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Sarfraz at it again today

Ripping into his bowlers after every boundary Absolutely a dictatorial approach
 
His behaviour today has been appalling.
Putting so much pressure on his own team mates.
Dude has serious issues. Borderline psychotic behaviour today.
 
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Shinwari getting ripped into, even moin khan looked embarrassed when he came out trying to calm sarfraz down
 
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This is the major reason why I developed disliking for him. He thinks and acts like a dictator. Thank God he is no more captain of the national side.
 
Thats not the way to behave as a captain

Like another poster said hes putting immense pressure on his bowlers and will make them perform worse not better3

Its not the right approach and counter productive and frankly embarrasing
 
He is acting like a dictator with junior players. Earlier in the field he was acting similarly with Saim Ayub and now with Shinwari. These are not his kids or something to be talking down to them this way.
 
Hes done it all day today with every bowler and boundary

Hes been ripping into them all hasnain shinwari zahid, anwar ali

Hes lucky someone has turned round and told him where to go
 
Not a good look at all

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Hafeez is living in his head rent free. All the feilders under pressure now, the rest will feel the heat seeing this behaviour
 
Zaz said:
Hes done it all day today with every bowler and boundary

Hes been ripping into them all hasnain shinwari zahid, anwar ali

Hes lucky someone has turned round and told him where to go
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actually Shinwari said to him "khud kar lo"..
 
No one can lead a team this way. Shaking his head on every single ball and yelling after every delivery, shoving his head between his legs after every bad ball. No team can play positively this way.
 
Definitely overdoing it today. Doesn't look good. Hafeez has been sublime and Quettas fielders and bowlers have been shambolic; but you still don't go around shouting at every and anything
 
Absolutely pathetic from Sarfraz. I'm glad he will atleast likely never play another game for Pakistan again.
 
Show some compassion guys. He is clearly going through a lot. Anger and rage is just an outlet. Moin Khan needs to give him a leave to refocus.
 
You can have attitude if it is proportional to the skill you have to back it up. Without it you just look foolish. I'm afraid Sarfaraz looked foolish today.
 
Suleiman said:
Show some compassion guys. He is clearly going through a lot. Anger and rage is just an outlet. Moin Khan needs to give him a leave to refocus.
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if it was just a one off then you might have been right but he has a history hence this thread. Sarfraz behaviour has always been like a dictator.
 
Should be removed from captaincy, hes clearly not a leader, and his own ego had lead to his downfall.

Needs to **** and play.
 
Saj said:
He's going over the top with his antics.

I'm all for aggression and pushing his team but at times he's become like a schoolteacher with young children.

The language, the body language, the finger pointing - what's all that about. It's too much at times and could backfire with colleagues.
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origial thread post posted apr 2017. 4 years later he still behaves like same and people ask us to show some compassion.
 
hitthestump said:
You can have attitude if it is proportional to the skill you have to back it up. Without it you just look foolish. I'm afraid Sarfaraz looked foolish today.
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No this attitude is toxic does'nt matter how skilled or good you are and Sarfaraz is clearly a 2 faced man. Was roasted by Adnan Siddique in Jeeto Pakistan.
 
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Idiots here want him to smile at dropped catches and full tosses.
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It's a professional sport. You are the captain. If you think someone is not doing well get him out next game. Yelling and staring won't turn them into some super stars. Pathetic mentality.
 
The hafeez debacle has gotten to his head. But still he cant have an excuse to treat young players like this when he himself has had plenty of blunders as a batsman.
 
I get why he is angry but as a captain you cannot act like this. This is one of the main reasons why I knew Sarfraz was not going to do well as a captain after the CT. You can't scream and shout at players when things don't go well. Players will lose respect for you pretty quickly.
 
Hasan123 said:
I get why he is angry but as a captain you cannot act like this. This is one of the main reasons why I knew Sarfraz was not going to do well as a captain after the CT. You can't scream and shout at players when things don't go well. Players will lose respect for you pretty quickly.
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Yep and it can gi downhill pretty quickly if the ones you are shouting at have a bit of ego of their own. I think amir had a bash at him when he critisized the bowelrs in the SA series in 2019.
 
Should be stripped off the captaincy...that was gully level behaviour. Took his personal issues with Hafeez a step too far by taking it out on his teammates.
 
I understand Sarfaraz's anger and disappointment at his bowlers and fielders, but what was he doing out there. His body language was awful, he was showing that the match had gone after only a few overs into the LQ innings.

His team-mates must be thinking, what the hell is this guy doing, he's supposed to be our skipper.
 
MHN1293 said:
Yep and it can gi downhill pretty quickly if the ones you are shouting at have a bit of ego of their own. I think amir had a bash at him when he critisized the bowelrs in the SA series in 2019.
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Exactly. Can remember some fans saying him shouting is a good thing because some players said they don't mind him shouting. But players were never going to call him out for it in an interview. The shouting was a poor trait for Sarfraz to have.
 
