Sarfraz had zero role against in the final. He had a chance to be a hero when we got handed over a massive defeat by India. Do not give credit of Pakistani bowlers to Sarfraz. As a batsman he is inferior to Malik.
You have no idea what you're talking about here brother however I won't blame you for this since many of us have real lives that need to be addressed and keeping up with cricket normally, for a working individual mostly takes a backseat. Due to this very reason I'll let you in on a few details that are relevant and from sources which essentially revolved around the team / PSL and Pakistan cricket in general.
According to some well known cricket analysts and bloggers, after the India loss Sarfraz called in all the bowlers into a team meeting, it was only for the bowlers and he made it clear to everyone that to him, as a captain of the national team it is NOT ACCEPTABLE if his bowlers give a return of 0/50 in 10 overs and be happy with it, he wanted them to
give him spells of 2/40 or below or they will not be part of his team ~ period.
He said and I reiterate (apologies if there are any errors in this)
"I will not care if you're talented, golden boy or anything for that matter; within the Pakistan cricketing faternity as if you can't get the job done on the field you will not be part of my team, players job is to win games for Pakistan one way or the other" It was simple, pretty easy to understand and it worked perfectly as in all the coming four games the matches were singlehandedly won by the bowlers.
The hard talk that Micky told on pressers was actually this talk that I am stating here and all bowlers including Amir, Junaid, Hassan, Ruman, Shadab, Imad, Hafeez were all present there. We alway epitomize and marvel on how Imran Khan captained the side and trust me if you ever come across players such as Wasim / Waqar / Aqib and others they will say how much of a hard liner he was when it came to onfield results and this is why the Pakistan team was successful in the 80s. Sarfraz is trying to build the same type of a culture from the ground up and he isn't shy of telling his players what needs to be done on the field and I am totally ok with it if this type of captaining actually leads to on field results.
At the end of the day cricket is played to win matches, trophies and other sporting laurels for the country. Misbah and Azhar (although thorough proper gentleman) couldn't do it because the Pakistani culture is not tuned to listening to logic and reason - they are only tuned to danda (sad but a reality of our society).
You are articulating as if this CT was some fluke win which had no input from the stand in captain who by the way, saved our behinds in the QF against SL when defeat was all but written down. You can't fluke your way through two ICC trophies (1 U-19 win and 1 CT) if you are not doing something right.
I am not going to accuse you of regional bias or being an Akmal fan etc etc (I don't know you personally) however logic dictates that Sarfraz must be doing something good that with his appointment all of a sudden we are winning LOI more often than not and these were more or less the same set of players that were playing under a different captain not too long ago.
I urge you to look at facts and coherent logic before making or passing any judgements brother.
