweep_shot]

Networking in cricket has no place. You should play cricket if you are qualified and not if you know someone.

 

[Gayle_Force]

sifarish is now being promoted in business studies courses aswell. Infact, the term networking is now used instead of sifarish

Lol networking and sifarish are not the same thing at all

 

[Glen Durrant fan]

You assume it is impossible for someone related to a past player to be talented enough. Sometimes coincidences happen and sometimes genetics just means multiple siblings etc have loads of talent.

 

[IAJ]

Well LindkedIn is the biggest sifarish-system in the World, if that is OK, no issues in cricket then.

 

[reversehook]

It doesnt matter to whom you are connected or who put you in the XI. What matters is once in, you better perform, if you dont then dont cry when someone calls you a loose leaf paper... fair enough me thinks.

 

[minamino]

You forgot about Malik, Hafeez and now Sarfraz. They got/might get into team due to their networking

 

[Minnowbasher]

I would not have a problem with it if it were a rare thing for the few odd.
In Pakistan unfortunately the only way to consistently play for Pakistan/domestic teams is sifarish.
Imo it's unfair and bringing the quality of our cricket down. We need a better system of meritocracy. Sadly that wont change anytime soon in Pakistan.

 

[shariqnoor]

You move to a new country. Nobody knows who you are, nobody knows your work experience, you are a complete foreigner to them. What do you expect? Jobs will be handed to you on a platter just because you scream "look at me, I'm an extraordinary talent". No. You network. You do coffee meet-ups. You try to get someone to vouch for you and land you an interview. That's how you break in to the system.

Cricket is not different. To move up the ranks, everybody needs someone to vouch for their ability and get into some club team firstly and then into the domestics. The problem is when somebody gives you a push in the corporate world and lands you a job, people conveniently call your efforts Networking which is not only acceptable but widely commended. But god forbid if somebody does that in the cricketing world, he is labelled a Parchi or ********.

Nepotism and Sifarish are not the same things. To an extent even nepotism can work if the guy is truly talented. What doesn't work definitely is the case of Junaid Zia who clearly had no talent whatsoever but got into the Pakistan team simply because of Tauqir Zia.

Imam-ul-Haq gets a lot of hate just because he's Inzi's nephew but the guy is talented and can bat. Better than 95% of openers in Pakistan at the moment. If he came in to the team via a sifarish, it's completely acceptable. He has the talent and the hard work to back it up.

People need to get rid of this notion that sifarish is inherently a bad thing. Everybody in this world needs a sifarish at some point in time.