Misbah-ul-Haq versus Babar Azam? Who will be remembered as a better captain for Pakistan?

[Savak]

My vote goes to Misbah as atleast he managed to get some very good wins in UAE and knew how to manage the spin resources at his disposal. Heck i am pretty sure if he was captaining in Pakistan, he would know what type of wickets to prepare and which bowlers to use.

Babar in comparison is completely incompetent and probably would have picked Nawaz as his lead spinner against England in 2012 even if there was a Saeed Ajmal and Abdul Rehman available.

 

[Rana]

What is the comparison? Red ball or white ball?

Red ball is a no brainer…Misbah any day

White ball is the comparison. Who’s tenure has been the most torturous for true Pakistan cricket fans that wish to see their team try and compete with modern batting standards

 

[mon858]

real format is red ball, so i will only compare that.
Misbah wins by miles. He won test in Lords, won series in West Indies, many times in UAE.
Babar hasn't even managed to dominate tests at home let alone abroad.

White ball also I would rate Misbah a touch higher than Babar.

 

[sweep_shot]

Misbah wins in all 3 formats.

 

[RyanRyan10]

Misbah has been the most successful test captain in Pakistan's history. You may or may not consider him the best, but it's undeniable that the Pak test side experienced stability only under his captaincy since the mid 1990s. The UAE transformed into a fortress during his tenure, and he also secured a few significant victories away.


Misbah was a poor white ball captain, though. On the other hand, Babar has a lackluster performances in both tests and odis. Pakistan experienced embarrassing defeats at home in tests and had a terrible World Cup run. While his record in T20Is was decent statistically, Babar's tactical decisions in crunch situations cost Pakistan some important games.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Misbah was never as bad of a captain as Babar. But his tenure as white-ball captain was far more torturous because of the team he had. You got a genuine feeling of hopelessness looking at that Pakistan team...like it had no future. Particularly that batting order that featured the likes of Selfie, Akmal brothers, Asad Shafiq (?), Afridi at his brainless peak with bat. It was like the other teams were playing cricket in 2010s while Pakistan was playing cricket in the 1970s.

This team is by no means great but with a better captain, a good coach and some stability in the selection set-up, you could still get something out of it. The talent pool outside the team also isn't as bone dry as it was back then.

I honestly can't recall Pakistan ever having a worse squad of players for the WC then we did in 2015.

When it comes to tests, there is no comparison. Misbah is one of Pakistan's best ever test captains. Though I wouldn't put him anywhere near Kardar, Mushtaq Mohammad and Imran.

 

[shariqnoor]

I can agree that Misbah's white-ball stint may not have been the greatest but you also need to factor in the resources he had at his disposal at that time. Pakistan's fast bowling resources from 2011-2015 were at its absolute lowest. Misbah had to deal with the likes of Rahat Ali, Aizaz Cheema, Ehsan Adil, Mohammad Talha, Sohail Khan, Anwar Ali, Bilawal Bhatti. These were all rubbish bowlers.

It was actually smart of him to realize that he needed to develop his bowling attack through spin where he had the services of Ajmal, Hafeez and Afridi.

People just don't factor in the rubbish team that Pakistan had post-World Cup 2011 till 2015.

Despite that, Misbah's ODI captaincy achievements still outshines everyone. With that horrible team, Misbah has an Asia Cup, an ODI series win against India in India and an ODI series win against South Africa in South Africa. These achievements cannot be discounted at all.

With regards to his Test captaincy, there is simply no debate. He was the best Pakistani captain.

Babar does not hold a candle to Misbah in captaincy. This is a no-brainer.

 

[JaDed]

PCT bowling without Ajmal for years was really meh until Shaheen Naseem or Amir(came back).

Considering the team Babar has, he is easily worst, Shaheen and Naseem actually can bat and yet he loses, Rizwan keeps well and does anchor too.

 

[hafizexpress]

I can agree that Misbah's white-ball stint may not have been the greatest but you also need to factor in the resources he had at his disposal at that time. Pakistan's fast bowling resources from 2011-2015 were at its absolute lowest. Misbah had to deal with the likes of Rahat Ali, Aizaz Cheema, Ehsan Adil, Mohammad Talha, Sohail Khan, Anwar Ali, Bilawal Bhatti. These were all rubbish bowlers.

