Criticism itself is a negative term - we can analyze & find out positives & negatives.
Both the squads are quite decent - from an open mind, I picked almost 13/14 of these players couple of weeks back, for which Inzi should be given credit.
Only few selections have spoiled it & he has picked squad in a way that these players will be automatic starters, even with repeated failure.
For example,
1. picking MoHa is a mistake, but blunder is to pick Asif as his back-up at No. 4. This means, even serial failure, MoHa will have the advantage of "experience". Pick Saad Ali, or even Haris, MoHa's position would have been shaky
2. Aagin it comes from the initial mistake - they picked MoHa for 4, which makes 6 right-handers in middle order. Now, WI will use at least 25 overs of spinners that take the ball away from right handers. Saad or Haris at 4 would have solved it
3. Wahab was picked for both team - ideally, he should have been part of T20 & dropped from ODI, for Sohail (but retained with tour party). This would have given him a time for breather in Test series & kept him in practice on those wickets. Now at 35+, I feel, he'll be tired for Test series.
4. No point carrying Nawaz - it's not about how he performs, there are several left-arm spinners in PAK, who'll be successful against these WI hacks; but from combination point; no point taking 2 identical spinners - Asghar should have been in T20 as well, or PAK should have taken another hard hitting batsman/all-rounder.
There are lots of positives - top is the 2 genuine spinners picked for squad. I hope, both are played. Raees is a fantastic pick - he can focus on to become a LO specialist, who can hit it hard & long (On top of being a death over specialist). Hasan & Raees can make a formidable pair for last few overs in both format, which should allow Captain to use Amir for 7+3 spells with new ball.
Overall, very, very good picks apart from MoHa (& Asif comes as safety net, as his side kick - picking Haris or Saad would have risked the National Treasure) - I would have given 8.5 at least on combined score. I have personal soft corner for Umar on the potential, but few people are born like that - can't help & can't drag them even to haven. Otherwise, he won't have complained for keeping at first place.
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