I am sure Chris Gayle will drop a catch or 2 and misfiled a lot, given his fitness, would like to see if Sarfaraz can yell at him :))

It comes out bad when you yell at some one below you in the status quo like a junior player or youngster but have a different attitude towards a senior player who is above your pay grade.

Surprisingly Sarfaraz comes across as a humble and decent guy in interviews.
 
Pathetic behavior, not one that warrants a captain. Should be removed from captaincy. At this point does not even warrants a place in the team let alone be a captain,
 
If he has so much passion, then he should have laid into Cuttings as well. Just bossing and humiliating local kids and staying mum to oversees players. Cowardly behavior.
 
Local.Dada said:
I am sure Chris Gayle will drop a catch or 2 and misfiled a lot, given his fitness, would like to see if Sarfaraz can yell at him :))

It comes out bad when you yell at some one below you in the status quo like a junior player or youngster but have a different attitude towards a senior player who is above your pay grade.

Surprisingly Sarfaraz comes across as a humble and decent guy in interviews.
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Gayle? Sarfaraz couldnt even handle hafeez.
 
Youre not gonna fight and play for someone who treats you like a child and is always cursing and swearing

Its gonna backfire like it has today You cant play your best, express yourself n enjoy your cricket in such situations

Also it doesnt have the desired effect A harsh stare is more effevtive than someone shouting their head off all the time who you will probably turn your back at and ignore just like shinwari did
 
Sarfraz needs to clam down.He gets agitated too easily.He gets angry with
players instead of concentrating on the game.His mana-management skills are zero.PCB was right to remove him as captain.
 
He's pathetic.

Glad Misbah sacked him on time.

Team has a fresh energy since then.
 
He is in a bad space and going through a rough phase. Looks lost out there. Has a lot to prove as well. Clearly stuff is getting to his head. Never a good sight to see someone in bad mental state. We, inevitably in our lives will go through bad stuff as well and have gone through it as well. Just hoping he can get out of this vicious cycle.
 
Won't be surprised if Nadeem Omar loses patience with Sarfaraz
 
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Idiots here want him to smile at dropped catches and full tosses.
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Nobody said anything about smiling but having a calm manner and approach to things, he's always been like this. Who wants to play for a guy with such poor attitude? You don't see Kohli going berserk over a boundary?
 
Sarfaraz needs to take it easy. Its not good for his own well-being as well.
 

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MRSN said:
if it was just a one off then you might have been right but he has a history hence this thread. Sarfraz behaviour has always been like a dictator.
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I know, but it’s coming from fear and pain.

I’ve bashed on him enough over the last few years, they should release him for a few months to calm down and take captaincy because it’s affecting his emotions way too much.
 
I think what made it worse for Sarfaraz and probably why he totally lost it out there was that it was Mohammad Hafeez who was dominating his team.
 
To be honest, there's two sides of the argument.

Banton and the rest dropped absolute sitters, had those catches been taken, QG would have felt like they were in the game.

Because bowlers had catches dropped, they also lost some confidence, but a captain yelling at them is also not a good sign.

Someone like Shinwari is not a death bowler, it's been established already. Sarfaraz is giving Shinwari the wrong role, and then getting mad at the results.

Bowl Shinwari in the middle overs and complete his spell before the death.

Part of the blame falls on Sarfaraz, because clearly, some of the bowling plans he decided for the bowlers did not work at all.

He needs to use his resources and calm down in his approach. Shinwari bowled two excellent overs up front, but I have no idea why he's called to bowl in the death when he's clearly a middle-overs bowler.
 
The worse thing Sarfaraz does is that he keeps selecting the nothing player and his friend Anwar Ali.

Anwar Ali as we all know would struggle to even get into Afghanistan B team.
 
UzmanBeast said:
To be honest, there's two sides of the argument.

Banton and the rest dropped absolute sitters, had those catches been taken, QG would have felt like they were in the game.

Because bowlers had catches dropped, they also lost some confidence, but a captain yelling at them is also not a good sign.

Someone like Shinwari is not a death bowler, it's been established already. Sarfaraz is giving Shinwari the wrong role, and then getting mad at the results.

Bowl Shinwari in the middle overs and complete his spell before the death.

Part of the blame falls on Sarfaraz, because clearly, some of the bowling plans he decided for the bowlers did not work at all.

He needs to use his resources and calm down in his approach. Shinwari bowled two excellent overs up front, but I have no idea why he's called to bowl in the death when he's clearly a middle-overs bowler.
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Agha Salman dropped sitters and you didn't see Sohail go off on him
 
Sarfaraz was right to rip into his players. But what he fails to realize is that there is a time and place for everything.

The only thing you can do on the field is back your bowler, and give them the confidence to make up for it on the next delivery or next over. If it isn't working, you can take them out of the attack.

When you get into the dressing room, behind closed doors I give him the license to say whatever or act anyway he desires, because frankly the way they bowled/fielded was disgraceful and he is the captain. But on the field, with the world watching, is just very silly.

The wrong kind of attention. I really hope he learns from this.
 
UzmanBeast said:
To be honest, there's two sides of the argument.

Banton and the rest dropped absolute sitters, had those catches been taken, QG would have felt like they were in the game.

