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SHAN MASOOD NAMED KARACHI KINGS CAPTAIN FOR PSL 9

Pakistan’s Test captain Shan Masood has been named the skipper of former Pakistan Super League (PSL) champions Karachi Kings for the upcoming PSL 9.

Ahead of the commencement of the much-anticipated PSL 9 Player Draft, the owner of Karachi Kings Mr Salman Iqbal, in a ground-breaking announcement, named Shan Masood as the new captain of Karachi Kings.

“The announcement I want to make is that this year, the captain of Karachi Kings will be Shan Masood,” said Mr Salman Iqbal.

Mr Salman Iqbal then highlighted the leadership experience Masood possesses, having captained his previous PSL franchise Multan Sultans and Yorkshire in the County Championship.

“He is the Test captain of Pakistan and has a lot of captaincy experience, having led Multan Sultans and Yorkshire and of course, he is a Karachi bloke,” Mr Salmna Iqbal added.

What do you think? How will Karachi Kings perform under new captain Shan Masood in PSL 9?
 
Good decision from Karachi Kings' management because it will actually help Shan Masood understand captaincy skills.
 
Is this some sort of rule? A Pakistan captain must also captain a PSL side?
 
MenInG said:
Is this some sort of rule? A Pakistan captain must also captain a PSL side?
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No.
When shan was captain of multan he was not Pakistan's captain.

The team analyst that used to work for multan moved to karachi, and he made a good decision to make shan masood the captain
 
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Major said:
No.
When shan was captain of multan he was not Pakistan's captain.

The team analyst that used to work for multan moved to karachi, and he made a good decision to make shan masood the captain
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He was removed as captain of MS so how does that qualify him to become captain of KK?
 
MenInG said:
He was removed as captain of MS so how does that qualify him to become captain of KK?
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he was removed because when MS got Rizwan, they had the better option hence went with RIzwan.

Now Shan is not with Multan but a new franchise called KK and is there captain after their old captain was traded
 
Mediocrity suits Mediocrity, Karachi Kings and Shan Masood are a pair made in heaven anyways the owners of KK have alot more serious business to do thus far franchise being not of utmost importance
 
As a captain I think Shan is a better choice but with such pathetic squad selection by Karachi Kings good captaincy won't win you matches either.
 
MenInG said:
He was removed as captain of MS so how does that qualify him to become captain of KK?
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He did pretty well as captain at Multan. It was just Rizwan came in, who is a better player.

There's not really much options. The established captains are Shaheen, Rizwan, Sarfraz, Imad, Shadab and Babar. Shadab's captaincy has been a little suspect as has Babar. Sarfraz hasn't had a good run lately (but think that's down to the squad). They are never getting Shaheen or Rizwan.

So really in terms of captaincy Masood is one of the few options I can think of. They could have gone with Malik but they tried that before with the strongest squad in the League at the beginning and it ended in failure. So they went with Masood.

With Malik's record in captaincy outside of PSL, I'm kind of surprised Malik hasn't been the force in terms of captaincy in PSL, even when he's generally been performing as a player. Wonder if Malik hadn't been part of that Karachi Kings disaster in the early seasons, maybe he would have been an icon captain of another franchise.
 
The standard of cricket in PSL is pathetic so a pathetic player like him should fit in well. I think he will do well as batsman at that level.
 
PSL is fun time to be a captain even if you are not worth. All wishes can be fulfilled in PSL. Perfect tournament for zeroes to become heroes.
 
He showed his potential as captain in Australia; I don't see why he can't produce some magic for KK.
He was also Pakistan's more aggressive batter down under. I reckon he'll do well this PSL
 
I'm liking his captaincy so far, he bowled hamza for 3 overs up front when he was looking threatening and has rotated his bowlers well, not allowing the batters to really settle. He will need to captain well if his average squad is to get anywhere.
 