It was actually smart of him to realize that he needed to develop his bowling attack through spin where he had the services of Ajmal, Hafeez and Afridi.

People just don't factor in the rubbish team that Pakistan had post-World Cup 2011 till 2015.

Despite that, Misbah's ODI captaincy achievements still outshines everyone. With that horrible team, Misbah has an Asia Cup, an ODI series win against India in India and an ODI series win against South Africa in South Africa. These achievements cannot be discounted at all.

With regards to his Test captaincy, there is simply no debate. He was the best Pakistani captain.

Babar does not hold a candle to Misbah in captaincy. This is a no-brainer.

The teams that beat India in India and SA in SA actually had very strong bowling attacks in Irfan, Junaid, Gul, Hafeez, Ajmal, Afridi, Tanvir, etc. From 2012-2014, Pakistan could virtually defend any target with these boys, and then Ajmal got banned and Junaid and Irfan got inured. The batting was just always weak barring some good Hafeez and Umar Akmal innings, but the bowling attack up until 2015 wasn't too bad. Even the horrid 2015 WC was the battings' fault. The bowlers did well despite Sohail Khan and Rahat Ali being our frontlines

 

[hafizexpress]

Babar's era will be remembered as very dark and stagnant. There was a complete lack of growth and horrible utilization of resources. The damages he's caused as captain will take years to fix. Misbah at least had red ball going for him and still managed to get ODI wins against India, SA, and West Indies (who were much better back then), all on their home turfs. He didn't even have a great team.

So it's a no brainer really. The players enjoyed their cricket more back then and played with pride. The captain was more mature and wanted it more. And no I'm not even a fan of Misbah, but Babar has made Pakistan cricket a laughing stock and a virtual minnow.

 

[Technics 1210]

Misbah.

Next question.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

we can criticse misbah on his tuk tuk approach but he is far more superior captain compared to Lord Babar Azam

 

[batandballbattle]

red ball no contest, it's 100% misbah
neither have been good white ball captains but it's babar who is the least worst

 

[Asif321]

Lol misbah was good test captain , average ODI captain since he didn’t have much resources . Babar despite having good teams failed every occassion

 

[Aang_The_last_airbender]

Misbah had far better leadership skills and delivered beyond the limitations he had.
Both are mediocre captains, but Misbah is far far better.

 

[Savak]

I would like to add that Babars success under Misbahs coaching was better

 

[BouncerGuy]

When it comes to only captaincy based on their form in their time,

Misbah wins the race every day. He was far superior in red ball specially and in white-ball he is a few inches above Babar because Misbah had limited resources to play with while Babar has some good players in the team but he never used them to their full potential like abarar ahemd for example.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Misbah by a country mile, Babar has achieved nothing in all three formats as captain.

Teams like England and Australia beat Pakistan in their actual home under Babar.

 

[Ab Fan]

Misbah has drawn a test series in England, leading him team with a standout performance in first test. Those push-ups come to the mind straightaway even though it might be 10 years old.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Misbah >>>> Babar, Malik, Afridi

 

[BouncerGuy]

Misbah >>>> Babar, Malik, Afridi

Yep. based on resources available and achievements, Yes. No doubts

 

[TheSultan]

Both were terrible. The difference really is that Misbah actually had some captaincy credentials and wasn’t (for the lack of a better term) as dumb as Babar. So overall was a better captain and leader.

But what’s worse about Misbah is he CHOSE to be defensive. And what’s even worse is Misbah created this tuk tuk culture.

For better or worse, the players that preceded Misbah’s era were run scorers and the younger generation aspired to be like them.

Since then all we’ve produced is a long line of accumulators.

It is embarassing how poor we are at six hitting. We are lagging behind even the minnows. We are looked at as a bunch of weaklings who even in the era of crazy bats can’t even hit sixes.

 

[Statpadder Inc]

Misbah won a test series in NZ and WI (the only time in pak's history) and drew in Eng. Also the only Captain to take Pak to the top of the rankings (albeit briefly).

Babar got whitewashed at home

Misbah was also smart and professional, while Babar is pretty dumb

 

[aukhan]

The title of worst captain previously belonged to Mohammad Yousuf.

