Leadership counselling for Pakistan captains

[Ali_Pakistan]

Here I have an idea for PCB to groom future captains for the national team. How about if PCB arranges a specific course for the future captains. It might be a month long . Captain should be groomed and must be taught some basic principles of leadership and how can leaders control the team and utilize the present resources. Some things like making tactics and implementing different plans should be taught to the future captains. Teach them how to react in different situations and not be in a panic mode in difficult situations.
All these things about leadership should be taught to the players. Teachers must be some well qualified professor and a psychiatrist.
Thoughts guys ?

 

[UP]

Yes, that might be a good idea since we are dealing with a real paindu captain.

 

[Ali_Pakistan]

Yes, that might be a good idea since we are dealing with a real paindu captain.

I am not talking only about present captains. Future captains should also be groomed and taught about the basic necessities of leadership.

 

[khan_aa]

This paindoo captain did what wasim, waqar, afridi, Younis, Inzamam, misbah and many others could not do. TWICE. He beat India in U19WC 2006, and then CT 2017

He was far less talented than any of the above legends.

Reason: his team respects him and responds to him.

See for instance, when he was banned for 4 games in south africa, the team fell apart under shoaib.

No one is capable or worthy of leading pakistan at this time.

 

[moghul]

I hate when he screams at some juniors in the field by calling them "beta" its insulting.

 

[Sunny_majoka]

Thid is actually good idea.
Pakistan hasn't produced a leader since imran khan..
These things should be educated through club level

 

[FastBowlingAllrounder]

I hate when he screams at some juniors in the field by calling them "beta" its insulting.

I guess it's how he controls the youngsters. And anyway it's up to them to decide if it's insulting.

 

[Ali_Pakistan]

This paindoo captain did what wasim, waqar, afridi, Younis, Inzamam, misbah and many others could not do. TWICE. He beat India in U19WC 2006, and then CT 2017

He was far less talented than any of the above legends.

Reason: his team respects him and responds to him.

See for instance, when he was banned for 4 games in south africa, the team fell apart under shoaib.

No one is capable or worthy of leading pakistan at this time.

Well this post is not about the present captain's credentials. It is about how we can groom our future captains and how can they become better leaders. If we start grooming them from a young age then it can work well for Pakistan cricket.

 

[khan_aa]

This post is about a lot of things, if you read the entire posts carefully.

 

[Suleiman]

Aww man a lot of people will jump to some common conclusion after reading the title alone. Actual post is not a bad idea, but there's so many other basic principles PCB needs to do with regards to developing and nurturing actual bowling, batting and wk talent that this will be down the list. A captain who is a zero in the aforementioned facets is no captain at all, current national captain case in point.

 

[zn426]

He uses the danda approach (yelling and screaming really) but sometimes it works and sometimes he doesn't. I get a sense he's fiercely competitive and expects perfection, the first of which I get completely; the second is a double edged sword. You should expect your men to take catches and put maximum effort into their art, yet it requires some leading by example-we saw that he was not very fit for a while, and if your danda captain is not completely fit, why would you be? If he's ready to roll for England, we'll see it because the team will play well and his passion will produce team joy instead of frustration. If he's not ready, we'll see it too. Sarfraz runs hot and cold like Pakistan itself. Watching his behavior (and catching) in the CT final was an expression of joy, of something one well and hard earned, and the team rallied around that.

 

[Golden arm]

soft skills are very important part of any job
so yes every current captain and future captain ( esp. in PSL) can be groomed and trained in these soft skills which include communication / media handling skills, leadership skills , and in case of Pakistan language skills

PCB should have a separate school / academy of education / soft skills- based at for all levels starting from under 19 upto the International team. It is a life long learning & training process.

 

[Mamoon]

Frankly speaking, it is quite embarrassing to see the way Sarfaraz talks and conducts himself. Not only on the pitch but off the pitch as well, in post match interviews, pressers etc. He is not intimidating at all and has zero star quality.

The captain needs to have a certain job profile - not only should he be a great player, he also needs to have very good communication skills and a certain aura about him that makes the world take note of him when he speaks. Nothing illustrates how much Pakistan has fallen behind India in cricket better than the fact that while India's leader is Kohli, who ticks all the boxes, our leader is Sarfraz who hardly ticks any.