Under the escalating pressure to sustain the run rate, Karachi Kings' captain Shan Masood succumbs, departing with a score of 30 (31) against Multan Sultans in PSL 9. His lackluster innings highlights the struggle of chasing a target of 180+
 
Sorry to say but this is poor viewing. It doesn’t look good for the competition and is sending out a wrong message to all cricketers in Pakistan

Horrendous, horrendous T20 batsman…opening, whilst eating up powerplay deliveries. The wrong kind of player has been trusted with the captaincy of a franchise. There are far, far more talented players in the competition, sitting on the bench or playing out of position…there are far greater T20 openers or batsmen that were not picked for PSL due to a lack of contacts or not being favourites.

Shan Masood as a T20 opener/player is an absolute disgrace and is destroying the competition’s standards. Same can be said for two other franchises but the openers in those two franchises are not as bad as I have seen Shan playing this format.
 
He is a good captain but I don't think he has a good enough squad to produce great results in this season with Karachi Kings.
 
hassan918 said:
He is a good captain but I don't think he has a good enough squad to produce great results in this season with Karachi Kings.
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Well, who picked the squad? They had first pick in the platinum…who did they pick? What does that tell you about the direction they wanted to take? Who did they trade for players like Imad?
 
Rana said:
Where does he fit and play in that squad?

He isn’t good enough to play T20 cricket
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He isn't a T20 player, but he can still a role like Saud is playing currently.

It's very hard to find a good cricketing brain in Pak.
 
Barragan said:
He isn't a T20 player, but he can still a role like Saud is playing currently.

It's very hard to find a good cricketing brain in Pak.
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Lol

Saud is a high quality player. He has proper cricketing shots all around the park. He’s a fantastic player of using pace.

Shan is a completely different style of batsman. He is built to hit the ball directly to the ground instead of taking the game on. More often than not he gets bogged down at the crease, and that’s why Shan looks to compensate for his severe lack of power by looking to pinch singles every ball. The only time you will see Shan take a risk is when a spinner comes on…where Shan will look to play a lofted shot by using his feet. Extremely limited player, like Alistair Cook…he has no business playing this format
 
As a specialist captain, Shan Masood has earned his place in the side. There's no doubt that in Pakistan he's got the best cricketing mind (by some distance). The problem is he's got an awful squad to work with.

I'm not expecting KK to win more than 2 games and I wouldn't be surprised if they go winless. They will finish last.
 
Barragan said:
He isn't a T20 player, but he can still a role like Saud is playing currently.

It's very hard to find a good cricketing brain in Pak.
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Shan could be a good captain but thats not enough to win games he needs to play the game according to the format which he might not able to do in T20 cricket because he doesnt have those skils, Saud is way better than shan masood because he has variety of shots which supports him to play t20 cricket.
 
topspin said:
I had a second thought and thought well actually I wouldn't be surprised if they go winless, so I've just updated my post to reflect this.
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Well, they are stuck in the deep end now and have to sink or swim.

IMO they have to become a bat first side. Just get to 180 somehow every game and hope for the bowlers to win you games.

Can’t see them chasing 160 let alone the standard 180+ score that everyone usually posts
 
He's a good captain but he needs explosive batters around him to allow him to succeed.
 
Rana said:
Well, they are stuck in the deep end now and have to sink or swim.

IMO they have to become a bat first side. Just get to 180 somehow every game and hope for the bowlers to win you games.

Can’t see them chasing 160 let alone the standard 180+ score that everyone usually posts
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I have no idea why they got rid of Amir and Imad. They were key players and having lost them, their bowling and batting has become significantly weaker.

Last year, Imad was carrying KK with the bat.
 
topspin said:
I have no idea why they got rid of Amir and Imad. They were key players and having lost them, their bowling and batting has become significantly weaker.

Last year, Imad was carrying KK with the bat.
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Well judging by Salman Iqbal’s interviews at the draft…he didn’t seem comfortable letting them go. He said that he has let a new management come in and make the decisions. So they obviously snapped up this bufoon, Rizwan fanboy called Haider Azhar from Multan Sultans…

I remember once this Azhar guy responded to a question about Rizwan not wearing the Wolf666 logo on the Sultan’s shirt because of the surrogate betting thing….and Azhar (who is representing his sponsors and owners) said “the only thing we want is Rizwan to be happy”…I mean this is the kind of Jahaaz this guy is, and it’s unfortunate that it’s these types of guys that have crept into our cricket system and holding a lot of sway.