Babar is now the worst captain in the history of the PCT. To be fair to Mohammad Yousuf, he didn't lead the side for a long time. Babar got unlimited backing and support and didn't have to deal with problematic players like Malik, Afridi, Akmals and Younis.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Misbah was a far better captain. With an underwhelming talent. Misbah reached the knockout of 50 overs World Cup. He brought Pakistan to no. 1 Test position.

He was far better leader, tactician and man manager. If he had the resources and player talent pool that Babar has then Misbah would've achieved a lot more for Pakistan as a captain than Babar has.

 

[Local.Dada]

From on-field strategy don’t see a huge difference. However Misbah seems like a respectful statesman like figure and is a bonafide gentleman. He did navigate Pakistan cricket through rough waters so respect.

From a batting perspective if someone has a gun to my head to watch their batting, as a cricket purist I will pick Babar Azam anyday and twice on a Sunday.

 

[gazza619]

If i needed 15 off the last over i will go with misbah.

Both are mentally weak players though who have bottled in crunch moments.

 

[sweep_shot]

Misbah steadied the ship after Pakistan encountered spot-fixing scandal. That was a big positive.

 

[mominsaigol]

Misbah is a millions times better. Misbah just let his nepotism and dosti yaari get in the way.

Babar is Misbah + Stupid on the field.

 

[Local.Dada]

Misbah is a millions times better. Misbah just let his nepotism and dosti yaari get in the way.

Babar is Misbah + Stupid on the field.

Apples to apples: whose batting do you enjoy? Misbah was too one-dimensional as a batsman I feel. Babar is attractive to watch when in flow.

 

[mominsaigol]

Apples to apples: whose batting do you enjoy? Misbah was too one-dimensional as a batsman I feel. Babar is attractive to watch when in flow.

This thread is about captaincy? Lol.

Babar is not attractive to watch, he's a marketing propaganda who's stat inflated. Every tournament he gets exposed for being very ordinary with a few good performances like his India game in 2021 and nz game in 2019, but otherwise he'd be averaging 35 if he faced top sides in foreign conditions regularly.

Babar has a very poor backfoot play, and is mostly drives and pulls.

Attractive to watch would be someone like Jos butler.

Now to answer your question as to who's the better batsmen.

In test Misbah, in odi Babar azam. In t20 both are garbage but Babar is slightly better.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Misbah without a doubt. As a captain and a batter.

In tests and in T20 WC he was also the better batsman. No Pakistani has played crunch T20 knocks like Misbah did in the first t20 wc ( all the way until the final ). He was literally one shot away from being a Pakistani ATG.

 

[gibsyhesperis]

Test cricket defines captains as it requires the greatest technical acumen and strategy of any of the formats.
By association, captaincy in T20 isn’t exactly difficult.

Babar is by a country mile worse than Misbah.
Babar is one of the worst captains I have seen from Pakistan (and let’s face it, there are many of them in the “tactically clueless” camp).
Lovely batsmen (esp in longer formats), truly useless captain.

 

[GillEdits]

My vote goes to Misbah as atleast he managed to get some very good wins in UAE and knew how to manage the spin resources at his disposal. Heck i am pretty sure if he was captaining in Pakistan, he would know what type of wickets to prepare and which bowlers to use.

Babar in comparison is completely incompetent and probably would have picked Nawaz as his lead spinner against England in 2012 even if there was a Saeed Ajmal and Abdul Rehman available.

There's no comparison of Misbah with Babar. Misbah is miles ahead.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

both cant be remembered as neither has achieved anything significant in their captaincy.

 

[Shafi]

Babar is one of the worst captain and extremely over-hyped player in cricket.

 

[Major]

There is no comparison.

Misbah by far was a great captain, he knew how to use limited resources to the best of use. He would never play on myths but on the conditions of the ground.

He managed to get Pakistan into the quater finals by taking a 4 man pace attack and when Hafeez got banned, the guy decided to turn Haris Sohail into a 5th bowling option and it worked.

Misbah knew the art of how to reduce the margin between runs required and balls remaining. For that, his main crucial weapon used to be his 5th and 6th bowling option who were part timers. The skill was to decide when to use the part time bowler and get the margins reduced. Misbah was attacking and defensive when the situation required.

Misbah knew how to employ his spinners so well that he even played 3 spinners in a match and has even opened the bowling spell with a spinner in test. He would do this in limited overs, before other captains started doing this.

