Sharjeel is the Deontay Wilder of cricket, not exactly the most sound technically, but absolutely destructive, the quality of opposition is irrelevant because every chin takes knocking and every ball takes smacking; especially the manner in which bowlers are dealt with. Yesterday the answer was Sharjeel, today the answer is Sharjeel and while he is slightly out his pomp, the answer still is Sharjeel for the next couple of years at least. Nobody is asking you to play him in Tests, that ship has long sailed, like a clean shaven Misbah, but in T20’s and potentially ODI’s, you got to have a few screws loose not to consider him. You talk about fitness and picked Azam Khan, Rizway is always cramping and needs Oxygen after attempting lofts, in fact he needs physiotherapy after that wild slog against Bumrah, probably pulled his shoulder or something there’s not enough meat there. Sharjeel’s form has been decent he was one of the best players in the President’s cup to, players who bat for the team are not going to have fancy stats, but good selections are based on actually watching players and looking who is best for which spot and not how we can accommodate x or y in our line up.
Watching Sharjeel open with Kamran Akmal, Afridi in the lower order and Younis KING Khan as the leader, bought back fond memories and reminded me that I actually use to be a Pakistan fan, I would bet with my life the champions team would evicerate the international team, Khan said he took it upon himself to restore some pride and I agree, he wears his heart on his sleeve and say what you want about him or Pakistan as a country, he genuinely is a patriot and plays for the moon and the star, the same can not be said for Babar as a leader, and you all hated on Khan as a LOI player but he delivered a LOI trophy and in the current era would out perform Babar across all forms because he didn’t Bat like a coward.
On Misbah ul Haq, he is clueless as to what is best for others; either that or just wants to set people up to fail. BUT when it comes to himself he knows what works best, and is willing to bat in the correct position at least. Selfish guy for sure but I was reminded of a few of his positives which I hoped he’d leave us with when he hung his gloves….but no.