You can probably imagine, everyone who loves Rizwan…loves Babar, Shadab, Shaheen and all that cringe group. They all hate Sarfaraz, Imad, Amir, Sharjeel, the Akmals, Malik and pretty much anyone from that set of players.

Harder obviously must have built the narrative to Salman that his franchise is hated because they have Imad (who every Rizwan fanboy hates), and Amir (who every Misbah fanboy hates, which automatically means every Rizwan fanboy hates, and also every Babar fanboy hates because Amir spits the truth about Babar and his pathetic T20 selfish approach). They also threw in Sharjeel for no apparent reason because that wouldn’t pave the way for Shan Masood to just walk in. They got rid of Wasim Akram because he also has heat from Babar fans because of his comments on Babar refusing to listen to coaches asking him to bat at 3, and opening whilst Guptil had to bat at 3.

Bro Pakistan cricket is extremely divided at the moment, and the side that has influence is adamant on giving you the most pathetic brand of cricket. Haider Azhar is from that bland, pathetic side.
 
Cricket Warrior said:
Shan could be a good captain but thats not enough to win games he needs to play the game according to the format which he might not able to do in T20 cricket because he doesnt have those skils, Saud is way better than shan masood because he has variety of shots which supports him to play t20 cricket.
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Rana said:
Lol

Saud is a high quality player. He has proper cricketing shots all around the park. He’s a fantastic player of using pace.

Shan is a completely different style of batsman. He is built to hit the ball directly to the ground instead of taking the game on. More often than not he gets bogged down at the crease, and that’s why Shan looks to compensate for his severe lack of power by looking to pinch singles every ball. The only time you will see Shan take a risk is when a spinner comes on…where Shan will look to play a lofted shot by using his feet. Extremely limited player, like Alistair Cook…he has no business playing this format
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Saud isn't a T20 player and neither is Shan.

Shan also did well in PSL 2022 and was the 3rd highest run getter.

To completely dismiss Shan as a T20 player is foolish, especially considering a season before he did very well.
 
Barragan said:
Saud isn't a T20 player and neither is Shan.

Shan also did well in PSL 2022 and was the 3rd highest run getter.

To completely dismiss Shan as a T20 player is foolish, especially considering a season before he did very well.
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Saud is a decent T20 player. You clearly have no clue what you are talking about. Before getting his shot for QG, he was brilliant at leading Sindh in the national T20 cup in the year Ihsanullah broke out. Saud was batting at 3 after Saim and Sharjeel. He was brilliant for Sindh in that position.

Yes he isn’t Chris Gayle, QDQ levels but he is definitely someone that can play like Conway, Malan.
 
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Rana said:
Saud is a decent T20 player. You clearly have no clue what you are talking about. Before getting his shot for QG, he was brilliant at leading Sindh in the national T20 cup in the year Ihsanullah broke out. Saud was batting at 3 after Saim and Sharjeel. He was brilliant for Sindh in that position.

Yes he isn’t Chris Gayle, QDQ levels but he is definitely someone that can play like Conway, Malan.
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Absolutely laughable if you think Saud is a T20 player.

Just because he did well in a 3rd rate league means squat all.
 
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Barragan said:
Absolutely laughable if you think Saud is a T20 player.

Just because he did well in a 3rd rate league means squat all.
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You think I do?

Sure. I’ll learn more from you. Teach me. Let’s hear your Pakistan XI for the T20 World Cup.
 
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No need to turn this thread into a Babar Rizwan thread. Stay on topic, please.
 
Rana said:
Where does he fit and play in that squad?

He isn’t good enough to play T20 cricket
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Yes, he isn't an ideal T20 player but he can anchor the innings for his team and other batters can have the license to play their shots.
 
Rana said:
Well judging by Salman Iqbal’s interviews at the draft…he didn’t seem comfortable letting them go. He said that he has let a new management come in and make the decisions. So they obviously snapped up this bufoon, Rizwan fanboy called Haider Azhar from Multan Sultans…

I remember once this Azhar guy responded to a question about Rizwan not wearing the Wolf666 logo on the Sultan’s shirt because of the surrogate betting thing….and Azhar (who is representing his sponsors and owners) said “the only thing we want is Rizwan to be happy”…I mean this is the kind of Jahaaz this guy is, and it’s unfortunate that it’s these types of guys that have crept into our cricket system and holding a lot of sway.