On the other hand, Babar seems soo confused that he doesnt even know when to bring in a spinner. Babar sees that Shaheen picks up a wicket in first over, he decides to use him for every first over of the game, irrelevent if he is fit or what the conditions are. No matter what the situation is, babar is always worried when he has to use his spinner and he ends up trying to use all his spinners by the 15-16 over.

Babar not once used a part timer so that he could have multiple options of bowlers in the end. It was the same story in every game. Haris, Shaheen and Naseem having overs left, and no matter if they were hit for 30 runs per over, he would only have the option to bowl them in death.

People used to whine about defensive captiancy in Misbah's era, Babar is what aggressive captiancy looks like. This is why, for the last 14 years i ahve always said on Pakistan, you cannot be a fully defensive or aggressive captian. You need to adjust with what the match situation requires. Misbah got critisizied for being defensive captian, but Misbah used to adjust with what the situation warranted. Babar was a pure aggressive captain, who would try to attack and lose the match in the end.

As for field placements, Babar was an absolute idiot in this regard. He would remove long on and long off and have them at mid on and mid off in death overs.

 

[Major]

A better thread would be Mohammad Yousuf vs Babar azam as captain

 

[Rana]

I find it amazing to think Babar is still the T20 captain of Pakistan

Wow

 

[mominsaigol]

There is no comparison.

Misbah by far was a great captain, he knew how to use limited resources to the best of use. He would never play on myths but on the conditions of the ground.

He managed to get Pakistan into the quater finals by taking a 4 man pace attack and when Hafeez got banned, the guy decided to turn Haris Sohail into a 5th bowling option and it worked.

Misbah knew the art of how to reduce the margin between runs required and balls remaining. For that, his main crucial weapon used to be his 5th and 6th bowling option who were part timers. The skill was to decide when to use the part time bowler and get the margins reduced. Misbah was attacking and defensive when the situation required.

Misbah knew how to employ his spinners so well that he even played 3 spinners in a match and has even opened the bowling spell with a spinner in test. He would do this in limited overs, before other captains started doing this.

On the other hand, Babar seems soo confused that he doesnt even know when to bring in a spinner. Babar sees that Shaheen picks up a wicket in first over, he decides to use him for every first over of the game, irrelevent if he is fit or what the conditions are. No matter what the situation is, babar is always worried when he has to use his spinner and he ends up trying to use all his spinners by the 15-16 over.

Babar not once used a part timer so that he could have multiple options of bowlers in the end. It was the same story in every game. Haris, Shaheen and Naseem having overs left, and no matter if they were hit for 30 runs per over, he would only have the option to bowl them in death.

People used to whine about defensive captiancy in Misbah's era, Babar is what aggressive captiancy looks like. This is why, for the last 14 years i ahve always said on Pakistan, you cannot be a fully defensive or aggressive captian. You need to adjust with what the match situation requires. Misbah got critisizied for being defensive captian, but Misbah used to adjust with what the situation warranted. Babar was a pure aggressive captain, who would try to attack and lose the match in the end.

As for field placements, Babar was an absolute idiot in this regard. He would remove long on and long off and have them at mid on and mid off in death overs.

Sarfraz and wahab got him their. Misbah's ego against sarfraz nearly booted him Into oblivion. Get over this Misbah love good god. He's a better captain then Babar but you fantasize way too much.

 

[Statpadder Inc]

There is no comparison.

Misbah by far was a great captain, he knew how to use limited resources to the best of use. He would never play on myths but on the conditions of the ground.

He managed to get Pakistan into the quater finals by taking a 4 man pace attack and when Hafeez got banned, the guy decided to turn Haris Sohail into a 5th bowling option and it worked.

Misbah knew the art of how to reduce the margin between runs required and balls remaining. For that, his main crucial weapon used to be his 5th and 6th bowling option who were part timers. The skill was to decide when to use the part time bowler and get the margins reduced. Misbah was attacking and defensive when the situation required.

Misbah knew how to employ his spinners so well that he even played 3 spinners in a match and has even opened the bowling spell with a spinner in test. He would do this in limited overs, before other captains started doing this.

