I believe OP made this thread as a means to vent his frustration at the removal of Babar’s captaincy of the Pakistan cricket team, and has chosen to particularly mimic my suggestion of making Asif Ali as the captain of Pakistan…which clearly hurt and insulted the sentiments of Babar+Rizwan fans. It is therefore necessary for me to clarify my initial stance for our Indian brothers (a lot who are highly sensible and intelligent cricket fans that understand the modern game).
It is indeed true that the suggestion of making Asif Ali as the captain of Pakistan’s T20 team was intended to be an insult at the large contingent of Pakistan fans at the time who couldn’t understand or see my POV that this Pakistan team isn’t playing for the crest on the shirt and rather for personal milestones+ making their agents and fan base happy. Pakistan was suffering because of selfish individuals at the helm of decision making, and this has continued to transpire to this day where the results are on display: Pakistan’s early and humiliating exit of the ICC 50 over World Cup.
At such a time, it was my intention to make the fans realise that Pakistan are better served to have a player (Asif Ali) who plays with the correct intention (doing whatever it takes) to bat for the team and not for his personal achievements. Asif Ali’s achievements to this date have been memorable wins for Pakistan at the most crucial/difficult times where the game was all but gone. So that was the intention of my suggestion, and the insult towards Babar Azam was part of it because the truth was not apparent to the Pakistan fans…and they are still in denial of it due to an arrogance that reflects Babar himself.
Now as for OP’s suggestion of making Surya captain of India’s ODI team…which isn’t in line with my suggestion of making Asif captain of the T20 team, further emphasis the huge intellectual deficiency we have witnessed in new age Pakistan cricket fans in the past 3-4 years.
If the OP suggests that Surya should become India’s T20 captain, well that’s actually a fine suggestion. There is no doubt that Surya is the best T20 batsman in the world unlike frauds that have occupied the number 1 spot before he took over and made that position his own with fabulous performances throughout the world and in world tournaments, against bowling of the highest quality as a part of this, with shots all around the park unlike some who can only play shots in one corner of the ground.
If OP intends to suggest Surya as the ODI captain of India (even as a joke), it reflects poorly on a person that struggles to come to terms with the reality of life and cricket, yet finds any way whatsoever to vent their frustration on the people that have always been honest about cricket…whether that honesty has been a harsh reality check for them.
If we do take the OP’s suggestion seriously by considering they are being genuine…it’s still not the worst suggestion if we compare this to the appointment of Babar Azam as a captain in cricket overall.
-Surya has a good education, sensible head on his shoulders
-Surya has put in all the hard yards in his domestic circuit and has built his reputation as a fine cricketer with excellent performances
-Surya has played white ball cricket with the best players in the world and under some of the finest cricketing brains in the world. His education in cricket far exceeds the education of Babar Azam, and he would indeed be a good candidate to make the right, correct decisions for his team and country….unlike Babar who can only make the decisions that suit him and not his country.
I would humbly suggest the OP to introspect and admit your failings and those who have been adamant to not accept the truth. Pakistan cricket has suffered massively because of the selfishness of individuals who didn’t have the best interest of the nation at heart, and they do not necessarily have to be tainted with match fixing or spot fixing allegations to be dishonest with Pakistan cricket.
OP can continue to take shots at those who were telling the truth in the past, and telling the truth even now…it still won’t change the fact that Pakistan have failed as a cricketing nation whereas India have been absolutely brilliant, just not getting the job done in the final hurdle.
Indian cricket is at least 20 years ahead of Pakistan cricket. We have to come to terms with reality.