Cannot wait for the day we finally get rid of this mediocrity. A nothing player who finds himself at the right place at the right time. Hopefully the World Cup will be the end of his captaincy tenure.

 

[Majid Khan]

Frankly speaking, it is quite embarrassing to see the way Sarfaraz talks and conducts himself. Not only on the pitch but off the pitch as well, in post match interviews, pressers etc. He is not intimidating at all and has zero star quality.

The captain needs to have a certain job profile - not only should he be a great player, he also needs to have very good communication skills and a certain aura about him that makes the world take note of him when he speaks. Nothing illustrates how much Pakistan has fallen behind India in cricket better than the fact that while India's leader is Kohli, who ticks all the boxes, our leader is Sarfraz who hardly ticks any.

Cannot wait for the day we finally get rid of this mediocrity. A nothing player who finds himself at the right place at the right time. Hopefully the World Cup will be the end of his captaincy tenure.

Not everyone is blessed with the personality and leadership skills of an Imran Khan , but even with his limited communication skills I would have no problem with Sarfaraz as captain if he could make up for his limitations through performances on the field, fighting qualities and a never say die attitude like Javed Miandad , that he showed glimpses of as a player before captaincy.

Miandad was never the most fluent communicator and had differences with many of his contemporaries , but even they respected him for his fighting spirit and gutsy attitude.. and that in a leader or senior most player inspires the whole team.

 

[Hawkeye]

Messi has poor communication skills.

He's still the best in the whole world.

You need to be good at what your job is. In our case, Sarfraz just isn't good enough, rather a liability in the team. Because of his mediocre CRICKETING skills, he doesn't merit a place in the team.

Ideally, you would have a captain with great cricketing + communication (to the media) skills. But it's not always possible in professional sports.

Of course, it's good to try and find someone who has both the skills.

 

[Markhor]

The OP's idea is a sound one but you have to groom young captains in domestic cricket. I'm looking at the list of captains for this Pakistan Cup and cannot help but laugh.

We have Asad Shafiq, Kamran Akmal, Salman Butt, Umar Gul and Mohammed Rizwan as the five skippers. Only Rizwan has any chance of captaincy and even then its a long shot. Akmal, Butt and Gul will never play international cricket again, and Shafiq is unlikely to ever play ODI cricket again. Seniority clearly pays.

It's not just domestic cricket where we don't groom young captains - we've had a meaningless ODI series vs Australia and appointed Shoaib Malik as skipper despite being likely to retire from ODI cricket after the World Cup !

Then PCB will claim there's no alternative to Sarfraz. Geez I wonder why that is...

 

[Ali_Pakistan]

Unfortunately men in office in PCB don't seems to have any vision or any future plans.

 

[IAJ]

Unfortunately men in office in PCB don't seems to have any vision or any future plans.

Not even the new guy from UK?

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Yes, that might be a good idea since we are dealing with a real paindu captain.

For Cricket you dont need to be educated with degrees.

You have to be a good student of the game, which is what Sarfraz is and he is doing a fine job as a Captain. Yes we haven’t won many series under him which is due not enough batting super power we lack and quality to win under different situations and pressure games. But he is the best we have and if our batting perform in Eng we will do well in the WC.

 

[iPakistani]

Frankly speaking, it is quite embarrassing to see the way Sarfaraz talks and conducts himself. Not only on the pitch but off the pitch as well, in post match interviews, pressers etc. He is not intimidating at all and has zero star quality.

The captain needs to have a certain job profile - not only should he be a great player, he also needs to have very good communication skills and a certain aura about him that makes the world take note of him when he speaks. Nothing illustrates how much Pakistan has fallen behind India in cricket better than the fact that while India's leader is Kohli, who ticks all the boxes, our leader is Sarfraz who hardly ticks any.

Cannot wait for the day we finally get rid of this mediocrity. A nothing player who finds himself at the right place at the right time. Hopefully the World Cup will be the end of his captaincy tenure.

I agree with what you said about Sarfraz not having the star personality. However please don't compare Kohli to him a guy just went 0-9 matches in a row. 3 with India and 6 with RCB losses in a row. Sarfraz could never.