On the other hand, Babar seems soo confused that he doesnt even know when to bring in a spinner. Babar sees that Shaheen picks up a wicket in first over, he decides to use him for every first over of the game, irrelevent if he is fit or what the conditions are. No matter what the situation is, babar is always worried when he has to use his spinner and he ends up trying to use all his spinners by the 15-16 over.

Babar not once used a part timer so that he could have multiple options of bowlers in the end. It was the same story in every game. Haris, Shaheen and Naseem having overs left, and no matter if they were hit for 30 runs per over, he would only have the option to bowl them in death.

People used to whine about defensive captiancy in Misbah's era, Babar is what aggressive captiancy looks like. This is why, for the last 14 years i ahve always said on Pakistan, you cannot be a fully defensive or aggressive captian. You need to adjust with what the match situation requires. Misbah got critisizied for being defensive captian, but Misbah used to adjust with what the situation warranted. Babar was a pure aggressive captain, who would try to attack and lose the match in the end.

As for field placements, Babar was an absolute idiot in this regard. He would remove long on and long off and have them at mid on and mid off in death overs.

A great captain who finished at the bottom of the Ct group with 3 losses from 3 games

 

[FearlessRoar]

Warning:

Let's stick to the topic of the thread.

 

[Rana]

A better thread would be Mohammad Yousuf vs Babar azam as captain

Why would it be a better thread???

How many matches has Yousuf captained in comparison to Babar??

 

[big_gamer007]

Captaincy wise Misbah is miles ahead.

Babar had everything going for him but he failed to build a team. Not his fault alone, PCB/selectors have to be blamed for it as well.

 

[YousafTheBeast]

I find it amazing to think Babar is still the T20 captain of Pakistan

Wow

He can’t get sacked, it’ll add more scrutiny to Naqvi for bringing him back.

 

[mominsaigol]

A great captain who finished at the bottom of the Ct group with 3 losses from 3 games

The funny thing is, 2013 ct was misbah's team, the one he selected aka Imran Farhat being opener

 

[YousafTheBeast]

The funny thing is, 2013 ct was misbah's team, the one he selected aka Imran Farhat being opener

Had Asad Shafiq in the team over Afridi as well.

 

[ElRaja]

misbah was an excellent brain for test cricket, he knew exactly how to win in the UAE and applied the strategy to perfection. babar is clueless everywhere, so no comparison really.

 

[Rana]

Had Asad Shafiq in the team over Afridi as well.

Oh Balle

 

[mominsaigol]

Oh Balle

I remember @Major Telling me how afridi and UA sucked and Misbah did the right thing dropping them for ct 2013 but advocated wby shafiq was the best possible choice for 3 at the time

 

[Rana]

I remember @Major Telling me how afridi and UA sucked and Misbah did the right thing dropping them for ct 2013 but advocated wby shafiq was the best possible choice for 3 at the time

Typical Misbah

Both players were back for the 2015 World Cup

 

[riddu]

If bobby given full choice in selection he will beat all teams

Azam Khan(WK)
Asif Ali
Babar Azam(Cuptaan)
Iftikhar ahmed
Khush Dil Shah
Shadab Khan
Mohd Nawaz
Hasan ali
Haris Rauf
Naseem shah
Zaman khan

 

[mominsaigol]

Some of the comments towards Misbah on this thread are so delusional.

Misbah is the Younis Khan of Pakistan but in captaincy and not batting.

He should be given credit for turning Pakistan into a test powerhouse especially when it was this very format where the spot fixing scandal happened, However just like YK, he was absolutely dreadful in whiteball, Misbah had no clue on how to actually build a team and his stubborn views on players cost him.

For all those talking about Babar azam being terrible, People forget it was Misbah who appointed Babar azam as captain, and before that appointed azhar Ali who took the team to no 9 spot. It was misbah who appointed the babar/rizwan opening duo, and misbah who not only appointed chacha as our finisher but created the fakhar + Chacha super over duo which lost the game against Zimbabwe.

For all those who are mad about Babar azam for his usa so game, forget that Misbah is the founder of the super over nonsense to begin with.

Yes he was a good onfield captain, and to his credit alot of people respected him whereas no one respects Babar, but maaf karo on this Hollywood fantasy.