You can probably imagine, everyone who loves Rizwan…loves Babar, Shadab, Shaheen and all that cringe group. They all hate Sarfaraz, Imad, Amir, Sharjeel, the Akmals, Malik and pretty much anyone from that set of players.

Harder obviously must have built the narrative to Salman that his franchise is hated because they have Imad (who every Rizwan fanboy hates), and Amir (who every Misbah fanboy hates, which automatically means every Rizwan fanboy hates, and also every Babar fanboy hates because Amir spits the truth about Babar and his pathetic T20 selfish approach). They also threw in Sharjeel for no apparent reason because that wouldn’t pave the way for Shan Masood to just walk in. They got rid of Wasim Akram because he also has heat from Babar fans because of his comments on Babar refusing to listen to coaches asking him to bat at 3, and opening whilst Guptil had to bat at 3.

Bro Pakistan cricket is extremely divided at the moment, and the side that has influence is adamant on giving you the most pathetic brand of cricket. Haider Azhar is from that bland, pathetic side.
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I've just had a look at his social media and his tweets. He's definitely a snowflake Misbah fan, who sees cricket through his lens. You're spot on with your assessment of him. You might as well appoint Major or hitthestump if your standards are going to be so low.

In addition to his incompetence, I have to blame Salman Iqbal for not taking care in his due diligence.

I like Shan Masood but he was obviously brought in by Haider Azhar to resemble Misbah.
 
Great captaincy from Masood to bowl Malik to Saim first up. It worked first ball. And it was good of Masood not to bowl him a 2nd over.
 
Good thinking again from Shan, keeping a slip in, in the 13th over to the new batter Asif Ali. I like the aggression.

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Shan Masood hasn't scored much with the bat in PSL 9 so far, but as captain, he's not afraid to take bold decisions. This fearless approach, seen in the Australia Test Tour (2023-24) aswell, he's more about going for the win than worrying about losing.
 
Shan reminds me of someone like Michael Vaughan. Very average batter but his captaincy has been good enough to keep him in the XI.
Again today, he rotated the bowlers well. He was aggressive in the field when it was required (he kept a slip to the new batter even in the 12th over).
But yet again, he failed with the bat.
But he was won 2/3 games with a terribly average squad which is some achievement. I do like him and hope they make the playoffs.
 
I don’t like the fact that he opens the innings and shows no intent. What’s the point of the powerplay if you are not even going to try and utilise it?
 
Solid captaincy so far, if his batting clicks and I believe it will, Karachi could look scary
 
I don't think there is anything wrong with Shan, it is the franchise curse I guess. Shan did well as a captain but ended up on the losing side often but last night, it was a good win over the arch-rivals Lahore. Only concern is his own form with the bat. He needs to solve it because he has to set the tone for the players who will be coming next.
 
Shan Masood gone after playing a brilliant test knock against IU on day 1 of Karachi leg of PSL 9 :ROFLMAO: . Made 27(30) before getting dismissed at the hands of Hunain Shah.
 
Shan Masood being picked in the PSL tells you that the draft system is broken.

Go down the IPL route, put the players up for auction and watch how many franchises bid for players like Masood.
 
BouncerGuy said:
I don't think there is anything wrong with Shan, it is the franchise curse I guess. Shan did well as a captain but ended up on the losing side often but last night, it was a good win over the arch-rivals Lahore. Only concern is his own form with the bat. He needs to solve it because he has to set the tone for the players who will be coming next.
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There is nothing wrong with Shan except the fact that he is the worst batsman to ever play for Pakistan.

A Test average of 28
An ODI average of 18 at a SR of 69
A T20 average of 30 at a SR of 120

On top of that, he is 34 years old. Only in Pakistan will such a pathetic player be in a leadership position.

That is all that is wrong with him.
 
Rana said:
I don’t like the fact that he opens the innings and shows no intent. What’s the point of the powerplay if you are not even going to try and utilise it?
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Agreed, that's not acceptable. Can't bat throughout the powerplay and show no intent. If he's going to play like that, he'll may as well bat somewhere else down the order.
 