 

[Mamoon]

I agree with what you said about Sarfraz not having the star personality. However please don't compare Kohli to him a guy just went 0-9 matches in a row. 3 with India and 6 with RCB losses in a row. Sarfraz could never.

In 2018, Sarfaraz lead Pakistan to 8 consecutive ODI defeats against high ranked opposition. That is much worse than a 9 match losing streak where 6 matches were in T20s. Yes IPL is the highest form of T20 cricket in the game, but ODI cricket is still more important.

Furthermore, Kohli is a record breaking Test captain who will most likely overtake G. Smith as the most successful Test captain of all time (by number of wins), and let's not forget the fact that he is the first and only Asian captain to win in Australia.

On the other hand, Sarfaraz is disastrous in Test cricket and can't even win in the UAE. I don't buy this "he is the best in T20s" nonsense. Even India had a great streak in bilateral T20s but they didn't highlight it because they are not a mid-table team like us. Top teams don't care much about bilateral T20 cricket.

Unless Sarfaraz wins Pakistan the WT20 or captains an IPL franchise to glory, he has done nothing to prove himself to be a better T20 captain. No one cares about the mediocre, low quality IPL rip-off that is PSL.

The gap between Kohli the captain and Sarfaraz the captain is nearly as wide the gap between the two players in terms of individual performance.

 

[Abu_Hamza]

In 2018, Sarfaraz lead Pakistan to 8 consecutive ODI defeats against high ranked opposition. That is much worse than a 9 match losing streak where 6 matches were in T20s. Yes IPL is the highest form of T20 cricket in the game, but ODI cricket is still more important.

Furthermore, Kohli is a record breaking Test captain who will most likely overtake G. Smith as the most successful Test captain of all time (by number of wins), and let's not forget the fact that he is the first and only Asian captain to win in Australia.

On the other hand, Sarfaraz is disastrous in Test cricket and can't even win in the UAE. I don't buy this "he is the best in T20s" nonsense. Even India had a great streak in bilateral T20s but they didn't highlight it because they are not a mid-table team like us. Top teams don't care much about bilateral T20 cricket.

Unless Sarfaraz wins Pakistan the WT20 or captains an IPL franchise to glory, he has done nothing to prove himself to be a better T20 captain. No one cares about the mediocre, low quality IPL rip-off that is PSL.

The gap between Kohli the captain and Sarfaraz the captain is nearly as wide the gap between the two players in terms of individual performance.

Couldn't agree more with you. The above stated facts and analysis is more than an eye opener.

 

[iPakistani]

In 2018, Sarfaraz lead Pakistan to 8 consecutive ODI defeats against high ranked opposition. That is much worse than a 9 match losing streak where 6 matches were in T20s. Yes IPL is the highest form of T20 cricket in the game, but ODI cricket is still more important.

Furthermore, Kohli is a record breaking Test captain who will most likely overtake G. Smith as the most successful Test captain of all time (by number of wins), and let's not forget the fact that he is the first and only Asian captain to win in Australia.

On the other hand, Sarfaraz is disastrous in Test cricket and can't even win in the UAE. I don't buy this "he is the best in T20s" nonsense. Even India had a great streak in bilateral T20s but they didn't highlight it because they are not a mid-table team like us. Top teams don't care much about bilateral T20 cricket.

Unless Sarfaraz wins Pakistan the WT20 or captains an IPL franchise to glory, he has done nothing to prove himself to be a better T20 captain. No one cares about the mediocre, low quality IPL rip-off that is PSL.

The gap between Kohli the captain and Sarfaraz the captain is nearly as wide the gap between the two players in terms of individual performance.

Please, no captain will be considered a great after winning a franchise cricket title, I know you love the IPL but please stop forcing this rhetoric that IPL is the greatest form of cricket. Outside of India I doubt many people can even name the previous winners of the IPL or who was even captain then.

 

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pakistan cricket has of late struggled to produce players who are future captains. The main reason for this is that the same players who have been around for many years keep getting appointed as captain in every domestic tournament. This needs to change <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1116269642115317760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[Abdul]

Yes, that might be a good idea since we are dealing with a real paindu captain.

Sarfaraz isn't one?