He led Pakistan to it's worst ever ct campaign by dropping akmal and afridi and funny enough these 2 would eventually win the game against West Indies and Australia in a world cup as well as Afghanistan in an Asia cup a year later. It didn't help that his absolute stubbornness on refusing to play fawad and sarfraz until the absolute end and constantly backing nasir jamshed, asad shafiq and various of his friends group nearly coat him a final and Quater final of Asia cup and World cup

 

[aukhan]

Babar makes Misbah look decent. I have criticized Misbah a lot over the years but when comparing him to Babar and considering the limited resources he had to work with, plus the idiots he had to deal with like Younis and Afridi, my vote goes to Misbah.

There are a few similarities between Misbah and Babar: lack of courage, insecurity, no foresight for the future or long-term planning, and not allowing any potential future captain to settle down.

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

Babar's only notable win as skipper was against India in 2021 world t20. But,that result of that match was already decided on the toss.
No other achievement

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Maybe Misbah in Tests because he could at least win in UAE consistently.

In white ball cricket, Misbah was a barely competent batter for most of his career

 

[Sycamore]

Babar is comfortably the worst captain the Pakistan team has ever had. Makes the likes of Yousuf look like Einstein.

 

[mominsaigol]

Maybe Misbah in Tests because he could at least win in UAE consistently.

In white ball cricket, Misbah was a barely competent batter for most of his career

Tbf, Misbah got lucky in tests.

It's not like he did anything different then his usual dosti yaari gang.

It's just Ahmed shehzad, Azhar Ali and Asad shafiq who he use to forward for Test and odi happened to click in test and YK was already established in test and was undroppable long before Misbah came in.

Credit to misbah for keeping his own form up.

His achievements are overrated in test due to lucking out with his dosti uaari crew since whoever he selected in test like yasir Shah clicked in test but crashed in odi as well as the fact that 2010 was the era where apot fixing happened so getting test no 1 rank was an achievement in die hard pakistan fans eyes.

If Misbah was truly a goat, he wouldn't have driven the test team, Odi team and t20 team to a collapse as soon as he vanished from the circuit and he would have massively upgraded the test squad as coach and chief selector.

Look at Ricky pointing, years after he retired his protege micheal clarke created another ATG aussie side that made Australia God damn unbeatable in the 2014-2015 time period.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Both were average captain with no exceptional achievements. Misbah partly took PCT to no 1 Test spot but outside UAE they were always vulnerable.

 

[shortbread]

Babar is comfortably the worst captain the Pakistan team has ever had. Makes the likes of Yousuf look like Einstein.

Precisely, Babar does not have cricketing smarts and was never captaincy material, especially in the longer format. Thankfully Shan has taken over. Babar is clueless captaining in tests, when opposition batsmen dominate, Babar looks lost and staring into the abyss.

Both were average captain with no exceptional achievements. Misbah partly took PCT to no 1 Test spot but outside UAE they were always vulnerable.

Misbah captained post the darkest phase of Pakistan cricket, post all the scandals and being sporting refugees in the Middle East. All things considered he did a brilliant job, a defensive captain but he knew what he was doing. England thrashed Pakistan at home, would've never happened under Misbah's captaincy.

 

[Local.Dada]

Babar the better batsman, Misbah the better captain. Misbah is one of the most mature, level-headed and smart individuals to come out of Pak cricket in the last 20 yrs. Dare I say Shan Masood has shades of Misbah in a good way even though that may be interpreted in a negative context here.

 

[ahmadharis1]

I think Misbah is a super overrated captain but I'd still say he's a better captain than Babar

 

[Cricket Warrior]

I think Misbah is a super overrated captain but I'd still say he's a better captain than Babar

as a player we can call misbah a bit overrated person but not as a captain, his game awareness was top notch and TBH its really a sin comparing him with babar as a captain.

 

[mominsaigol]

as a player we can call misbah a bit overrated person but not as a captain, his game awareness was top notch and TBH its really a sin comparing him with babar as a captain.

Misbah is extremely overrated. The spot fixing narrative carries him but if it weren't for that sentiment no one would view him the same way.

Truth is he lucked out because he always supported his own SNGPL group and surprisingly Azhar Ali, Ahmed Shehzad, Hafeez(as an opener) and Asad Shafiq who were dreadful in whiteball happened to click in test qith shafiq, Azhar, Shehzad and Hafeez surprisingly being really good no 1, no 2, no 3 and no 6 in the UAE.