Because bowlers had catches dropped, they also lost some confidence, but a captain yelling at them is also not a good sign.

Someone like Shinwari is not a death bowler, it's been established already. Sarfaraz is giving Shinwari the wrong role, and then getting mad at the results.

Bowl Shinwari in the middle overs and complete his spell before the death.

Part of the blame falls on Sarfaraz, because clearly, some of the bowling plans he decided for the bowlers did not work at all.

He needs to use his resources and calm down in his approach. Shinwari bowled two excellent overs up front, but I have no idea why he's called to bowl in the death when he's clearly a middle-overs bowler.
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I have been seeing cricket matches for decades at all level. I have seen way worse catches dropped, bad balls bowled. I have never ever seen a captain lose so much cool and shout at his players
 
You can only do this when the team knows their captain will ALWAYS make the best decision for the team.

Imran used to call his players much worse but he did it in private.

And his first act as captain was dropping the Prince of Pakistan Cricket, Majid Khan, his first-cousin also.

And he was a high-performing player.

Meanwhile, Sarfraz lashes his teammates in public, selects Anwar Ali repeatedly, and I can’t remember the last time he won a game with his bat.
 
ManFan said:
You can only do this when the team knows their captain will ALWAYS make the best decision for the team.

Imran used to call his players much worse but he did it in private.

And his first act as captain was dropping the Prince of Pakistan Cricket, Majid Khan, his first-cousin also.

And he was a high-performing player.

Meanwhile, Sarfraz lashes his teammates in public, selects Anwar Ali repeatedly, and I can’t remember the last time he won a game with his bat.
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Agreed. All captains will have tough conversations with their players, but will do so in private. Behind closed doors.

Sarfaraz is the first of his kind who is doing so on camera for the entire world to see. Throwing his players under the bus openly. It is shocking.
 
but he has always done that. whether right or wrong. I think he is passionate about winning and in typical gali ka cricketer ways, he will chatter on and on, I have seen typical street cricketers do that, and thats what Sarfaraz is. Thats his quality as well as his weak point, if you will.

Does anybody remember even Younis Khan ripping into a then 17 year old Amir during the 2009 world T20 final? He was pretty animated as well at the time.

Sometimes when you are very passionate about winning, emotions spill through. Not all captains are cool like Waugh or Dhoni.

Imran Khan used to curse like a sailor on the field and all the guys used to be absolutely sh** scared of being on his bad side on the field during the games. He would rip you a new one if you didnt do what he asked of you.
 
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Bewal Express said:
His behaviour towards Zahid Mahmood was awful. He should be sacked
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i thought Zahid bowled well. He was pretty courageous flighting the ball and as a spinner thats your strength. Sometimes you go for runs when you do it. I thought Sarfaraz knew better than to rip into him for that.
 
Nothing gives me greater joy than knowing that Rizwan has probably closed the door on him for good. I only watched the highlights on YouTube, and his behaviour was appalling. I imagine it would have been at least twice as bad across the whole innings.
 
Local.Dada said:
I am sure Chris Gayle will drop a catch or 2 and misfiled a lot, given his fitness, would like to see if Sarfaraz can yell at him :))

It comes out bad when you yell at some one below you in the status quo like a junior player or youngster but have a different attitude towards a senior player who is above your pay grade.

Surprisingly Sarfaraz comes across as a humble and decent guy in interviews.
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If you are from desiland, this is the culture, bowing to the seniors and shouting at juniors. Pathetic attitude. He wont be shouting at Ben Cutting or some other foreign player.
 
Stewie said:
but he has always done that. whether right or wrong. I think he is passionate about winning and in typical gali ka cricketer ways, he will chatter on and on, I have seen typical street cricketers do that, and thats what Sarfaraz is. Thats his quality as well as his weak point, if you will.

Does anybody remember even Younis Khan ripping into a then 17 year old Amir during the 2009 world T20 final? He was pretty animated as well at the time.

Sometimes when you are very passionate about winning, emotions spill through. Not all captains are cool like Waugh or Dhoni.

Imran Khan used to curse like a sailor on the field and all the guys used to be absolutely sh** scared of being on his bad side on the field during the games. He would rip you a new one if you didnt do what he asked of you.
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The point is when a captain does it rarely, for dropping an easy catch or letting a ball go to the boundary, that’s fine. The players know it was their fault.

But I have seen Sarfraz do it for when the bowler is doing nothing wrong. He berates them for not executing correctly, every ball. I have seen him do this to Shadab, Hassan, and Rauf.

There are further problems. Sarfraz only does this to juniors. Never have I ever seen him yell at seniors in the team ONCE.

Furthermore, the legitimacy of a captain comes from his own performance. If he’s failing, players are not going to be ready to handle whatever he throws at them.

It’s like a general that constantly loses, berating his subordinates and being sycophantic towards his seniors. You really expect them to deal with it for long?
 
I don't care how experienced you are or how good you are, if your skipper is looking agitated, shouting at the players, displaying very poor body language, then that is going to affect the team and will affect their confidence.
 
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