The most pathetic batsman Pakistan has ever produced. Imran Farhat was 10x more talented, skilled and productive than him.

If he couldn’t speak English and wasn’t from an affluent background, he wouldn’t be anywhere near Pakistan cricket let alone captain the Test team and a PSL franchise.

It amazes me that he has fans who was lyrical about his performances and his great cricketing mind.
 
inclusion of Shan Masood is a big question mark in KK but ironically he has been made captain of the team which means KK has to go with 10 players to play.
 
You put him and Shehzad in the same franchise and make them open together and Shehzad out scores him over the course of the tournament every single time.

The fact that Shehzad went unsold while Mr. English with zero talent not only got picked but was always rewarded with captaincy shows everything that is wrong with our system.

Shehzad and Imam >> Masood in every format.
 
Rana said:
2nd year? They were a decent team last year, results weren’t great but they had a good team
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So last year, they had a good team that produced bad results. They must have had a terrible captain.
 
Mamoon said:
So last year, they had a good team that produced bad results. They must have had a terrible captain.
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Is there any excuses that they were poor for xyz reason? None. We (who don’t hate Imad) acknowledge that, it’s cricket.


The trade of Babar with Haider ‘sack of potatoes’ Ali and Shoaib the Mercenary Malik didn’t work out.
 
Rana said:
Is there any excuses that they were poor for xyz reason? None. We (who don’t hate Imad) acknowledge that, it’s cricket.


The trade of Babar with Haider ‘sack of potatoes’ Ali and Shoaib the Mercenary Malik didn’t work out.
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So you agree that @topspin is talking absolutely drivel in the other thread by saying that Babar's selfishness was holding Karachi back?
 
Mamoon said:
So you agree that @topspin is talking absolutely drivel in the other thread by saying that Babar's selfishness was holding Karachi back?
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What I’m saying is that looking back at it now, it is regrettable that the trade for those two players didn’t work out for KK. Not how they would have liked.

KK wanted to play a different brand of cricket that Babar didn’t want to play. And why should they have to play that kind of cricket in the year 2022? That too on the flattest wickets in the world with the smallest boundaries? Babar wasn’t going to change. He wasn’t going to change his batting approach/intent to match the way the elite openers of the world bat, nor was he going to change his batting position to number 3 (where I continuously reiterate is his best position and he can be one of the best in the world at this number). What choice did Babar, KK, Imad have?

In hindsight, the ones losing out are KK. They’ve lost a that good core of Pakistani cricketers. Babar, Amir, Imad, Sharjeel. For what? So that one guy can have his cake and eat it too? It’s unfortunate that they lost that Father figure in Dean Jones, the guy who kept them all together.

On a more non-emotional note, the trade of Babar with Haider was a flop for KK. Just like the trade of Naseem for Abrar+Wasim JR in QG. Looking back at it now, KK could have held out for a better player, but who was willing to give their Ace Cards for Babar at the time? Even now, right at this moment if Babar is up for a trade…which team will give their best player for him?
 
SO Shoaib is playing the brand of cricket for KK that Babar could not. You can see where Babar is atm and where the hacks like Shoaib malik and haider ali are. Babar has been phenomenal this season with strike in excess of 150s and average you can all see where it is. KK made a mess ut letting him go, not that he alone could have changed their fate but taking Shoaib and haider for Babar was the worst decision ever made.
 
Any team that picks a 48 year old Shoaib Malik, a zero year old Haider Ali and a red ball player in Shan Masood as their T20 opener/captain, deserves nothing but bad fortune.
 
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Although Shan has been good as captain I will admittedly eat my words with regards to his batting. Way too impact less and puts all the pressure on his partner

Karachi once again have failed to build a sustainable team and it is a real shame considering they had a core (Sharjeel, Imad and Amir) which they could have built up from

Another revamp is required with more lads from Karachi in the squad. Ideally they can get their hands on Abrar, Saud, Omair, Sharjeel and Danish plus bring back Saifi as captain
 
Teams who have players in the squad based on power as oppose to skill deserve to loose.
 
As time goes by - the more I believe Karachi winning PSL in 2020 was a miracle..
 
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