Finally a thread which is exposing the captains in this tournament.
I'll just list them and say what they're trying to do:
Sarfaraz Ahmed - thinks that opening the batting gives him a chance at cementing a spot on the team, if he had done so in the previous season I'd say there was a chance but it's too late now. His position is at 3 or 4 where he needs to control the innings in the MO.
Shadab Khan - the lack of bowling form and the lucky PSL V makes Shadab think that he can replicate such performances batting at 3, which is obviously not going to happen. People are no longer going to bowl spin to him, and instead will bowl short to him, something he can't handle. He needs to drop himself down to 5 where he can continue slogging. Should work on his bowling too.
Imad Wasim - it was stated above, and rightly so that Imad ruined the career of Umer Khan. Imad thinks of himself as being enough to hold the front for spin for KK, and that is far from the case. A guy who gets no spin from the pitch isn't a spinner, so the fact that he thinks he can hold the front himself is absurd. Imad bowled 4 overs in the game vs QG if I'm not mistaken, and Nabi didn't bowl a single over, which is absurd. Nabi is a far better spinner than Imad, and should have been utilized against Gayle. If Nabi had bowled, he would have taken a wicket or two, and Imad's ineffectiveness would have come to play.
Wahab Riaz - to be honest, I didn't really see him do anything wrong apart from using bowlers incorrectly, but there wasn't any selfish play in the match today.
Sohail Akhtar - a lot of people think that he's being selfish by opening, that's far from the truth because he's trying to save LQ's best assets (Hafeez and Dunk) from opening. Sohail Akhtar is neither good enough to finish games, nor is he good enough to bat at high strike rates in the middle overs. The best spot then is to open and provide a steady hand alongside a rather aggressive batsman in Fakhar Zaman.
Mohammad Rizwan - hasn't really done anything wrong, made himself open and performed, so seems like a decent captain so far. Would have won if MS had gotten hold of some decent quicks in the draft.
My prediction, as stated a while ago, is that once Nabi leaves, Karachi Kings will struggle for a lack of a good spinner, because Imad and Qasim aren't good enough to hold that bowling front. Imad also knows that he has to bat and bowl well in this PSL to merit a spot on the team.
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