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That side had the likes of Nasir Jamshaid, Imran Farhat, Mohd Hafeez, Misbah ul Haq, Asad Shafiq, Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan, Mohd Irfan, Wahab Riaz and Co.
Nasir Jamshaid was regarded as the next best thing. Misbah was in the form of his life. Malik, Hafeez, Farhat, Akmal were experienced. We had the services of a pre 15 degree prime Ajmal, Junaid and Irfan were at their peak and in red hot form.
Yet that team led by Misbah ul Haq and coached by Dav Whatmore lost against every team inspite of having not such a bad side.
In comparison the present team has Ahmed Shehzad, Azhar Ali Babar Azam, Mohd Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Wahab Riaz, Mohd Amir, Junaid Khan.
Clearly the 2017 CT trophy side is weaker, the players in the 2013 squad were stronger on paper. The bowling attack in the 2013 squad was much stronger. Misbah was an experienced and established captain and Whatmore was an experienced and established coach.
What excuses does the 2013 CT squad have for a pretty poor performance in comparison to the 2017 CT trophy squad which is lowly ranked.
Nasir Jamshaid was regarded as the next best thing. Misbah was in the form of his life. Malik, Hafeez, Farhat, Akmal were experienced. We had the services of a pre 15 degree prime Ajmal, Junaid and Irfan were at their peak and in red hot form.
Yet that team led by Misbah ul Haq and coached by Dav Whatmore lost against every team inspite of having not such a bad side.
In comparison the present team has Ahmed Shehzad, Azhar Ali Babar Azam, Mohd Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Wahab Riaz, Mohd Amir, Junaid Khan.
Clearly the 2017 CT trophy side is weaker, the players in the 2013 squad were stronger on paper. The bowling attack in the 2013 squad was much stronger. Misbah was an experienced and established captain and Whatmore was an experienced and established coach.
What excuses does the 2013 CT squad have for a pretty poor performance in comparison to the 2017 CT trophy squad which is lowly ranked.