Outside the UAE, Misbah was useless.

And in whiteball his stubbornness to remove afridi and UA when UA was still capable of performing against Afghanistan, Australia and West Indies literally months after ct 2013 just so imran farhat and Umar Amin a debitsmt from SNGPL could be given a go ahead turned pakistan into an utter joke in 2013, This followed by the fact that the 2 people he belittled fawad and Sarfraz and brought in last minute as forced changes were the ones who took pakistan to qf in 2015 and final in 2014 was a huge slap in the face of misbah who was beyond arrogant in the media at this time.

The final nail in the coffin was his coaching + cheif selection days and the fact that his appointed successor nearly booted pakistan put of the ct and prevented participation.

Misbah haters have every right to hate him considering CT 2017 is the only trophy pakistan has won since 2009 that doesn't have any Misbah influence.

2013 CT: Misbah captain.
2015 wc: Misbah captain
2021-2024 t20 wc: Misbah created the babar + Rizwan t20 duo + Chacha Finisher + fakhar and Chacha super over combo.

2023 wc: Not a huge influence but babar being captain was his decison.


2017 is the only trophy that doesn't have misbah involved in any way and it's the only trophy that Pakistan has.

 

[Mohraheem]

Misbah needs to score a century and publicly apologize to the world for playing that dumb shot in t20 World Cup 2007. He ain’t getting my vote! Babar is 10000 times better Thn this defensive tuktuk Misbah. Misbah is the reason why our players lack power hitting. Tired of these Misbah topics! Misbah is the past. Let’s move on. Don’t need to over hype him up.

 

[aukhan]

Babar is comfortably the worst captain the Pakistan team has ever had. Makes the likes of Yousuf look like Einstein.

To be fair Yousuf never had a proper run. He might have improved if he had led for a couple of years. The reason Babar is considered the worst ever is because he got unlimited power and backing from from PCB for over five years now.

No other captain except Misbah and Babar has received continuous support from PCB, and both have been terrible for Pakistan considering their lengthy tenures and backing. No other captain had a fair shot or a real chance to bring any change.

 

[Sunny_majoka]

All pak captains who at least captained in 50+ matches, Babar is worst among all.

 

[Energy]

Babar is bad. Others are the best. East or West.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Misbah was a warrior with a mediocre level talent and mostly defensive mindset.

Babar Azam also popularly known as Bobsie The King is a generational talent who has not fulfilled his true potential because he shy from embracing true greatness.

Conclusion: Umar Akmal wins

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Misbah needs to score a century and publicly apologize to the world for playing that dumb shot in t20 World Cup 2007. He ain’t getting my vote! Babar is 10000 times better Thn this defensive tuktuk Misbah. Misbah is the reason why our players lack power hitting. Tired of these Misbah topics! Misbah is the past. Let’s move on. Don’t need to over hype him up.

Happy to see you criticizing someone other than your favorite chacha lol

 

[mominsaigol]

Misbah needs to score a century and publicly apologize to the world for playing that dumb shot in t20 World Cup 2007. He ain’t getting my vote! Babar is 10000 times better Thn this defensive tuktuk Misbah. Misbah is the reason why our players lack power hitting. Tired of these Misbah topics! Misbah is the past. Let’s move on. Don’t need to over hype him up.

Misbah will be constantly talked about as he's the founder of the babar, Rizwan opening duo.

As well as the founder of installing chacha as Pakistan's priemere finisher and sending fakhar and chacha in super overs which has faiked 2x against 2 minnows (Zimbabwe and USA).

Misbah shot himself in the foot. Had he retired in peace, then his biggest supporters would goo goo ga ga him like they do now, and his biggest haters would acknowledge that Misbah was the Younis Khan of captaincy aka a great red ball captain but a medicore white ball captain.

His stint as coach and selector outright ruined his image. It also didn't help that in all his interviews during this time period when asked about defeat he was always arrogant and either sarcastic or just shouting 24/7.

As long as babar is captain and this rizzu + Babar + Chacha combo exists + Fakhar in the middle order then misbah will be remembered.

 

[BouncerGuy]

MIsbah is still the better captain than babar. Misbah had likes of ehsan adil, sohail khan. Rahat Ali, imran khan type guy in his bowling line up but he still end up lifting that test mace. Babar had a better team but he botched 4-5 events now and was a failure as a batter himself in those events.

