So Misbah should be hated for promoting Rizwan, but you are indifferent when he supports Sharjeel
Sigh, This will be a long post so read at your own peril, but this long post is important to get a key concept through your skull. And this is the final time you pester me about this. If you can't understand or aren't willing to understand then stick to your opinion. No need to ping me and convince me.
Yes 100%.
Sharjeel isn't misbah's favourite. Rizwan is.
Rizwan pre 2019 wasn't ever in the race to be in the squad. He was a very very poor choice compared to sarfi(2014-2017) at the time who was having his purple patch in test and odi at the moment.
Rizwan came on the scene in 2019 and scored 2 100's againat c string Australia but wasn't taken for wc 2019 as he couldn't replace haris sohail in the middle order.
At this point in time many journalists and espncricinfo articles outright claimed rizzu's career would only occur in a parallel universe.
After 2019 Misbah was made coach and chief selector, and despite rizzu not even being in the squad and the last time he was in the t20 circuit was during the 2018 tri series where he failed all games at 4, Misbah outright made rizzu an opener.
What people don't realise is that deapite fakhar's stats at this time, He had just dominated Australia in the tri series and hadn't played t20 for a while to focus for odi wc 2019.
Fakhar was outright told he wasn't better then Babar and rizwan at opening, which is hilarious cause no one has helped pakistan achieve more in whiteball cricket then fakhar from no 1 t20 rank, to ct 2017, to saving pakistan against nz in wc 2023 and winning home series against nz single handedly.
Since 2020 to 2021 rizwan fooled fans by making soft 50's to 70's in t20, many of them were match losing if a top team played.
Then came the world cup where rizwan managed to dominate India, India who had played poorly in the tournament loosing to pakistan by 10 wickets and then to NZ by 9.
This cemented rizzu's fraud opening status as he would frequently suffocate the innings throughout the cup.
In 2021 pakistan was forced to rely on fakhar making quick fire 50's of 28-32 or asif ali hitting one hit wonders like scoring 24+ runs in one over to win he NZ and afg games.
Fakhar and asif ali's innings saved rizzu and babr's embrassing opening combo as 90% od the time pakistan was stuck at 70 for 2 in 10 overs thanks to these goobers but because it looked good on the stats sheet people praised them.
Eventually luck ran out againat Australia. Then came 2022 where Babar and rizwan failed and bothered every game in wc and Asia cup which exposed the brutal reality of how crap these 2 were as now they didn't have a reliable middle order to save them, not with the likes of chacha, Shan and many others who were equally as poor.
Throughout 2019-2023, Rizzu's odi record was also horrificly poor hence rizwan complained about wanting the no 4 position.
He managed to get it and despite flunking nz series at no 4 and clunking asia cup, Both he and Abdullah capitalised against sri lanka the one opposition that their good at to convince their fans their solid options for wc 2023.
After sri lanka, Rizwan has failed every odi game and every t20 game and every local tournament as the brutal reality is, With the exception of Sri Lanka who he's surprisingly good against, Rizwan is horrificly bad against top sides and he's a certified tournament failure.
And now he's captain lol. Rizwan is the most nepotisitc case study I've ever witnessed in cricket and he's that includes the likes of Imam, Shan, Azam Khan etc.
I will never forgive Misbah for collapsing the no 1 ranked t20 side and that's mainly due to his decison to make Babar, Rizwan, And chacha as openers and finisher in t20 and give them favourable positions in odi etc.
These 3 have ensured that no 3, 4 and no 6 in odi is weak as heck and have ensured that our t20 opening and t20 finishing is a joke.
Sharjeel khan being supported by Misbah isn't an issue. Sharjeel never did any damage to pakistan cricket. He did damage to himself by fixing and ruining his career.
Rizwan damaged pakistan cricket. Granted he isn't the only cause. Ramiz, Wasim Khan and Misbah 100% caused way more damage.
Good thing Aqib Javed fixed the test circuit atleast.