 

[Major]

Misbah was critisized for not being aggressive all the time. Funny thing is, Babar was an aggressive captain and did exactly what fans wanted Misbah to do.

The results are infront of you all.

A lesson here for everyone. Aggressive and defensive captaincy depends upon what the conditions are of the game, if the situation warrants you to be aggresive than be aggressive at that moment.

 

[Rana]

Babar was an aggressive captain and did exactly what fans wanted Misbah to do.

How was Babar an aggressive captain?

110 strike rate in Powerplays as a T20 opener with no sixes for 200 balls is setting the tone for aggression?

 

[mominsaigol]

Misbah was critisized for not being aggressive all the time. Funny thing is, Babar was an aggressive captain and did exactly what fans wanted Misbah to do.

The results are infront of you all.

A lesson here for everyone. Aggressive and defensive captaincy depends upon what the conditions are of the game, if the situation warrants you to be aggresive than be aggressive at that moment.

Babar Azam? Aggressive? HAHAHAHAHAHA.

How is he aggressive? By appointing 4th slip but no 1st, 2nd and 3rd?

 

[Major]

How was Babar an aggressive captain?

110 strike rate in Powerplays as a T20 opener with no sixes for 200 balls is setting the tone for aggression?

You guys confuse aggressive captaincy with aggresive batting. I never mentioned his batting, i mentioned his captaincy. Both are different terms.

 

[Rana]

You guys confuse aggressive captaincy with aggresive batting. I never mentioned his batting, i mentioned his captaincy. Both are different terms.

Well clarify

How is his captaincy aggressive??

 

[Major]

Babar Azam? Aggressive? HAHAHAHAHAHA.

How is he aggressive? By appointing 4th slip but no 1st, 2nd and 3rd?

Babar was an aggressive captain. Thing is, most of you think aggressive captaincy means good captaincy and defensive captaincy is bad captaincy.

Babar was an aggressive captain, and that is what led to his downfall.

He was aggressive, because he would use mostly fast bowlers and barely used a full time spinner. His spinners were mostly all rounders.

Babar saw that SHaheen was getting a wicekt in the first over, thus no matter wheere they played, he made shaheen bowled the first over when their were games that warranted for Imad to bowl an over in the opening spell.

Than babar's habit of making sure that he has paces during the 17-20 over, because he never trusted spinners in death.

Than, Babar's habit of having mid on and mid off instead of having them at long on or off in the death overs.

This is text book aggressive captaincy, which lead to his downfall.

 

[Major]

Well clarify

How is his captaincy aggressive??

aggressive and defensive captaincy are on the basis of the field placement strategy and bowling changes you make.

In aggressive captaincy, you tend to go for wickets, while in defensive captaincy you look to increase the balls and runs margin while defending a score. Both ways are a strategy you adopt according to the match conditions and situation.

For example, defending 9 runs in the final over and instead of being defensive by having a long on and long off you place a mid on and mid off to take a wicket instead of defending the runs.

Than how you use your bowlers. Using a spinner in the first over is a defensive move, while keep on using shaheen is an aggressive move. This doesnt mean that its a good or bad decision, but you need too look at the situation. Shaheens first over wickets did us more damage in the long run, and not becuase of Shaheen, but because of Babars habit to use him in every game as the first bowler when Imad could had been used.

 

[Rana]

Babar was an aggressive captain. Thing is, most of you think aggressive captaincy means good captaincy and defensive captaincy is bad captaincy.

Babar was an aggressive captain, and that is what led to his downfall.

He was aggressive, because he would use mostly fast bowlers and barely used a full time spinner. His spinners were mostly all rounders.

Babar saw that SHaheen was getting a wicekt in the first over, thus no matter wheere they played, he made shaheen bowled the first over when their were games that warranted for Imad to bowl an over in the opening spell.

Than babar's habit of making sure that he has paces during the 17-20 over, because he never trusted spinners in death.

Than, Babar's habit of having mid on and mid off instead of having them at long on or off in the death overs.

This is text book aggressive captaincy, which lead to his downfall.

Absurd. Absolutely absurd to believe a captain who just wants to use pacers is an ‘aggressive’ captain.